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The Oyster Bay Seafood Caf in Lawrencevilles downtown historic downtown district.
I found myself in that part of town the other day, having had to go get new tags for my car at the country government complex just down the road, and having been to the OBSC a few times, I figured Id do my civic duty and pump some money into downtown business coffers.
Oyster Bay was founded in 2009, and in that time has been turning out a taste of Florida in Northern Georgia. Steve Greenwho spent more than 20 years as a restaurateur in the St. Petersburg, Fla., areabrought his experience and kitchen knowhow to Lawrenceville. This, in turn, brought some of those St. Pete dishes, such as a smoked fish dip, stuffed grouper, conch fritters and sacks of oysters, to the Gwinnett County seat.
The interior of the place is dark and made up like an old Gulf Coast seafood restaurant would look like in a movie, with ships wheels and fishing nets and racks of vintage fishing rods & reels adorning the walls, along with location-appropriate photos, prints, paintings and other seafaring brick-a-brac and similarly-themed neon signs from various domestic breweries.
I have had the namesake oysters at OBSC several times in many different configurations, be it steamed, fried, baked (topped with bacon, jalapeos, Parmesan cheese and or garlic; $5.50-$6.50 for six, $10.95-$11.50 for a dozen), or fried in a basket ($12.95) or in a Po boy sandwich. I have always found them fresh, plump and, depending on how I ordered them, cooked perfectly.
But on this day, I was not in an oyster mood but not feeling up to an entre-sized meal, which run the gamut from cedar-plank grilled salmon ($14.95) to Bimini Grouper ($14.95) to Snow Crab legs (market price). The menu also includes, chicken, ribs, pastas and steaks for you land lubbers. No, today I went with a bacon/shrimp po boy ($8.95) with a side of coleslaw. But before getting to the sandwich, I decided I needed to try the conch fritters ($6.50), which I have seen on the menu often but have never gotten around to trying.
| Why people choose sea cruises? And why once having visited cruise, it would be desirable to come back there again and again? From year to year, the ships in swimming from century to century leave, and always strangers wave to leaving liners, say goodbye to them. And proud handsome men salute to them in the answer, as though telling «thanks for a shelter and good-bye!». |
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