Now keep in mind, this is a SEAFOOD restaurant.
I didn't notice this the first time we ate there, but on the walls are mounted several collections of plates in glass cases. The plates looked much like these:
...which look very much like this:
Mamma and I first noticed one such collection on a wall close to our table - "Look at all those neat old deviled egg plates," she said. We discovered others on a trip to the ladies' room.
"Wow, they just really love those deviled egg plates here," I observed.
Enter the snooty Alec Baldwin-esque waiter.
"I love all your deviled egg plates!" I gushed.
"Those are oyster plates."
......
Oh.