Choptank

REVIEW

June 22, 2010


CUISINE: Seafood
NEIGHBORHOOD: Greenwich Village, West Village

 

308 Bleecker St. At Grove St.

(p) 212-675-2009

 

To balance out all the barbecue we've been eating this summer, I'm always on the lookout for a good seafood restaurant. Grilled shrimp and a nice piece of striped bass are my idea of a dietary cleanse.  So it was with a sense of both necessity and excitement that I decided to try Choptank, which opened in January in the west village.

 

First observation: the place is gigantic. There are two bars and a back patio that took me by surprise. Second: like the kids on yelp said, the staff isn't too friendly. I asked a waitress for the bathroom and rather than point me in the right direction she said, "Give me a second and I'll come back to find you" which is a little absurd considering I eventually found the bathroom (after going down the wrong staircase into the kitchen) and it was right there. CONT'D

 

 

 

The menu is meant to evoke feelings of nostalgia for the Chesapeake Bay: there's a daily selection of oysters, peel-and-eat shrimp, lots of old bay seasoning and boardwalk-style fries. My friend and I started with rock shrimp tacos — deep fried balls of shrimp — in a cumin-lime slaw.  Very tasty.  For the main course I had the crab cake with spicy potato salad. It was good, but for $24 the plate seemed a little barren; it could have used a vegetable or at the very least some greens.  My friend enjoyed her dish, white gazpacho with Maine crab salad, and the boardwalk-style fries did not disappoint either of us.  The verdict: while I enjoyed dinner at Choptank, it didn't quite satisfy my thirst for summer seafood and the perfect casual-cool environment I associate with it.  As my grandfather, Big Norm, would say: "five out of ten."  

 


Posted in FOOD on June 22, 2010 8:01am by Jena Steinbach | 10 comments



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