OCEAN EXPRESS,

Located in the seedy waterfront section between a construction company and a boutique, this sleek, modern restaurant might be more aptly called Ocean Oasis. If you get past the allure of frozen drinks at the front bar, you'll discover that the food's real good too. At lunchtime, you can build a meal around the thick clam chowder ""just add clamcakes or the salad bar. For dinner, try one of their very affordable entrees, like baked scrod with an herbed crumb topping ($8.95). Ocean Express is also a fish market " check out their price list at the entrance.