Photo Gallery: Bivalvular (and Other) Pleasures at Blue Point Oysterette

Need a visual aid for your print edition? Jonathan Gold visits Blue Point Oysterette in Santa Monica, and finds the oysters ("quivering and cold, expertly opened, served on big platters of ice") worth the trip. Click through for Anne Fishbein's spectacular photos and read more in Gold's Counter Intelligence, "Consider the Oysterette: Bivalvular (and Other) Pleasures on Ocean Avenue."

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Anne Fishbein
Island Creek oysters chilling on ice

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Anne Fishbein
corner booth

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Anne Fishbein
afternoon bar scene

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Anne Fishbein
Craig Brady, head chef

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Anne Fishbein
sous chef Tony Torres and crab


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inspecting the crab before it's served

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Anne Fishbein
afternoon shucking

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