List of oyster bars

This is a list of notable oyster bars. An oyster bar is a restaurant specializing in serving oysters, or a section of a restaurant which serves oysters buffet-style. In France, the oyster bar is known as bar à huîtres. Oysters have been consumed since ancient times and were common tavern food in Europe, but the oyster bar as a distinct restaurant began making an appearance in the 1700s.

United Kingdom

• Loch Fyne Restaurants – a chain of 25 seafood restaurants in the United Kingdom

England

• Bentley's Oyster Bar and Grill
• Sinclair's Oyster Bar – Cathedral Gates, Millennium Quarter, Shambles Square, Manchester city centre, Manchester, England

United States

California

• 72 Market Street Oyster Bar and Grill – a former oyster bar and restaurant in Venice, California
• Swan Oyster Depot – in San Francisco, California

District of Columbia

• Hank's Oyster Bar – multiple locations in Washington, D.C., and Alexandria, Virginia
• Old Ebbitt Grill – a historic bar and restaurant located in Washington, D.C.; holds an annual oyster eating event called Oyster Riot every November

Florida

• Shuckum's Oyster Bar – a former restaurant located on Young Circle in downtown Hollywood, Florida

Louisiana

• Arnaud's – the largest restaurant in New Orleans

Massachusetts

• Union Oyster House, in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the oldest restaurants in America.

New York

• Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant, a seafood restaurant located on the lower level of Grand Central Terminal at 42nd Street and Vanderbilt Avenue in Manhattan in New York City
• John Dory Oyster Bar – Manhattan, New York City
• Mermaid Oyster Bar – in Greenwich Village, New York City opened by Zach Braff

North Carolina

• Sunny Side Inn – a historic oyster bar located at Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina

Oregon

• Câche Câche
• Dan and Louis Oyster Bar – a seafood restaurant in Portland, Oregon described by Fodor's as a "Portland landmark"
• Flying Fish Company
• McCormick & Schmick's – an American seafood restaurant chain, based in Portland, Oregon

Pennsylvania

• Old Original Bookbinder's and Bookbinder's 15th Street - old, iconic Philadelphia seafood restaurants (Original dates to 1893), now both closed.
• The Oyster House - 2026 James Beard Foundation Award Classics: Mid-Atlantic Award winner (established in 1947)

Virginia

• Old Original Bookbinder's – Richmond, Virginia- expansion from Philadelphia.

Washington

• Coastal Kitchen, Seattle
• Emmett Watson's Oyster Bar – located in Seattle, Washington's Pike Place Market
• The Walrus and the Carpenter, Seattle

Gallery

See also

• List of seafood restaurants
• Lists of restaurants
• Raw bar

References

Bibliography

• Williams, Nicola. France. London: Lonely Planet, 2009.

Further reading