Oyster Round-up- Where Chefs Eat Oysters, Swan Oyster Depot, San Francisco, CA, California, Casamento’s, New Orleans, LA, Louisiana, Neptune Oyster, Boston, MA, Massachusetts, Marlow & Sons, Brooklyn, NY, New York, Williamsburg, Oyster House, Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania, Matunuck Oyster, Rhode Island, Providence, Joe Beef, Montreal, CA, Quebec, Chef Recommendations
It's true you can now get oysters all year long, but it's the cold winter waters when oysters store up sugars, resulting in a plumper and sweeter taste.
For the hard-core oyster lover, discerning taste is all about location, location, location. While we don't want to take a side in the East Coast/West Coast bivalve smackdown, here's a short list of restaurants where chefs go to enjoy the mollusk with the mythological aphrodisiac powers.
Oyster Restaurants That Chefs Love
January 11, 2011
Restaurants mentioned in the slide show:
Chefs and their restaurants:
California - San Francisco
Swan Oyster Depot
Nob Hill/ Seafood
1517 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 (view map)
T: 415.673.1101
Louisiana - New Orleans
Casamento’s
Uptown / Seafood
4330 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70115 (view map)
T: 504.895.9761
Massachusetts - Boston
Neptune Oyster
Haymarket / Seafood
63 Salem Street, Boston, MA 02110 (view map)
T: 617.742.3474
New York - Brooklyn
Williamsburg / American
81 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11211 (view map)
T: 718.384.1441
Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Oyster House
Rittenhouse Square / Seafood
1516 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102 (view map)
T: 215.567.7683
Rhode Island - Providence
South Kingston / Seafood
629 Succotash Road, East Matunuck, RI 02879 (view map)
T: 401.783.4202
Canada - Montreal
Joe Beef / Chefs David McMillan & Frédéric Morin
Plateau Mont-Royal / French
2491 Notre Dame Ouest, Montreal, QC H3J 1N6 (view map)
T: 514.935.6504 (make a reservation)
The Red Cat / The Harrison
New York City / American
www.redcatrestaurants.com / www.theharrison.com
Garces Restaurant Group
7 restaurants in various locations
Farmstead / La Laiterie Bistro / Farmstead Downcity
Providence / American
186 Wayland Avenue, Providence, RI 02906 (view map)
T: 401.274.7177
FIG
Charleston / Lowcountry
232 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29401 (view map)
T: 843.805.5900 (make a reservation)
Cochon / Cochon Butcher
Warehouse District / Cajun
930 Tchoupitoulas Street, New Orleans, LA 70130 (view map)
T: 504.588.2123 (make a reservation)
17 restaurants in various locations
Le Club Chasse Et Peche
Old Montreal / Nouvelle Quebecois
423 Rue St-Claude, Montreal, QC, H2Y 3B6 (view map)
T: +1/514.861.1112
Red Rooster Harlem
Harlem / American
310 Lenox Avenue, New York, NY 10027 (view map)
T: 212.792.9001