The First-Timer · Jack · New York
Grand Central Oyster Bar
Skip the dining room. Sit at the U-shaped counter, order a half-dozen East Coast oysters and the clam chowder, and watch them shuck. It's a working New York institution, not a museum.
1913 oyster house under the tiled vaults of Grand Central. The oyster counter is the only seat that matters.
— Jack, The First-Timer
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