The Oceanaire

Mar 04, 2008

I don’t usually list restaurant groups, but I must make an exception for The Oceanaire, because they get all the little touches just right. When you walk into any of the sixteen 1930s-style Oceanaires (San Diego, Seattle, Denver, Minneapolis, Houston, Dallas, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Charlotte, Miami, Orlando, Atlanta, Washington DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston) you stare straight at a gleaming metal, semicircular raw bar packed with the freshest oysters. The Oceanaire chefs I’ve met have a terrific depth of oyster knowledge, as well as great enthusiasm. In many of the cities they inhabit, they are the best oyster spot in town.