The Oyster Guide

January 8th, 2013

At last, something to do in Midtown at 5 o’clock:   Grand Central Bar Oyster Happy Hour $1.25 oysters, $4 beers $6 wines, $8 martinis, and appetizer specials. Mon-Wed 4:30-7pm Sat 1-5pm In the Saloon and Lounge

January 2nd, 2013

    Taylor Shellfish’s stupendous late-night visits to their fabled oyster beds, where you can shuck your own oysters by headlamp, as well as experience their tidal-flats pop-up oyster bars, are back on two upcoming dates: Jan 8 and Feb 7. I know of nothing quite like it, and I encourage all to go. Here’s […]

December 29th, 2012

Great six-minute video featuring Brent Petkau, aka “The Oysterman,” waxing poetic on his favorite subject. (Warning: You may feel the need to smoke a cigarette afterward.) Stunning footage by Craig Noble. Thanks to Ralph and Elena at Mine Oyster for setting up this page.

December 21st, 2012

Here’s a fun Google Map of some of the choicest Gulf Coast oyster appellations right now. And here is a very snappy pdf map of all those Galveston Bay (Texas) reefs.   Just in time for the peak of the oyster season.  

December 14th, 2012

A couple of people recently have asked me to suggest some oyster-themed gifts for the holiday season (which, serendipitously, coincides with the oysters-are-at-their-peak-of-freakin’-deliciousness season), so here are a few things I’d be getting my ostrea-inclined BFF right now. An Oyster of the Month Club membership at I Love Blue Sea, my favorite mail-order retailer. There […]