Frank's Oyster House and Champagne Parlor

• Cuisine(s): American
  Hours: Tue-Sat 5pm-11pm
  Price: $, $$
• Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash
  Features: Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly, Wheelchair Accessible
  Serving: Dinner
• Alcohol: Full bar
  Reservations: Accepted
  Parking: No Parking

Description

Having established the popularity of Pair, Alex and Sarah Penn have opened a second restaurant three blocks away, which gives a nod to the traditional American steakhouse and their grandparents' notion of going out. The winks are all respectful: The room is paneled in psychedelic-woodshop chic, while the kitchen updates and lightens up classics like crab louie, deviled eggs, and baked potato (shrunk, Alice in Wonderland style, into grilled fingerlings). Overly casual service doesn't always rise to the standards Grandpa would have demanded, and the entrees are a little too contemporary to be interesting, but Frank's does evoke that same warm, comfortable feeling that fuels the nostalgia of millions of American grandchildren.