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Article #547Re: Brophy Bros clam bar
From: Arne Adolfsen
Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 16:48
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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