 SELECT- TX/LA
The Texas/Louisiana select oyster is typically a 80-100 count per 30 pound bushel. Salty-sweet with a great size, these Gulf specialties are priced great and a local favorite. Unfortunately, due to the recent oil spill of Deepwater's rig-most all of the Gulf's select and standard oyster (Apalachicola) beds have suffered. Texas western beds hold strong. |
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 BLUE POINT - CT
Connecticut Blue are roughly three and a half to four inches in diameter with a relatively round shell, and pronounced cup. The meat of Blue Points are full and possess a mild to medium level of salinity. Blue Points are the result of a unique blend of aquaculture and natural development.
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 CAVENDISH CUPS - PEI
Cavendish Cups are a prime example of everything a wild, large choice oyster should be. They range between three and a half and four and a half inches in length, and possess dense, hard valves which shuck easily. Meats are full and firm, and have a flavor composition which is characterized by a bright brininess.
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Other PEI Oysters we carry: Conway Cups and Malpeques.
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 GLIDDENS- ME
Glidden Point Oyster Company is a family owned sea farm located in mid-coast Maine. Oysters are grow in a very natural, pristine setting, using no machinery or processing equipment - everything is done meticulously by hand. Oysters are well known around the world for their uniform size and shape, deep shell cup, and superb freshness. The flavor is distinct and complex - briny yet sweet, and has come to be recognized as a favorite of oyster connoisseurs. The meat is plump and firm, a benefit of slow cold water growth.
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Other popular MAINE oysters we use: Bagaduce, Pemaquids, Tauten, Wiley, Wawenauk, North Havens.
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 LA ST. SIMON - NB
Refined, brown-shelled, light-bodied oysters from New Brunswick, are equally uniform in their smooth teardrop shapes. Their gray flesh is salty and their meat possess a pleasantly firm texture, with a flavor composition that opens with a medium salinity and closes with a subtle sweet-citrus finish.
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Other great New Brunswick oysters we carry: French Kiss, Beau Soleil, Peacock Cove, Village Bays.
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 LADY CHATTERLY- N. SCOTIA
Oysters are consistent in both size and shape, and are every bit as aesthetically pleasing as they are delicious. Very deep-cupped, and the oysters are both dense and heavy for their size with a high-brine liquor-meaning supreme longevity. Available from May through late January. As the sea ice sets in, commercial harvest of the Lady Chatterleys ceases to be commercially feasible. |
| Other nice Nova Scotia oysters we carry: Tatamagouche. |
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 SALT PONDS - RI
Big, bountiful, and intensely flavorful. They are unusually metallic for a virginica, with hints of the iron and petrol flavors found in other Point Judith Pond oysters. These 2.5-year-old oysters are very large, heavy, and strong. The shells—bronze and black-striped on top, a lovely white-green on the bottom—shuck smoothly every time, yielding a rich meat.
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| Other nice Rhode Island oysters- Beach Blondes, Watch Hills, Wild Goose. |
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 WELLFLEET - Ma.
Wellfleet oysters have been considered some of the world’s best for generations. These oysters tend to be long and strong-shelled and plump and clean with a distinctively good balance of creamy sweetness and brine. Experienced tasters find that oysters that grow in saltier waters tend to have a cleaner, sharper flavor.
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 ISLAND CREEK - MA
Island Creek oysters cup depth and shell strength is excellent in the Island Creek oysters. Each choice oyster is three to four inches in length, and possesses a medium salinity with an unmistakable sweetness and a hint of seaweed.
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