Yankee Pier, Marin County Dining

Cuisine=*(0-20) Ambiance=!(0-5) Price=$(Simple-Full)
Approximate Price per person excluding tax, beverage + tip=$. Simple=appetizer + main course; full= best available multi-course meal.

As We Like It has been serving the gastronomically enlightened community since 1989.

    Larkspur, Marin County

    Yankee Pier *(14.5) !(2) $(20-60) 415-924-7676  www.yankeepier.com.  286 Magnolia Ave.  M-F= 11:30 AM-2:30 PM, 5:00-8:30 PM Sat.-Sun=11:30 AM-8:30 PM
    One of 4 locations serving simple preparations of fresh fish, sourced in accord with the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch Program, this street front venue is decorated with fisherman memorabilia and seafood wall sculptures. There is a covered patio, heated in winter, with a sand pile for young children to play. An open kitchen is visible in the front of a long, narrow dining room filled with closely placed formica topped tables covered with butcher block paper. We began with a delicious bowl of New England clam chowder and a simple wedge of iceberg lettuce salad with lemon and oil dressing. Main courses include 2 side dishes of which we tasted admirable, hand cut Kennebec fries, greasy but tasty corn-polenta cakes and just okay cole slaw. Pacific snapper, beer-battered fish and chips were tasty, and the 1.5 pound boiled lobster was delightful in its simplicity. Overly rich desserts of butterscotch pudding and banana cream pie completed the dinner. An appropriate wine selection is available, and corkage is $15.00 if you bring your own. Our bottle of 2001 Grivault Meursault Perrieres 1er cru complemented the dinner quite well. Service is professional and caring. We can also recommend their SF Airport location, United Airlines terminal beyond security, as being significantly better than the usual airport terminal food.