My first Chow Here post!
A Gal Photo OriginalA sweet, one room restaurant filled with the warms aroma of cooking seafood and pasta. Newport's only "only fish" restaurant. A bar in one corner, the open kitchen in the other and a room full of tables makes you feel like you're eating an indulgent and comfortable meal with all of your best friends.
Where I Am:
Off the "main drag" along the ocean but with a sweet little street view for all of the diners sat along the windows. Check out the "real Newport", a quiet and historic town filled with yachtsmen, preppies, fishermen, bicyclists, runners and folks just walking home from their day jobs.
My Type of Customer:
Local diners. Fish lovers. Couples and groups and people who like a long meal. Those who are of an age to really appreciate good seafood. People who like to clean up well but prefer an informal meal. The reasonably priced menu can accommodate any diner.
What To Order:
Share Lobster Fra Diavolo for 2, which pretty much feeds 8. All 8 true servings would still be filled with spicy, delicious seafood and fresh noodles. Large, delicious and a great meal served in a pan, perfect for sharing with a side of wine, conversation and laughter. You can order any of the other fresh dishes straight off the blackboard menu. The fishies will not disappoint.
How to Find Me:
Ask anyone in town, or walk down Thames Street along Newport Harbor and you will run straight into the storefront.
Scales & Shells' Lobster Fra DiavoloA Gal Photo Original
Historic, classic, indulgent, secluded, peaceful and surrounded by water, water and more water.
Oh and did I mention that in that water lives food of the sea?
aka: Seafood.
A perfect location for a warm, welcoming and delicious restaurant like Scales and Shells.
Sleeping with the fishies (the delicious ones in my dreams),
Gal
