B&G Oysters

Each day this azure-colored ode to oysters in the South End features 12 varieties of bivalves (six from each coast), all delivered fresh that morning. Clams and easily 100 lobsters also arrive daily to become the restaurant’s signature mayo-dressed lobster roll, golden fried clams, and lobster BLT.

Restaurant Week (noun): 1. A twice-annual, two-week event featuring specially priced prix fixe menus: two-course lunches for $15.10, three-course lunches for $20.10, and three-course dinners for $33.10.

We walked in, it seemed, on an uptown house party at somebody's slick studio apartment. The kitchen is wide open for ogling, and the spiral staircase that leads to the john and the dish room is a good place to get cozy with the wait staff. Miles of marble and mosaic tiles in oceanic colors (cobalts, steam-grays) suggest a Riviera cottage. And there's an adjacent gravel-lined, below-sea-level lot that will eventually serve as a seasonal dining area.