A LA CARTE : OYSTER BARS.Byline: Larry Lipson Where did all the oyster bars go? Seems like only yesterday they were commonplace in many restaurants, but now they're mostly only in seafood houses. For oyster lovers, here are a few restaurants with oyster bars worth consideration: Cheesecake Factory Address: 4142 Via Marina, Marina Del Rey Del Rey may refer to:
Phone: (310) 306-3344. Cuisine: International. Comments: Six-seat bar with a server in attendance. Oysters are actually shucked in the kitchen. Type: Currently serving Malpeques from Canadian waters. Price: Market price varies. Right now a half-dozen cost $8.95, a full dozen $15.95. Clearwater Seafood Address: 168 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. Phone: (818) 356-0959. Cuisine: Seafood. Comments: Eight-seat bar serves the complete restaurant menu. Usually at least three cooked oyster dishes available. Type: Malpeques, Salutation Cove and Caraquets from Canada; Coromandels from New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. ;and Long Island oysters are currently available. Price: A half-dozen cost $7.95. Double the price for a dozen. Gladstone's Universal Address: 1000 Universal Center Drive, Universal City. Phone: (818) 622-3474. Cuisine: Seafood. Comments: Eight-seat bar serves all items from the regular menu. Type: Pacific oysters from Canada are currently being served here. Also available is the traditional oysters Rockefeller oys·ters Rockefeller pl.n. Oysters cooked with spinach and a seasoned cream sauce. [Perhaps after John Davison Rockefeller.] Noun 1. plate for $11.95 and a combination oyster plate with iced vodka. Price: Platter of a half-dozen raw oysters raw oysters food consumed as a love potion. [Popular Folklore: Misc.] See : Aphrodisiacs is $10.95. McCormick & Schmick's Address: 111 N. Los Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
Phone: (818) 405-0064. Cuisine: Seafood. Comments: Five-seat, view shucker shuck n. 1. a. A husk, pod, or shell, as of a pea, hickory nut, or ear of corn. b. The shell of an oyster or clam. 2. Informal Something worthless. bar serves the entire restaurant menu that often lists cooked oyster dishes. Type: Currently serving Tenass Pass oysters from Alaska and Coromandels from New Zealand. Price: Alaskans are $8.50 per half-dozen, Coromandels $9.95. Double price per dozen. Ocean Avenue Seafood Address: 1401 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. . Phone: (310) 394-5669. Cuisine: Seafood. Comments: 12-seat bar serves a full restaurant menu. Type: Currently offering Canadian Malpeques, Cape Bretons, Caraquets and oysters from Salutation Cove; also Coromandels from New Zealand and domestic Long Island oysters. Price: Three range from $4.95 to $5.95, a half-dozen cost from $9.95 to $11.50, double per dozen. Oyster Sunset Hour runs weeknights from 4 to 7 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 3 to 6 p.m., when the oyster of the day costs only 75 cents each. Oyster House Address: 12446 Moorpark St., Studio City. Phone: (818) 761-8686. Cuisine: Seafood. Comments: Long counter-bar runs length of narrow dining room. Type: Chesapeake Bay Chesapeake Bay, inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, c.200 mi (320 km) long, from 3 to 30 mi (4.8–48 km) wide, and 3,237 sq mi (8,384 sq km), separating the Delmarva Peninsula from mainland Maryland. and Virginia. farmed oysters on the half shell, also can be had cooked. Price: $7.50 per half-dozen. Oyster shooters $1 (From 3 to 7 p.m. or 11 p.m. to 1 a.m., 50 cents each.) Rusty Pelican Address: 300 Harvey Drive, Glendale. Phone: (818) 242-9191. Cuisine: Seafood. Comments: Has a five-seat bar in the lounge area serving a full restaurant menu, also oysters Rockefeller and oyster shooters. Type: Malpeques are the current ones. Price: $8.95 for half a dozen, $13.95 a dozen. Water Grill Address: 544 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Phone: (213) 891-0900. Cuisine: Seafood. Comments: Eight-seat bar with a full oyster selection. Served cooked by request. Type: Usually between six and eight types. Currently serving Caraquets, Malpeques, Cape Bretons and Salutation Cove oysters from Canada, also oysters from Rilan Bay in Chile and Coromandels from New Zealand. Price: Three for $5.25, a half-dozen cost $9.95, a dozen $19.50. |
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