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Orlando, Florida

Lee & Rick’s Oyster Bar

One of the oldest restaurants in Orlando is a no-frills seafood shack still shucking fresh oysters by the bucket.
A traditional lunch at Moran’s Oyster Cottage.
Kilcolgan, Ireland

Moran’s Oyster Cottage

For more than two centuries, this family-run establishment has been serving up some of Ireland's best oysters.
An eroding late Holocene Native American oyster midden at low tide in Fishing Bay, Maryland.
food

Native Societies Harvested Billions of Oysters Sustainably

Conservationists should look to Indigenous history to fix the future.
Diana Hubbell May 13, 2022
An unblemished ancient oyster (left), and an ancient oyster showing signs of the mystery parasite (right).
science

A Mystery Worm Is Threatening the Future of Washington’s Oysters

Clues from 1,000-year-old shells could reveal the parasite’s past—and portend the future.
Carly Cassella April 19, 2022
Divine Pine from N. SEA. Oyster Company in Topsail Sound, North Carolina.
Gastro Obscura

Green Gill Oysters

North Carolina's seasonal delicacy is brought to you by algae.
The sidewalk outside of Pearl's Restaurant
New Orleans, Louisiana

Oyster Sidewalk

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.
Boston, Massachusetts

Union Oyster House

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.
New York, New York

Grand Central Oyster Bar

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.
A scene from the 11th annual oyster festival.
festivals

In a Town That Escaped Slavery, an Oyster Festival Celebrates Black Culture and Resistance

The shells may have once pointed the way to freedom.
Tarisai Ngangura December 12, 2019
Edinburgh, Scotland

Cafe Royal

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.
Doha, Qatar

Pearl Monument

This fountain pays homage to Qatar's history of pearling, the primary industry before oil.
A Divine Pine oyster from N. SEA. Oyster Company in Topsail Sound, North Carolina.
food

How North Carolinians Learned to Love Their Green Oysters

The seasonal delicacy was discarded for decades.
Jennifer Rice April 29, 2019
The Fat Man's Baseball Association, circa 1910.
food

The Fat Men's Clubs That Revelled in Excess

In 19th-century America, cultural anxieties led to groups where fat was fun.
Rohini Chaki January 17, 2019
Women returning from the oyster parcs.
sailors

How Oysters Kept a King Satisfied and Women in Charge

In Cancale, the seasonal absence of men meant women ran the show.
Leigh Chavez-Bush October 26, 2018
Gastro Obscura

World Oyster Opening Championship

Welcome to the olympics of oyster shucking.
Gastro Obscura

The Boston Stabber

This praised oyster shucker is as elegant as it is dangerous.
Papier mâché sea dragons by the artists at Total Pap.
Gastro Obscura

Whitstable Oyster Festival

Every July, a seaside town pays homage to its local mollusks with eating contests, a marine-themed parade, and plenty of fresh seafood.
The newly found oyster (left) is a much bigger bivalve than the ones that often surface in New York's waters.
food

New York's Insatiable Appetite for Truly Enormous Oysters

A massive mollusk recently found in the Hudson River is the latest example of two centuries of appreciating behemoth bivalves.
Jessica Leigh Hester August 1, 2018