I've learned that its not a good idea to go to, say, Ruby's on Coney Island or Lenny's Clam Bar in Howard Beach and ask for anything BUT Bud with your Oysters. If you request Chablis in those places they will kick you a-s!
I was actually just kidding. Personally I prefer to eat my oysters and then have something to drink afterward. I don't want to mess with the flavor of the oysters.
I can't for the life of me remember the place we used to go to in Sheepshead Bay, and it was very well known but now gone...........Libby's, Liddy's, Lindy's.....I think it's the last one.
But I do remember Walt's in Sarasota, Fla - 10cent oysters and 1/2 price beers at happy hour.
I understand the premise behind champagne and oysters - it's the idea of wealth and luxury. I just associated them with summer. And summer means beer.
I sure came in for a shock when I moved to DelMarVa where the "r" rule rules. However, I have now come to appreciate that because I have learned to differentiate the taste of where the oysters are coming from.
OOPS, seems like we semi hijacked the thread - but why give the whine frogs anymore time? /of nastiness
I spent a lot of time at Louie's in Port Washington last time I was up there. Great happy hour prices.