We'd add
Our runner-upNew England Clam Chowder
Clam chowder made with cream
New England clam chowder. A cup to start while the kettle works.
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Our dish — the plate we'd order here firstOyster Pan-Roast
- TechniqueSteam kettle
Oysters cooked to order in the steam kettles with cream, butter and clam juice, finished with chili sauce, on toast. Take a counter seat and watch the kettles.
Grand Central Oyster Bar
Seafood · oyster bar since 1913 · Midtown (Grand Central Terminal), New York
89 East 42nd Street, Grand Central Terminal, Lower Level, New York, NY 10017
Must-goOne of the few places in this city we'd plan a trip around.New to LocalBite
The Oyster Bar opened beneath Grand Central Terminal three weeks after the station, under vaulted tile ceilings, with oyster pan roasts that were famous from the start. The same kettles still do the cooking.
The proof, in the house's own words
Why the pan roast
Craft
Made to order, every one.
“We offer our World Famous Stews and Pan Roasts, made to order.”
Technique
The kettles the bar opened with, still in use.
“cooked in our original steam kettles”
Tradition
On the counter since the Oyster Bar's first day.
“immediately famous oyster pan roasts and oyster stews”
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