Shuck yeah! Where to eat oysters in the DC area

Salty, briny, candy, uncooked or fried. However you like your oysters, there are a number of eating places in the D.C. area to select from. And with the Chesapeake Bay’s booming oyster inhabitants, there’s a lot to get pleasure from — and so many native blissful hour specials to benefit from for the finest costs.

Here is WTOP’s record of a few of the most noteworthy eateries value venturing to for shucking the finest oysters in the area. Dive in!

DC

• Since 1939, Jessie Taylor Seafood has served the freshest seafood at the Municipal Fish Market at The Wharf. Nicholas Evans, product supervisor at Jessie Taylor Seafood, instructed WTOP that the family-run enterprise affords oysters from the Chesapeake Bay and the Chincoteague, served uncooked, steamed or fried.
• The historic Old Ebbitt Grill has a every day blissful hour devoted to oysters from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. with a half-dozen costing $14.99 and a dozen costing $26.99.
• Whether you like oysters which might be fried, wood-grilled, merely uncooked or in one other preparation, Pearl Dive Oyster Palace is a well-liked go-to native location. The restaurant hosts “Oystermania” each Monday with a chef’s choice oyster record that’s half off. At the bar, there’s additionally a contented hour provided on weekdays with half-priced native oysters, costing $1.40 every (with a minimal order of a dozen).
• Whether you’re in D.C., Maryland, or Virginia, all areas of King Street Oyster Bar provide a every day blissful hour menu for oysters from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. In the NoMa location, oysters are priced at $1.75 in increments of three. During the NCAA match Sweet 16 video games in March, oysters are additionally being provided for $1 every.
• Enjoy a waterfront location of oyster shucking at The Wharf’s Rappahannock Oyster Bar. The restaurant serves a wide array of shellfish with a uncooked bar that has oysters priced at $2.75 every. There are additionally menu objects like a po’boy fried oyster sandwich, charbroiled oysters and seafood towers with scallops, clams, shrimp and different seafood included.
• The Salt Line has three D.C.-area areas: one in Bethesda, Maryland, one other in Ballston, Virginia, and eventually one in the Navy Yard neighborhood in D.C. correct. Happy hour spans from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Mondays by Thursdays, and from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Fridays. During this time, all native oysters are half off, and “baked dancing molly oysters” in the Rockefeller model are $15. The Salt Line additionally affords seafood towers in two sizes: The Kraken at $145 for 2 to three folks and The Leviathan at $195 for 4 to six folks. Another notable menu merchandise is the “Dancing Molly” unique home oyster, which is sustainably sourced from St. Michaels, Maryland.
• With a number of areas throughout the D.C. area, Hank’s Oyster Bar affords a rotating collection of freshly-shucked East Coast oysters. During blissful hour (at the bar solely), the restaurant affords oysters for $2.50 every, although blissful hour days and hours might differ relying on location. Hank’s additionally has a “proprietary oyster,” known as the Salty Wolfe, that’s cultivated and harvested by War Shore Oyster Company close to Chincoteague Island in Virginia.
• Amparo Fondita close to Dupont Circle affords oysters on the half shell with a rotating choice primarily based on the market. On the dinner menu, oysters on the half shell are provided at $24 for a half dozen or $42 for a dozen with a “mignonette negra” that could be a mixture of lime juice, Maggi, soy sauce, serrano peppers and shallots. There can also be a fried oyster particular with oysters dredged in masa, flash fried and served in handmade Mexican corn tortillas with a facet of guacamole, achiote mayo and a citrus and habanero Mayan-style salsa.
• If you end up at Le Diplomate, don’t miss out on the many seafood choices served right here. On the menu, a half-dozen Belon oysters are served at $26, whereas a half-dozen assorted oysters are served at $23. The two choices for seafood towers are the Petit Plateau at $115 for one to three folks and the Grand Plateau at $185 for 4 to six folks.
• The uncooked bar menu at New Orleans-style restaurant Dauphine’s has a complete part devoted to oysters. The picks might change every day, with various costs. There can also be a seafood tower, known as the Grand Plateaux, with oysters, shrimp, clams, a lobster tail and extra priced at $125.
• The oysters served in the uncooked bar at Café Riggs, which is nestled on the floor flooring of the Riggs Hotel, are priced at $20 for a half-dozen and $36 for a dozen. There are a number of different choices for these craving a ton of seafood, however when you’re in search of a seafood tower (with oysters included, after all), there’s the Petit Plateau for $50 and the Riggs Plateau for $90 on the dinner menu.
• In the Fabio Trabocchi Restaurants group, Del Mar at The Wharf and Fiola Mare in Georgetown are well-known for his or her luxe seafood choices. At Del Mar, a number of specials provided embrace the oysters escabeche with a Spanish saffron and orange pickle sauce and the oysters a la gallega with smoked paprika and additional virgin oil.

Maryland

• If you’re in Baltimore, Maryland, search out the Thames Street Oyster House for a few of the finest mid-Atlantic seafood. At the uncooked bar, the restaurant serves at the very least 10 various kinds of oysters each day. With an often-changing menu, Thames Street usually contains oysters in a number of preparations, comparable to fried oysters, oyster stew, grilled oysters and oysters Rockefeller. Shellfish towers are additionally provided.
• Bethesda’s Black’s Bar & Kitchen is a seafood spot value looking for. The costs for the oysters on the half shell differ from $18 for a half dozen and $36 for a dozen for premium oysters, or $15 for a half dozen or $30 for a dozen for “boutique” oysters. The native eatery additionally affords Oysters Rockefeller and fried oysters.
• Be ready for shucking to your coronary heart’s content material at The Walrus Oyster & Ale House. Located at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, the restaurant has an area wild oyster tray for $14 for a half dozen or $28 for a dozen. Otherwise, oysters are priced at $3 every or $36 for a chef’s dozen. This restaurant might have a few of the largest picks of candy, briny and salty oysters on this record, however make sure to ask your server about the up to date record of featured oysters and featured mignonette.
• Boatyard Bar & Grill has a few of the finest crab muffins and crab soup in Annapolis, Maryland, however friends shouldn’t miss the oyster choice, which modifications on the every day. Boatyard additionally affords two seafood towers, costing $99 for a two-tier tower and $140 for a three-tier tower.

Virginia

• Freddy Lopez, the normal supervisor and managing companion of Vola’s Dockside Grill in Old Town Alexandria instructed WTOP that the restaurant has oysters which might be each native and sourced out of the state. From Monday by Friday, the bar additionally has a contented hour menu with discounted $2 oysters.
• Another choice in Alexandria, Virginia, is Whiskey & Oyster, which serves oysters fried, grilled, Rockefeller model, in gumbo and, after all, uncooked.
• In Vienna, Virginia, Bear Branch Tavern affords contemporary, sustainably-farmed oysters day-after-day of the week. Every Tuesday, the restaurant serves $1 Cannon Cove oysters in increments of six, beginning at 4 p.m.

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