NEW Oyster 101 session
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OYSTER 101 Saturday, March 28th @ 1 pm
Belly up to the bar with Eamon Clark the 9 x Canadian Oyster Shucking Champion AND International Oyster Opening Champion. Learn everything you ever wanted to know about Oysters, shuck like a pro, understand how to cook Oysters and enjoy a few drinks while you fill your belly and hang out with us along the…
Continue reading ...World Championships
The competitive shucking season is coming to a close. The last real item on the calendar is the World Oyster Opening Championships, which happens in Galway Ireland each September. In what has become an annual trip, local boy Eamon Clark will be making the journey for a 7th time to represent the Oyster House, the…
Continue reading ...FIRST OF THE SEASON
The King Crab, still making it’s journey into our tanks. Such a tasty crab. But now that it’s Spring (oh, yes, it’s Spring, even though Winter refuses to relinquish its grip on the base of our spines), we start to see some other Seasonal Produce making its way into our fridges. Here’s some beautiful Fiddleheads…
Continue reading ...Start your Engines, Lovers…
There’s SO MUCH LOVE at the Oyster House, we’re going to be serving our V-Day special menu the day before and after as well. Menu to the left: <—————————– Here’s some things to thinks about: Consider the oyster itself – salty. Slick. When you eat it, you use your fingers. There’s no cutlery to intercede…
Continue reading ...A new year…
Well, we survived another busy December, we survived an ice storm, frigid temperatures, and we’re all still here. Plumbing still working. It’s 2014. A New Year. We at the House have some big things coming up in the next 12 months – starting with new floors over the next 10 days, and growing from there….
Continue reading ...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…
Continue reading ...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…
Continue reading ...THE ALASKAN KING CRAB…
The Brown King Crab Fishery up in the Bering Sea opened on February 17th. We should see them in the House very soon. We aim for crabs in the 6-10lb range, so bring your boss, your wife, your parents or your expense account, and share one. As always, they won’t be cheap, but they will…
Continue reading ...Valentine’s Day at the House
We’ve often said that that we set lovers up to win. It’s the oyster that does the work, of course. You, a bottle of wine, an attractive date, staring across the table into a pair of beautiful eyes as you bring that slick, salty oyster slowly to your lips… Message sent. We can’t actually close…
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