The Oyster Bar
![The counter at the Oyster Bar](https://robertiulo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150603_1336331-856x1024.jpg)
The Grand Central Oyster Bar and Restaurant is still there and still a great American seafood restaurant.
When is opened in 1913 on the lower level of Grand Central Terminal Woodrow Wilson was President It’s been around for a while. A beautiful restaurant and historic too, with its Guastavino tile ceiling.
![Oyster Menu](https://robertiulo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150603_133622-1024x561.jpg)
The menu changes daily depending on what’s fresh and available at the fish market. Complete Menu
The restaurant is divided into roughly three sections – the main dining room, the bar and the oyster bar and counter. If I’m anywhere near Grand Central at lunch time I can’t resist stopping at the counter for my usual – a beer, a half dozen of something on the half-shell and an old-fashioned oyster pan roast. If you sit at the counter you can watch the chefs opening the shellfish and making the pan roast – some ingredients; chili sauce, Worcestershire sauce, butter and cream. For dessert, either Key Lime Pie or Cheese Cake.
![Shucking Oysters](https://robertiulo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150603_1418301-1024x691.jpg)
![Cherry Stones](https://robertiulo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150603_133646-1024x1021.jpg)
![Oyster Pan Roast](https://robertiulo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150603_134939-821x1024.jpg)