"The pan roast is a signature dish of the oyster bar. It is an old-fashioned bisque served in a broad bowl, built around your favorite kind of seafood: oysters, cherrystone or Ipswich clams, shrimp, lobster, scallops, or any combination thereof. The slightly spicy, very creamy stew is ballasted by a thick piece of toast."
Michael Stern
"Do you know of another restaurant, anywhere, with an entryway so spectacular?"
Michael Stern
"This is what it's all about: raw oysters, shucked and served as fast as anyone sitting at the raw bar can eat them. To the left of the photo are clams on the half shell."
Michael Stern
"The Oyster Bar gets its seafood from everywhere. This sandwich is loaded with a salad of cool Dungeness crab from the Pacific Northwest."
Michael Stern
"This po boy contained plenty of juice-bursing oysters; and the bread itself tasted just hours out of the oven."
Michael Stern
"While diehard Yankees don't approve of this soup, denigrating it as "vegetable soup with clams," open-minded eaters will find it immensely satisfying."
Michael Stern
"A view of the pass-through window to the kitchen from my seat at the counter."
Michael Stern
"Here's a list of what oysters (and clams) were available in mid-March, 2004."
Michael Stern
"As I finished lunch, the waitress came by and offered hot cross buns to top things off."
Michael Stern
"When the waitress saw me taking a picture of my chowder, she offered to take my picture, too. I retaliated by taking her picture with the hot cross buns (see above)!"
Michael Stern
"Every meal at the oyster bar begins with a baking powder biscuit. If you arrive early in the lunch hour, it will still be oven-hot."
Michael Stern
"You can see how crunchy the fried clams are inside this hefty sandwich."
Michael Stern
"Here's a view from the counter of people sliding freshly-shucked oysters down their throats under the sign that lists the "catch of the day.""
Michael Stern
