Pearl Oyster Bar

I'm embarrassed to say that I've lived around the corner from Pearl Oyster Bar for 10 years and have never been there to eat. Maybe it's due to the fact that they don't take reservations and that I always see people queuing up outside every night before they open. Well, I'm happy to say that last Thursday night I FINALLY ate there with Kimmi K.. We popped in to check on the wait and they actually had 1 table for 2 available!. It was one of four in a little room in the back - a less frantic setting than in the front of the house that made us feel like were were eating in New England as opposed to on Cornelia St.



We started with the clam chowder - very authentic and warming to the soul on a cold winter night. Then we went with Pearl's signature dish, the lobster roll, which was extremely authentic all the way down to the butter-toasted roll it was served on. The roll was filled with lots of juicy lobster and was light on the mayonaise. DELISH! And the homemade shoestring fries on the side made it all that much better. So there you go - 2 born-n-bred New Englanders stuffed & happy! (a RARE occurance at a NY "seafood shack").