The helpful serving corps of friendly young people reminds diners that all dishes are cooked to order and that mixing and matching seafood and sauces is permissible.

Inside, an impressive 1900's mural of seaside Long Beach reminds diners of the nearby ocean.

MAPS laminated to table tops, a few nautical paintings here and there - not much is needed to remind diners that they are dining at a waterfront.

This prelude to the meal reminds diners of the intimate connection between kaiseki and the tea ceremony that sired this style of cooking.

That presentation also avoids reminding diners that their entree was really a once-cute piglet.

Winged lions flank the bar, perhaps to remind diners of those on the facade of San Marco in Venice.

A few radish sprouts remind diners that they are at Thalia, not Howard Johnson's.

The company also used advertising to remind diners that Lower Manhattan restaurants had reopened.

Fried rice noodles with broccoli and either chicken, beef or pork will also remind diners of Chinese counterparts.

Another dining area is decorated with a photomontage to remind diners of the history of the neighborhood.