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Why Elm Street Oyster House Is on Our Top 50 Seafood Worldwide
Elm Street Oyster House, under Elm Street team's direction, is ranked #31 on our Top 50 Seafood Restaurants Worldwide. The seafood style: Connecticut oyster house tradition.
The signature catch: Long Island Sound oysters, lobster roll, crab cake. The sourcing: Long Island Sound and Connecticut shoreline sourcing.
The oyster program: Connecticut native oyster bar. The raw bar / grill technique: Marble counter raw bar.
The award lineage: Greenwich institution since 1995.
How to Order at Elm Street Oyster House
The booking lead time: 2 to 4 weeks for prime time. Reserve through OpenTable, Resy, or the restaurant's own booking line where applicable; institutional walk-in oyster bars accept no reservations and run a queue from opening.
Order what came in that morning. The kitchen's strongest expression at Elm Street Oyster House is the Long Island Sound oyster sampler. The Connecticut oyster house tradition register is structural; the sourcing and the technique are what reward the booking effort.
The dress code: Smart casual. The dinner spend: 70 to 130 USD per person at dinner. The kitchen at Elm Street Oyster House is rated 9/10 for food and 10/10 for ambience in our editorial scoring.
Why Elm Street Oyster House Is Worth the Pilgrimage
"The Greenwich Connecticut institution since 1995. The most consistently family-run upper-East-Coast oyster house with the Long Island Sound oyster program anchoring the menu."
Our editorial scoring places the food at 9/10, ambience at 10/10, and value at 8/10. The Connecticut oyster house tradition register is structural; the sourcing standard and the regional seafood tradition produce the meal that rewards the pilgrimage.
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- Top 50 Seafood Restaurants Worldwide. The full editorial ranking, of which Elm Street Oyster House is #31.
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- (No peer seafood entry in this city on our Top 50. See the pillar for the full list.)