The Fishbox

One of our favorite destinations of late has been Sammy's Fishbox on City Island. City Island itself is a seperate post. But the fishbox, is love.

Sammy's fishbox serves the largest portions of food you've ever seen, for reasonable prices, (22-35 per entre) and you will have food for two days, if not three, potentially four.

The Food: Good simple seafood prep. and lots of it.

Entres begin with a cold relish tray (of pickled vegetables), A loaf of mountain bread, corn bread, butter and some kind of processed cheese--that we find delicious. This is followed by a healthy sized salad, some if not all (we can't quite figure out the formula) come with vegetbles and rice, and all come potato. The best part, a spiced apple ring!!! If you don't know what that is, you might be too young to be reading this blog.

Our perennial favorite is the crab stuffed sole, or the shrimp stuffed with crab meat. The Stuffed sole arrives as two manly fist sized filets stuffed with crab meat, nothin' else, no filler. My last order of stuffed shrimp revealed an entire crab leg, in shrimp, seems like magic.

Apparently the owner runs five resteraunts on the ave. We intend to stop at each one at some point, but for now, we're just transfixed with the fishbox.

The decor is part of what makes the expirience so unique, it looks like a corporate resteraunt would try to look, only it was done by hand, each room is of it's own era. Santa graces the front all year round.....

Oh, and valet parking is free (minus a tip) and fast.

Getting There:
BQE--->Tri-Borough Bridge,
then take New England thruway North, (Bruckner Expressway I-95). Follow 95 North to exit 8B Orchard Beach City Island. Follow signs that say City Island.

Once you've crossed the bridge onto City Island you'll be on City Island Avenue. This is the only main road through the island. It backs up. Be prepared to get stuck on your one mile trip down the ave. to Sammys. We leave an hour door to door from downtown brooklyn.