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The Red King Crab – at the House of Shells.

KING CRAB ALERT! The Alaskan King Crab is back at the House of Shells for the next 6 weeks or so.  But although they are Alaskan in species ( Paralithodes camtschaticus), the crabs today are actually coming from the Barents Sea, which is north of the Norway-Russian border. Didn’t know those two countries touched? Neither…

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EASTER AND THE KING CRAB

We’re almost 1/4 of the way through 2015! Wow.  And what a winter we’ve survived. True ‘character-building’ Canadian stuff, t’be sure.  But the diet of Rye and bannock is wearing thin, and it’s time to consider other, fresher sustenance. Golden Alaskan King Crab is a great first choice, currently coming in live from the Bering…

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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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Change, and The Rise of the Oyster

Our biggest immediate news is that on October 31, after 3 1/2 years, we ended our partnership with Rodney’s By Bay.  It was a good run on Temperance Street, but ultimately we felt the relationship between our two restaurants was becoming too confusing, and so we decided to cut the line.  We wish John all…

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