1.   And a few sleek restaurants that would look right at home in SoHo have opened, offering an alternative to fried seafood platters and lobster-trap decor.

2.   Bahrs does a good job with fried seafood, especially the golden calamary and the thin, sweet Cape May clams.

3.   I dined on fat grilled diver scallops in Fernandina, filet mignon in Ponte Vedra and an enormous platter of fried seafood in Jacksonville.

4.   Imagine the basket of hush puppies a waitress automatically sets on the table even before the fried seafood plate has been ordered.

5.   Pizza, pasta, ribs and fried seafood.

6.   Potato salad is the traditional accompaniment to fried seafood and fried chicken and in the southern part of the state, particularly along Bayou Teche.

7.   Ready availability of fried seafood platters.

8.   The fried seafood dishes are among the best offerings, and I had a perfectly sauteed soft-shell crab.

9.   The panel sounded a serious note during a three-day conference that features cocktail parties, piles of free samples of fried seafood, and oyster tonging contests.