Can anyone give me an approx. idea of what the queue is like around 10 AM?
We’ll either be a party of 2 or 4 people.
Is this one of those ‘show up 20 minutes before doors open or you won’t be seated before noon’ type of places? What’s the scene and line like on weekends?
I was going for oyster bar + Fresser platter. Have you had the latter? What do you think of their smoked fish? I’m guessing it’s not R&D or Barney Greengrass, but is it worth doing the platter?
I was thinking Le Royale (dozen oysters, 6 littlenecks, 6 shrimp cocktail, 1/2 lobster, 1/2 lb king crab legs, etc) plus either Fresser’s Platter or just bagel w/ lox and a whitefish toast (maybe a latke too) if the missus isn’t into the big smoked fish plate. She’ll probably want to try the crab/avocado toast.
Re. the raw bar, how does it compare to Cull & Pistol or Pearl?