View Full Version : Favorite Seafood Restaurants
Alberto
13 Mar 2003, 02:00 PM
Well, eric d started the steakhouse thread. Let's hear about what's good from the waters.
Here in Jersey I like the Sea Shack in Hackensack.
In New York City, Manhattan Ocean Club, great food and the restaurant is gorgeous.
Also kudos to the Oyster bar in Grand Central.
GoDC
13 Mar 2003, 02:30 PM
Rudee's in Virginia Beach is very good.
Bo Brooks Crab House in Baltimore is a great place for a bushel and some beer.
bmurphyfl
13 Mar 2003, 02:51 PM
Lenny's in Branford, CT. Take Exit 53 off of I-95 and just anyone how to get to Lenny's. Their seafood bisque is amazing and the lobster rolls don't just overflow the roll...they overflow the plate. Plus, it's a shack on the edge of a swampy inlet with great atmosphere.
It's worth driving 50 miles out of your way.
Murf
Keevo
13 Mar 2003, 02:54 PM
Lots of good seafood here in the Boston area. I'm not the biggest fan so I don't know them all, but Legal Seafoods is GREAT. Awesome Clam Chowdah.
Red Harvest
13 Mar 2003, 03:53 PM
Long John Silvers. $2.99 fish meal with extra hush puppies.
eneste
13 Mar 2003, 04:47 PM
Originally posted by Keevo
Lots of good seafood here in the Boston area. I'm not the biggest fan so I don't know them all, but Legal Seafoods is GREAT. Awesome Clam Chowdah.
Legal Seafoods is the best seafood place that I've been to. I have to stop there and get a bowl of clam chowder when I'm in Boston.
Also, Philips's in Baltimore is a good seafood place.
WarrenWallace
13 Mar 2003, 05:26 PM
SEAFOOD SUCKS!!!!!!!!!
I am allergic to it.
bungadiri
13 Mar 2003, 05:35 PM
Originally posted by GoDC
Rudee's in Virginia Beach is very good.
Where is this? My wife's family lives there and we'll visit this summer.
Chicago1871
13 Mar 2003, 05:37 PM
Riva's on Navy Pier in Chicago is pretty good.
Smiley321
13 Mar 2003, 06:08 PM
As a guy who despises seafood, I can give an unqualified excellent rating to Pappadeaux seafood in Houston. They have 3 items on the menu that I could order, and all three are dynamite. (Red beans and rice, chicken gumbo and blackened steak) The steak is the best steak I've had in a restaurant.
My wife also says the seafood is good.
miasman1
13 Mar 2003, 07:31 PM
Never been to a seafood restaurant, i had clam chowder at Alioto's on Fisherman's Wharf, it was good.
GoDC
13 Mar 2003, 07:53 PM
Originally posted by bungadiri
Where is this? My wife's family lives there and we'll visit this summer.
Rudy Inlet which I think is at the southern end of VA Beach. I do not know more detailed information as my father in law gave us directions and my wife was driving so I wasn't really paying attention.
dfb547490
13 Mar 2003, 08:12 PM
Legal Seafoods is awesome, but the best seafood restaurant I've been to is definitely Benno's in Galveston, TX. Complete opposite of Legal--not a high-end joint at all, you order your food at a counter (IIRC) and they bring it out to your seat, which is outside by the beach. There's a roll of paper towels on each table instead of napkins. It's great Cajun seafood, if you're ever anywhere near Galveston you have to give it a shot.
Alex
fidlerre
13 Mar 2003, 10:17 PM
Originally posted by eneste
Legal Seafoods is the best seafood place that I've been to.
agreed...
Also, Philips's in Baltimore is a good seafood place.
they have great crab cakes...
panicfc
13 Mar 2003, 10:36 PM
Originally posted by bmurphyfl
Lenny's in Branford, CT. Take Exit 53 off of I-95 and just anyone how to get to Lenny's. Their seafood bisque is amazing and the lobster rolls don't just overflow the roll...they overflow the plate. Plus, it's a shack on the edge of a swampy inlet with great atmosphere.
It's worth driving 50 miles out of your way.
Murf
I've never heard of Branford before. Knew it existed because of the existence of North Branford.
panicfc
13 Mar 2003, 10:38 PM
Seafood....where do I begin.
My favorite: Drago's in Metairie, LA - just outside of New Orleans. Drumfish Tommy, nice whitefish with crab and crawfish on top. Oh my!
A few in New Orleans proper:
Commander's Palace: Tuna steak, but anything they have.
Christians: Doesn't matter, eat it, its that good.
Fried Seafood:
Acme Oyster House
Galley Seafood.
Damn I miss crawfish.
Alberto
13 Mar 2003, 11:08 PM
Originally posted by panicfc
Seafood....where do I begin.
My favorite: Drago's in Metairie, LA - just outside of New Orleans. Drumfish Tommy, nice whitefish with crab and crawfish on top. Oh my!
A few in New Orleans proper:
Commander's Palace: Tuna steak, but anything they have.
Christians: Doesn't matter, eat it, its that good.
Fried Seafood:
Acme Oyster House
Galley Seafood.
Damn I miss crawfish.
Eddie, what's the place outside of New Orleans that serves crawfish, but tons of it. The place looks like an indoor picnic cabin with red checkerboard tablecloths and is located in the middle of crawfish ponds.
panicfc
13 Mar 2003, 11:14 PM
Probably in Lafayette?
Could be one of 50 places.
Crawfish USA
Randalls
Maybe even a Landry's.
So many places... so little crawfish in yankee land.
Alberto
14 Mar 2003, 07:38 AM
Originally posted by fidlerre
agreed...
[B]
they have great crab cakes...
I'm always leery of chain restaurants. It's real hard to control quality and while cooking can be made scientific, it still more art than science. I have a legal seafood in paramus and I plan on checking it out in the next few weeks.
GoDC
14 Mar 2003, 08:12 AM
Legal is not bad but not the greatest.
Phillip's in Baltimore is average, the original Crab House in Ocean City is great.