Cuisine:

• Sea food
• Barbeque, Grill
• American

Coastal Grill Description:
Oceanfront tourists always ask, "Where's the best seafood?" There are many pretenders to that throne at the Beach, but the right answer surprises them because it's three miles inland. Coastal Grill is the place for just-caught fish, be it tilefish, rockfish or any of the fine fins scrawled nightly on the chalkboard. Whether you choose seafood---oysters mignonette and soft shells are nonpareil---or the more grounded but equally topnotch grilled leg of lamb with eggplant purée or pork loin with red cabbage and apple compote, half an acorn squash spilling its pool of melted butter and brown sugar will likely share the plate. The autumnal accompaniment (corn on the cob in summer) hasn't changed since Jerry Bryan opened this elegantly low-key restaurant in 1989. Neither has the fact that freshness is non-negotiable. A veteran of New York's Quilted Giraffe, Bryan trains and retains culinarians; executive chef Maureen Cucchiaro has been with him from the start. He purposely keeps his wine list good but small, recalling times he's been out with his wife and had to concentrate on tomes instead of her.


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