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Re: Brophy Bros clam bar

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From: Arne Adolfsen
Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 16:48
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Julian Macassey wrote:

>         They call themselves a clam bar, they are what I would
> call an oyster bar.
>
>         Located upstairs in the Santa Barbara harbour, this place
> is busy and noisy. There are tables and chairs on the narrow
> balcony and inside. But for the best experience sit at the bar
> outside, or stand at the bar window on the balcony.
>
>         There is a "kitchen" menu of fish, salads etc. But you
> are there for the counter specialties, cooked for you in front of
> you by the barman.  He will mix your coctail, shuck your oysters
> and boil your shrimp in a beer sauce.
>
>         By sitting at the bar, you look out over the harbour.
> Definately the best seat in the house.
>
>         The staff behind the counter are men, most have worked
> there around a decade. The clientelle is varied, local singles,
> tourists and fishermen who step in from their boats. Everyone
> seems to get along.
>
>         Open for lunch and dinner. This is a perfect lunch,
> oysters, a bloody mary and some of their french fries and life
> doesn't get much better.
>
>         They serve New Zealand green mussels, I know there are
> locally harvested mussels, but right now they are out of season.
>
>         Mussels with the fernch fries and a glass of local white
> wine and you could be scarfing "moule et frite" in a Normandy
> fishing village - Except for the noise from the locals.
>
>         Brophy Bros. 119 Harbour Way, (The harbour) Santa
> Barbara.
>
> --
> We removed Saddam Hussein from power because he was a threat to
> our security. - George Bush 14 Dec 2005

Gosh-o-mighty, this sounds like a press release.  Do you work for them,
doll?  And what's with the British spelling of "harbor"?  Eh, hon?  And
why is this posted to ba.food?  Are you/they expecting people to travel
down to Santa Barbara for craptacular food?

Hungry minds want to know.

Love,
Arne
adolfsen@earthlink.net
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