Seafood Bay

Back in the early 80's when I was in art school, artist Christopher Williams worked at Seafood Bay on Sunset Blvd. Although he was one of our most respected art teachers at Otis, recently a graduate of CalArts along with other artist teachers of ours Stephen Prina and Mike Kelly, he worked at the restaurants at night. We really liked Christopher and felt honored to be able to see him and say hello while eating very affordable and good seafood. It was great and when we could afford it, we would go there as much as possible. I discovered a love for shark steak there. They closed a long time ago and with it a phase of Silver Lake long gone.

Well, there's another Seafood Bay in East LA (no relationship evidentally) at 1240 South Soto LA CA 90023, 323-296-6874 where we had lunch today. They have a fairly massive menu and promote themselves as an "inflation buster".

Well, not so much. Not so much an inflation buster and not so great seafood. However there are some great pluses here. We averaged $13.00 a plate which includes a soda, great bread with real butter, two sides and an average serving of so-so seafood. I guess my romantic memories of the Seafood Bay on Sunset is too high. My fish definitely tasted like it was frozen moments ago. The broccoli was decent and the salad was mediocre. The garlic shrimp was pretty good and I recommend topping the surplus bits of roasted garlic and butter on your bread. It was the best thing about our lunch and worth it. Now I have garlic breath, which is kind of fun to have once in a while.