THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Shorty's on the Half Shell

THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Shorty's on the Half Shell Restaurant Review:

Shorty's is dressed up with all the usual minutiae of a New England seafood shack: taxidermied fish, old fisherman's ropes and ancient sign boards cram the walls. The layout is the same as the former tenant---the overly kitsch Sixth Avenue outpost of Chat 'n' Chew---with a bar up front and a dining room (complete with comfortable two- and four-seater booths), marred only by the presence of televised sports. The menu, as one would expect after spying the décor, almost exclusively comes from the sea: moist fish and chips (made with tilapia) and large crab cakes are perfect comfort food dishes (if not a bit on the greasy side) while the steamed P.E.I. mussels and steamed Maine crabs taste like they were just pulled from the sea. Likewise, the oysters---which come in three varieties, Malpeque, Pine Island and Blue Point---are fresh and tasty.