A casual seafood place should not be an anomaly on the North Fork of Long Island. Surrounded almost entirely by water, there are plenty of them in the former seaport town of Greenport, but moving west towards Riverhead, there was nothing, until now. The Crazy Fork opened to solve just this problem. It is the kind of place where you go to get a burger before the movies, except you get a fish sandwich instead. And we did just that.
On Fourth of July eve, we found ourselves post-vineyard awaiting an early showing of Monsters University. The Crazy Fork beckoned. When I say casual, I mean casual. A lobster bib would be fancy here. A few tables, a few fans (not sure if they even have A/C) and a bar - conveniently across the street from the Mattituck movie theater.
What they lack in atmosphere, they try to make up for in food. The menu has your requisite fried fish baskets and sandwiches, as well as oysters, clams, mussels and lobsters. Plus, a more elaborate section of the menu offers items like Caribbean jerk mahi-mahi and fig-glazed salmon.
JB chose an oyster po-boy, now I am not a po-boy expert, but I don't think po-boys in New Orleans come on a hoagie roll. Regardless, JB found the oysters themselves tasty and had no complaints about the fries.
There was a shrimp tacos appetizer as a special, and I felt compelled to continue the never ending quest of the best fish taco on the East End. The Crazy Fork version came with a fresh fruit salsa which kept the tacos on the lighter side. While Shuckers still wins, I would certainly get these again.
Meanwhile, our boys continued their quest of the well done hamburger. They were so well done, that I could barely cut them. No worries, once cut, the hamburger went faster than my shrimp tacos.
They did have some good looking desserts, but we had to save room for popcorn.
Until our next Berger,
KLB
The Crazy Fork
10560 Main Road
Mattituck, NY
631.298.1100
www.crazyforkny.com
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