Atlantic Plumbing

Roy Boys Menu Brings Shaw Fried Chicken, Fresh Oysters, and Colorful Bloody Marys | Eater DC

"Opened last Friday in the Atlantic Plumbing building in Shaw, Roy Boys gives the neighborhood a neon-lit spot for fresh oysters and fried chicken dishes engineered to soak up lots of alcohol after hours. I noticed it's blocks from the 9:30 Club and will stay open until 2 a.m. Sunday–Thursday and 3 a.m. Friday and Saturday. The restaurant, in the former Tasty Burger space, features a wall of bright yellow busts shaped like chicken heads and nods to ’90s hip-hop stars, though it faced criticism for murals that slapped chicken beaks over the mouths of the Death Row Records crew and depicted Notorious B.I.G. with a full feathered bird head; artist Christopher Lynch removed the chicken references and the opening was delayed a few days. Co-owners Scott Parker and Marlon Marshall are hoping the food—helmed by chef Will Sullivan, formerly chef de cuisine at Green Pig Bistro—can move the conversation forward; the menu includes five fried chicken sandwiches, four oyster variations, hushpuppies, peel-and-eat shrimp, salads, and ice cream tacos. Bar manager Frank Mills opened with six cocktails at $13 apiece (including a draft cocktail made with Shinju Japanese whisky), plus canned and local drafts, mini “pony” beer bottles for $4, oyster shooters, and daily frozen bloody marys rimmed with kosher salt and black pepper for $10 (available with a traditional red or a house-made verde mix with tequila or vodka); a skewer with a chicken wing, shrimp, peppers, red onion, and pickled okra carries a $6 upcharge. Happy hour runs 4–7 p.m. daily with $5 drafts, $5 40-ounce bottles of wine, and $10 cocktails, and oysters are $1 a piece all day on Mondays." - Tierney Plumb