As the name implies, if you don’t like oysters then you have zero taste. No wait, that’s not right. Although the name does loosely imply that their oysters are the only thing of merit, which couldn’t be further from the truth. Crab, salmon, a spectacular Cioppino, and an assorted bounty from the sea awaits those who visit Elliott’s. You might even score some of the best creme brulee if you have enough forethought to save room for it.

Now about those oysters… sweet loogie-textured mana from bivalve heaven! The variety is exceptional, and their champion oyster bar man, David, even lets me call him “one bad mother-shucker.” Elliott’s runs a unique progressive happy hour, wherein oysters cost 50 cents at 3pm, and go up by 20 cents every half hour until 6pm. It’s a brutal race to see how many I can down in that first 30 minutes, but worth every belt-busting moment of it.