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| - Based on some of the other reviews, I was beginning to wonder if there are two MVP's Raw Bars in town. Our experience here was really really good.
The service was impeccable. My wife is a cancer survivor not long out of treatment and had several questions about the food. The waitress answered everything perfectly and the things she didn't immediately know, she found out and quickly told us what we needed to know.
We started with Oysters on the half shell. Monday-Thursday before 7:00 PM they are half price and well worth it. Fresh, clean, Chesapeake bay oysters, nicely shucked with great house made cocktail sauce, buffalo sauce, and horseradish as well. The salad was huge and all the dressings are made in-house. The bleu cheese was some of the best I've had. I had the fried seafood basket. It was hot, fresh and cooked to perfection. This cook really knows how to fry fish. The selection was good, 2 kinds of shrimp, oysters, and Alaskan whitefish that was very tender and juicy. Waffle fries were good, the regular fries just OK, both should have been fried a little longer. The wife had something called pork wings. After the waitress explained that it is a little known cut of pork from the ribs, she decided to give it a try. We are a big fan of the pork wing now, it was as tender and flavorful as anything you could hope for with quite a bit of meat on the 3 "wings" .
The beer selection was pretty good and my Blue Moon was nice and cold. The outdoor patio was full of smokers and there was someone smoking a very sweet smelling cigar nearby that wasn't too pleasant, but my wife, a former smoker, refused to become one of "those people" and never moved nor complained and the guy left well before our food arrived anyway. If the smoke is a problem, the indoor dining room is all non-smoking.
I realize that we have only been there one time, but are already looking forward to our next trip to MVP's.
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