Grand Central Oyster Bar

Oyster bar restaurant · Midtown East

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"By all means sit at the snaking lunch counter, where it still feels like 1940, or — even better — perch at the actual oyster bar and contemplate the dozens of raw bivalves that can be shucked to order as you eagerly watch. An added plus is the contraption stapled to the counter that looks like a giant juicer, and watch in awe as the cook uses it to create soups called pan roasts, one of the ingredients of which is... ketchup." - Emma Orlow, Eater Staff

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89 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10017 Get directions

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