Desy’s Clam Bar
“I wish I knew about Desy's sooner and that it was opened by the former Chef of Little Charlies.”
“The fried shrimp, calamari, scungilli with the hot sauce and the fried mozzarella are always a favorite and delicious.”
“Seafood salad, Linguini with anchovies and medium sauce.”
Desy’s Clam Bar
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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Good to see that some traditions haven't completely died out. The place is run by the chef, a little friendly Latino guy named Desy. As others have noted, this place was opened by Desy after his original workplace, Little Charlie's Clam Bar in Little Italy, closed. Prices are weird here, with some things priced well and others not. Place was empty for lunch, but then again I wouldn't expect any big crowd in the middle of the week all things considered.
My friend and I shared a veal parmigiana hero w/ medium sauce as he didn't want seafood and we just wanted a light lunch. The whole thing here where they offer 3 sauces (sweet, medium, hot) is typical for clam bars for seafood even if its weird that they offer it for the whole menu here. We got some hot sauce with the bread we got initially; between the hot and medium, I personally preferred the hot but the medium worked much better with the veal. Bread was good quality Italian bread. The veal itself was ok quality (dark veal), and could have been crisper. There was also too much cheese relative to the meat, which wasn't skimped on but wasn't plentiful either. Overall it was a decent sandwich, but given the price ($15) it wasn't impressive. I'd come here again to try the seafood maybe, but I'd probably be better off up somewhere on Graham Ave instead.