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Author: Bronwen Clark

WINTER IS COMING…

… Actually, it feels like it’s already here.  Busy times at the House, as we welcome corporate groups and holiday-makers looking to celebrate the Season.  But no matter how big the party, we make sure to always keep some room for those whose travels bring them down the stairs in search of the Oyster. We’re…

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Amazingly, Xmas Party Season is around the corner …

… and it might be time to think about booking with us.  God’s teeth, it’s just Fall and we’re talking about where you’ll be celebrating in November and December!  It’s heartbreakingly early for that conversation … but it’s something to consider.  We don’t want anyone to be disappointed, and the Season is already starting to…

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The Ontario Oyster Festival

Well, another Oyster Festival is in the books, and we are on track to smash our previous best fundraising effort.  Huge crowds finished the lobsters at about 7pm, 12000 oysters consumed, along with hundreds of litres of beer.  The 2013 Oyster Eating Contest saw Jay Mandarino retain his title (this time on a stationary bike)…

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OYSTER FESTIVAL 2013

When one thinks of the Oyster, one’s thoughts turn naturally to the Tour de France and its disgraced former champion, LA.  And thus our theme for the 2013 Ontario Oyster Shucking Championships and Festival: Oysterstrong 25 – Eatin’ Ain’t Cheatin.’ This will be the 25th anniversary of the festival, and of our relationship with Environmental…

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The Lobster Boil, and other updates.

The Lobster Gala on Wednesday, May 29 is now 50% sold out, so be sure to call 416-363-8105 ext. 22 to reserve your tickets! The forecast is for sun… What’s on? Late May sees the Maryland Blue Crab, aka the Soft-Shelled Crab, coming off the wharf.  We’re dusting them in cornmeal and frying them up…

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The Harbor Wharf at Nine Mile Creek

The Harbor Wharf at Nine Mile Creek PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, CANADA http://www.rodneysoysterdepot.com/ From the Oyster Depot one can look out at low tide beyond The Hammocks to St. Peter’s Island, and there, just in front of you, lies the Oyster of tomorrow. It’s here in Nine Mile Creek, Prince Edward Island, that Rodney’s Oyster Depot…

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6 DAYS OF LOBSTER

Every year in late Spring, we celebrate three things at the same time – the opening of the St. Lawrence Lobster Fishery, the “Official” Opening of the Oyster Garden here at 469 King, and of course, some nicer weather.  From May 27-June 1 we will be holding Lobster Week, with Lobster-themed specials every day, to salute…

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KING CRABS ARE HERE

The Alaskan “Golden” King Crab has survived its journey from the Bering Sea to the Tanks at the Oyster House, and is now enthusiastically waiting to be eaten. Demand is already very high, and we never know when this fishery will close (the Kings are fished on a ‘quota’ basis, and once the maximum weight…

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