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| - Saturday afternoon (3/3/18), lots of good college basketball on TV...yet, only 6-8 people in the bar. Went for the "Oyster specials" that they advertise and have signage for. Ordered 2 dozen. They were dry, semi-frozen, absolutely no liquid, came with 3 crackers and no cocktail sauce.
Ate one, tasted off. Tried another, still not right. After looking at them more closely, you could tell these were not freshly shucked. It is obvious they shuck ahead of time (days? Weeks?), freeze and wait for the occasional sucker to bite on the "oyster specials" and come in. Then just toss them on a platter...
We told the bartender and she went to the kitchen manager who wanted to insist we pay for at least 1 dozen. Are you kidding? It was obvious what they do for their raw oysters, and pathetic that a manager wouldn't acknowledge, or offer to take it off our bill. Bartender went to battle for us, however. "Customer's not always right" based on other reviews and my experience yesterday.
Won't fool me again. If you can't shuck and serve FRESH oysters, don't bother. They should stick to draft and bottle beer. Seems more of their core competency. Bartender was very nice, sweet and apologetic. Won't be back.
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