Louie's stuffed shrimp, billed as a specialty of the house, turned out to be medium-size butterflied shrimp buried under a mountain of bland stuffing.

A large portion of butterflied shrimp with capers, parsley and lemon didn't.

Linguine tangled with large butterflied shrimp, crunchy asparagus and a legion of golden-brown garlic slices should not be missed.

Or butterflied shrimp, grilled and served with tomatoes, olives, basil and garlic ($7).

The half-dozen baked oysters, each topped with a butterflied shrimp, would have been better minus the unnecessary glaze of cheese.

Almost as rich as lobster, six huge, gorgeous butterflied shrimp bore just a hint of smoke from their quick turn on a charcoal grill.

We then received a platter of thin-sliced beef in a sweet marinade with crushed peanuts and medium-size butterflied shrimp.

An appetizer of scampi Piccolo ($8.95), for instance, four tender good-sized butterflied shrimp in a tarragon, onion, garlic amalgam, made a very favorable impression.

The portobello strips and jumbo butterflied shrimp are enveloped in a cognac and balsamic reduction.

Two are topped with a butterflied shrimp, and two with a slice of sea bass.