Half Shell

Half Shell is a basement seafood restaurant and oyster bar at 676 W Diversey Pkwy in Lincoln Park, on the Diversey Parkway border with Lakeview. The kitchen is known for king crab, snow crab and Dungeness crab legs piled on fries with garlic butter, plus raw oysters, clams, fried seafood platters and frog legs. Crab and steak combinations and a smash burger round out the menu.

What to know

• Danny “The Turk” Denizman opened Half Shell in 1968.
• His grandson Anthony became the owner in 2019.
• Half Shell is cash only and does not take reservations.
• The Thirty Two Pointer platter combines fried shrimp, frog legs, smelts, lake perch and clams.
• Parties of five or more have a 20% gratuity added.