10 Best Delaware Oyster Bars

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• Two LA Cocktail Spots Land on a List of the Best North American Bars
• Dive Into Delaware's 10 Best Oyster Bars For An Unforgettable Meal
• THE SIX S’S OF OYSTER TASTING
• See Richard Neutra's Incredible Desert Oyler House (and Its Awesome Boulder Pool)
• Restaurants to Try This Weekend in Los Angeles: April 26
• EAST COAST OYSTERS
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Owner Don Andes, who also operates Little Joy Cocktails in the neighborhood and Out There Bar in Twentynine Palms with business partner Joaquin Reyna-Donaldson, previously operated the Holloway in the same location as the Lonely Oyster for seven years. We started by sharing a dozen Sweet Jesus oysters on the half, a variety farmed on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake. Their clean flavor and buttery texture only whetted our appetite for more.

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You won’t find anything exotic, but you’ll find enough diversity to have fun (not to mention plenty of Gulf shrimp and Chesapeake middleneck clams). Broad Street Oyster Company is a fantastic seafood shack in Malibu that’s filled with so many oysters, mussels, shrimp, and uni you’ll wonder if their “local source” is actually the Aquarium of the Pacific. Here, the sunny Malibu coast glistens, the salty sea air kisses your skin in a way that feels like it’s hitting on you, and Broad Street will hook you up with a world-class selection of fresh oysters served over crushed ice. This oyster bar in Long Beach has a little something for everyone. From platters of sweet and briny mollusks on ice and a fried oyster caesar salad to a mountain of fries covered in creamy seafood chowder, Liv’s in Belmont Shore isn’t afraid to let shellfish be the star. The sidewalk patio has so many string lights, you’ll feel like you’re eating under an old theater marquee.

Dive Into Delaware's 10 Best Oyster Bars For An Unforgettable Meal

Pleasantly surprised an oyster place can survive in Wilmington. There are many ways to enjoy a good oyster, but there are some “rules” of tasting that should not be broken. This knowledge is important to know and understand in order for you to be able to share it with your guests if they have never tried an oyster before, or simply if they ask.

THE SIX S’S OF OYSTER TASTING

The cocktails are intended to pair well with the fare; an early hit is the $17 house-special martini made with gin or vodka, vermouth, olives, and a lemon twist. A raw oyster on a half shell with a heap of caviar can be served alongside for an additional $13. Not many people know this, but the oysters at Mariscos Jalisco are incredible.

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Of course, no visit is complete without their signature tacos or ceviches, but next time you’re here, add an oyster or two to whatever you order. They sell them for a dollar or two a pop, but our favorite way to enjoy them is just ordering the campechana—a rich, tomato-based cocktail packed with an ocean’s-worth of shrimp, abalone, baby octopus, and one raw oyster floating on top. Thank you for your interest in Trolley Square Oyster House for your next special event! Whether celebrating an important occasion with family or hosting a corporate luncheon, we have the perfect setting all year round.

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This place is bright and airy, and remains shockingly tourist-free for how close it is to the beach (if you’re sitting in the right seat, you can see the water). They’ve also got some of the friendliest staff around. If you don’t enjoy fish, it’s only fair to warn you that non-seafood options are limited to a cheese sampler, a burger and a fried chicken club sandwich, so you’ll have to be good sports for the others in your party.

At the Trolley Square Oyster House we promise to deliver an unforgettable experience for you and your guests. We offer a unique variety of menus for group dining. The oyster house concept dates to the mid-19th century, when the appetite for the shellfish was so great, violent conflicts broke out between Chesapeake Bay watermen and intruding poacher-pirates from New England.

The place was packed with a diverse crowd of partiers at the shaded bar in the courtyard and others watching sports on TV downstairs. Diners conversed at the row of tables nearby or relaxed at tables on the upstairs deck. Crowded and convivial, Trolley Square Oyster House is a perfect addition to the scene in upstate’s premier dining-nightlife neighborhood. Though the popularity of classic oyster houses faded in the middle half of the 20th—along with oyster harvests in some areas—some restaurateurs began to resurrect the idea a few years ago, as more cultured or farmed oysters became available. Many owners revived a Victorian feeling in their oyster houses, but dining among the dark paneling and reproduced period furniture often felt more kitschy than transporting. On a recent visit, ours arrived as a plate of six large, plump oysters topped with a heap of buttery spinach sprinkled with panko crumbs.

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Classic raw bar with a variety of fresh daily east and west coast oysters along with creative and inspired seafood fare. Fun atmosphere sure to create a memorable dining experience, along with live entertainment. As one would expect, this Los Feliz seafood shop is one the best places in LA to find oysters. They’ve moved operations from their tight, disco ball-lit space and expanded into the patio on the street, where you’ll have room to enjoy their excellent Little Namskaket oysters and bask in the glow of the neighboring Scientology building.

Here are the top 10 places to feast on fresh oysters in the First State. Another great seafood concept from the Big Fish Restaurant Group in the heart of Trolley Square in downtown Wilmington. Casual seafood focused eatery and local hot spot offering the freshest seafood available.

Since oysters filter water, they ingest all naturally occurring plankton, bits of plant life, salt and minerals from the water they grow in. The biological makeup of seawater can vary greatly bay to bay, ocean to ocean, and especially north to south. This drastically alters all aspects of the oyster that lives in the various bodies of water.

Most notable was the tartar sauce, which is lighter, creamier and more subtly flavored than the sweet pickle relish-mayonnaise glop most places serve. Through decor and menu, Trolley Oyster has brought the concept thoroughly up to date. The owners kept the exposed brick walls and the contemporary elements of its recent predecessor in that space (a long-ago converted townhouse), while adding some new touches. In the deep, narrow dining-lounge area downstairs, a marble bar tops a base of white subway tile.

The  hint of tartness of the saffron-scented broth was more than compensated for by the abundance of clams, calamari and mussels—and by the large slices of buttery, garlicky chargrilled sourdough. The toast is good enough to be sold as a side, and I used it enthusiastically to clean the broth from the bowl. With the emergence of comfort food more than a decade ago, oysters Rockefeller began to reappear, as it does at Trolley Square Oyster House in Wilmington.

But if you’d rather sit inside, there's a long wooden bar where you can bring a date. If you can, stop by on a Monday night to take advantage of Liv’s half-off oyster deal. Delaware Bay oysters are some of the best you’ll ever have, and they’re famous around the country for their flavors. There are so many places throughout the state where you can track down delicious, fresh oysters that it’s hard to narrow it down to the best oyster bars in Delaware… but we had to give it a shot.