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Oats, who moved to Tuscaloosa from Buffalo nearly two years ago to reinvigorate the Crimson Tide hoops program, may be a recent convert, but he is just one of the many Bright Star regulars who’ve grown to appreciate the culinary delights of one of the 114-year-old restaurant’s signature dishes.
While the Bright Star is renowned for its fresh seafood - from the crab claws to the stuffed shrimp - the snapper dishes are the stars of the show here. And for those who know, it doesn’t get any better than the snapper throats.
“Most of the loyal clientele that come here, they’re educated in what we do here,” Andreas Anastassakis, the restaurant’s executive chef and co-owner, says of the Bright Star’s distinctive dish. “They’re familiar with it. They know it’s a delicacy. They come here for it. It brings people in.