Blue Light Grill & Raw Bar
120 East Main St
Charlottesville VA United States
You'll get the freshest seafood in town at this storefront restaurant on the Downtown Mall. Atop a mound of ice behind the long bar to the left as you enter wait four types of oysters -- from Chincoteague, Long Island, NY, and the Pacific Northwest -- waiting to be consumed raw or steamed on the half shell. If they won't do for an appetizer, order the crab cocktail with huge chunks of blue crab meat served with drawn butter. Among the Asian-influenced main courses, many of them creative, the best bet is the monkfish coated with crushed citrus, lightly fried, and served under a slightly spicy Thai-style basil sauce and under a mound of rice. - frommers
Hours: Mon-Sun 4:30pm-10pm; Fri-Sat til 11pm
Phone: 434.295.1223
Accepts: bank debit cards, American Express, checks, Visa, MasterCard/Eurocard, gift certificates
Smoking: only at bar
Alcohol: full bar
Dress: casual
Reservations: recommended
Parking: validated parking
Accessibility: not