Harmony of style – The Bluewater Grill is a classic fish house, down to the last detail
The Maryland-style crab cakes were made with high-quality crab and topped with an array of micro-greens. Easy Reader file photo by Richard Foss Restaurant designers have plenty of strategies to choose from, one of which is theming the décor around the menu. I’ve been to vegetarian places plastered with images of tomatoes the size of basketballs, steakhouses with cows on the open range, a barbecue place decorated with piggy banks and a larger-than-life effigy of Porky Pig. That last one was a bit unsettling, but the others all enhanced the sense of total commitment to a cuisine. The most effective merger of place and ingredient, though, is the classic fish house. Close your eyes and imagine it, the timbered structure reminiscent of wooden boats, pictures of fishermen hauling nets and anglers with their rods and reels, perhaps a few stuffed marlin or tuna on the walls. Now open your eyes, and if you happen to be at the Bluewater Grill not much will change except that the boats are real – that’s a window, not a picture frame. The Bluewater Grill celebrated their second decade in October of last year. Longtime residents will remember the building they inhabit was previously…
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