Dear Friends,

February is upon us and it’s a very busy month indeed. As a matter of fact and perhaps for good reason, it’s National Time Management Month — as well as Library Lovers Month, Aggressive Driving Month, Workplace Eye Safety Month, and host to many other holidays. We kick off with Groundhog Day on the 2nd and we’re proposing a deal: if the Groundhog doesn’t see it’s shadow, we’re celebrating an early spring by offering $1 oysters from 5-7 PM. Midway through the month we have Valentine’s and President’s Day (click here to read the legend of George Washington’s oyster-eating horse) colliding with the Chinese New Year creating a cosmic trinity which we intend to honor by offering half priced bottles of champagne and sparkling wine all weekend long (beginning Friday evening through Monday). Sweethearts also note that on Sunday, February 14th, we’ll be open an extra hour, serving dinner and popping that half-priced bubbly until 10pm.

For you WPIX faithful, I’ll be cooking on the Toni On! New York show on the 6th and 13th of the month. Watch at 7:30 PM on Saturdays and 11:30 AM on Sundays. If you’ve missed some of the past appearences, we’ve got them up on YouTube now and the coming featured recipes will be added soon to the others that are already up on our blog. On January 25th, I did the Hot Five on Hot Grease with food culturist Nicole Taylor on the Heritage Radio network — a really excellent internet radio station dedicated to the culture of food and its production. I also want to thank everyone for their tattoo suggestions. A winner was selected and notified, I will post a picture when I get the tattoo (and no, it’s not going to be a plate of lobster meatballs on my stomach).

As always, you can find us and follow us on Facebook and Twitter. We are open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner, and we will do our best to accommodate reservations for groups of 8 or more. If you are interested in private parties, catering, or learning how to shuck oysters, email or call us at 212-343-3236.
All the best,

Ed McFarland