http://www.voiceplaces.com/locations/directions/locationId:2520280/
View on Large Map
Get Directions
|
00000 - 00000 of 00000 |
|
advertisement
A sidecar, clams casino, lobster thermidor, and thou--is this Miami Beach in 1958? Close, with the same deco-echoing architecture of fanciful fun and many of those classic American hotel dishes. The only difference is that here the freshness of the fish relies on airlines, not proximity to the docks, and you can get the contemporary preparations of black bass in black butter and single-malt scotches that we modern folk have become so accustomed to. Oyster fans take note: The towers of ice next to the bar now host the best oyster bar in the city.
When you go out to eat, do you order decisively or do you stare at the menu obsessively, as if it's your last meal? Here's a handy guide to what customers order most at some of the Twin Cities' most p... More »
Dear Dara; This letter is pure venting. I walked out of L___ yesterday. Why? Because the waiter would not let me sit at a table other than the crappy little two-seater in the corner he had picked out for me, where my shoulder would have been... More »
The Oceanaire Seafood Room 1300 Nicollet Mall (Hyatt Regency Center), Mpls.; (612) 333-2277 Hours: Sunday-Thursday 5 p.m.-10 p.m., Friday-Saturday 5 p.m.-11 p.m. My first oyster experiences were all about digging up the rocklike morsels from... More »
Besides serving the freshest seafood anywhere, they also have a surprisingly Great Happy Hour. $2 Beers, $4 Wine, $6 Martinis and $5 Apps.
Oceanaire's menu is famously ever-changing, depending on what fish markets worldwide have to offer, and that element of surprise is part of the thrill of dining there. But the tab for the pristine, exotic, just-flown-in raw materials adds up fast, which is why we like going to Oceanaire when someone else's black AmEx will settle the check. That said, there's much on the menu that's worth the price: Specialties--all of them à la carte--can include Costa Rican dayboat... More »
This year the Oceanaire chain added new restaurants, so now the locally based chain has outposts in San Diego, Atlanta, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and one forthcoming in Miami. Yet the Minneapolis one was the original, so the question constantly arises: How do Minnesotans sell fish to folks in fishing towns like Seattle and Miami? Isn't this kind of like Floridians selling snow to the Eskimos? Kind of, but not really. This particular cadre of Minnesotans has the one secret weapon that... More »
Our short list for great service in Minneapolis this year was extremely short: sister restaurants Manny's and the Oceanaire, the Rick Webb family of restaurants including Zelo and Ciao Bella, and the Capital Grille. That the restaurants in question are able to replicate their excellent service in multiple locations is proof of what we've always said: Great service isn't born, it's trained. We're giving the prize to Oceanaire this year because we had to pick something to decide this... More »
Ever had shad roe? Honestly, the closest we ever got to it before was in the Cole Porter song. Then one night we saw it on the Oceanaire menu, alongside Florida sushi-grade black grouper, Alaskan dayboat halibut, Columbia River spring king salmon, diver-caught Maine scallops, Chesapeake Bay crab, California white sturgeon "Molassol" caviar, and had to have it. That's right, we surveyed the seafood of the whole world and settled on this little seasonal enthusiasm from the American Atlantic.... More »
Oh, the good times we've had at the Oceanaire Seafood Room. The oysters as fresh as mermaids newly broken through the surface of the sea, the cocktails as potent as sea spray whipping over a yacht's prow, the matchstick fries as crisp as the sound of a snapping sail. Of course, there are people who go to the Oceanaire for its chef-driven seafood creations, things like Greek Isles #1 bluefin tuna seared with wasabi and soy or sesame-crusted, pan-seared Cavicucho (a California sea bass). But... More »
It's the oyster bar that hooks us. Glistening little puddles of just-shelled mollusk on scrappy little disks of shell that sat oh-so-recently in the world's inlets, bays, and estuaries. Sweet Wellfleets, subtle Blue Points, delicate Kumamotos from the West Coast. Snare a seat at that oyster bar and you'll know why those birds poking around ocean surf always look so happy. That's good eating. You know what's nearly as good? The improbable-sounding Alaskan halibut "T-bone" (market price,... More »
Since it opened a little more than two years ago, Oceanaire has dominated the seafood dreams of seafood lovers. The fantasies start with $1.95 bluepoint oysters (opened by a few of the only people you can count on not to shatter the bivalves while shucking), work up through $4.25 cups of clam chowder and $19.95 fried-everything (potatoes, fish, shrimp, scallops, and oysters) platters, and then dither around aimlessly in the seared Oregon skate ($23.95), Hawaiian blue marlin ($25.95), and... More »
If someone's sucker enough to offer to buy you dinner--kid, who are you to refuse? And who are you to worry about their finances? What are you--Alan Greenspan? You are looking out for number one, and there is no more glorious experience for sale (legally--get yer head out of the gutter) than sitting down in a jade-and-glass Fabergé egg of a restaurant for some primo vino and fantabulous cuisine. How does this recent sample menu strike you? Appetizer: Ahi Tuna with Peking Duck Blini... More »
Plenty of local chefs have the talent and skill to produce an exceptional meal of fish--Doug Flicker at Auriga, Philip Dorwart at Table of Contents 2, Lucia Watson at Lucia's, and Alex Roberts at Alma leap to mind. But only one restaurant combines expert technique with a mind-altering quantity, variety, and quality of flipping-fresh sea critters, and that restaurant is Oceanaire. The oyster bar is a Poseidonic dream, with half a dozen or more kinds of mollusks, identified by the bay or... More »
Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Site Map © 2013 Village Voice - All rights reserved.
Find everything you're looking for in your city
Find the best happy hour deals in your city
Get today's exclusive deals at savings of anywhere from 50-90%
Check out the hottest list of places and things to do around your city