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Neptune Oyster Restaurant Review

63 Salem St. (Cross St.) Send to Phone
BostonMA 02113
617-742-3474 | Menu
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This North End raw bar somehow exemplifies both the minimalism of its genre and the warmth of the surrounding neighborhood. Neptune Oyster Restaurant is one of our 2012 | Top 10 Boston Seafood Restaurants |

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Open

Lunch & Dinner daily

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  • Casual

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We have been to Hemingway's clean, well-lighted place, and it's called Neptune Oyster. The tiny spot, all whiteness and mirrors and stainless steel, beckons brightly on winter evenings and promises refreshing cool---complete with a window display of shucked oysters on ice---on summer afternoons. What's more, it delivers---effortlessly, it seems. Not only is the daily selection of raw shellfish impressive---there are a dozen or so varieties on offer at any given time---but the menu presents an exceptional assortment of creative seafood dishes, some Italian-inflected, others New England-based. Even in the wake of talented chef David Nevins’ departure, we’re fully confident owner Jeff Nace won’t want to change a thing in a kitchen that’s become synonymous with an eye-poppingly bold, lip-smackingly rich repertoire (fried oysters with pickled beef tongue, anyone?).

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