Port-Séverin
La BalisePORT-SÉVERIN · DEPUIS 1987
The tide decides
The oyster bank, the morning auction, a cellar chosen for salt. Facing the channel since 1987.
Since 1987
A shack, a beacon, a family
Mireille came from the oyster beds, Anselme from the sardine boats. In 1987 they opened a shucking shack on the quay: oysters, bread, butter, and whatever the morning had left. The shack faced the green beacon at the end of the jetty. Regulars said they ate facing the beacon, and the name stuck before there was ever a sign.
Élise cooked ashore for fifteen years before taking the house on in 2012. A real dining room, a zinc counter, and the same rule as on the first day: the menu is written after the auction.
From the menu
What the house is serving today
Le Plateau du Sémaphore38 €Signature
Saint-Jacques du Large19 €Signature
La Sole du Petit Bateau42 €Signature
Muscadet sur lie6 €SignatureThe Oyster Bank
Opened to order, never before
The oysters come from the Anse Coulinet beds, lifted in the morning and opened when you order them. An oyster opened in advance loses its liquor, and the liquor is half the dish.
Around them: clams served natural, whelks cooked with thyme, grey shrimp, half a brown crab. Le Plateau du Sémaphore gathers all of it on ice, with rye bread and lightly salted butter.
The Cellar Whites first
Chosen for salt
A short cellar, held by the coast: the muscadet sur lie that is the bank’s own pairing, picpoul for the afternoon, sancerre for the sole. One red only, served cool, for those with their back to the sea. Farm ciders, the house kéfir, and an alcohol-free cuvée so that everyone raises a glass.
The house rule
A dish can run out — that is a good sign
The menu is written after the morning auction, and corrected at noon if the wind decides otherwise. We would rather tell you as you sit down than when you order. What is missing on a given day is what was not caught; it is not a stock failure, it is the sea.
Book
Your table, facing the beacon
Book online, or call the house during service. Platters to take away are ordered the day before.