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Monday, February 23, 2009

Wild Tuna

Wild Tuna Restaurant, York Pennsylvania © Susqueats.com 2009

When Wild Tuna took over the building that was formerly a Cheeseburger in Paradise chain restaurant, they changed the sign out front but not much else. The decor they inherited is anything but typical, with thatched roof structures, painted oars, fake palm trees and bamboo throughout. And yet somehow - it works.

Wild Tuna is the brain child of restaurateur Zu Wang Zhang, who also owns two Japanese steak houses in the Harrisburg and Mechanicsburg areas.

Wild Tuna is a steak and seafood house with an emphasis on seafood, as the name would suggest. The beach-y interior echoes the seafood theme and adds a fun mood to the whole experience.

Appetizers range from a variety of seafood cakes (lobster, crab, shrimp, tuna) to seared tuna to shellfish such as the green mussels pictured here.

Dinner entrees include a variety of grilled and fried seafood, as well as fried chicken and steaks and even a mix and match entree that lets you pair your favorites, like this steak and crab cake combo.

Wild Tuna has a full bar, and they make an assortment of specialty cocktails adorned with fruit and umbrellas. Eat your fruit... it's good for you. In fact it may be the reason to order another drink. "Shorry offisher... I was just getting some Vitamin C."