The Best Oyster Awards
Featured in Smoke & Salt 2018.
It’s tough to be humble when your state produces the finest bivalves anywhere, so we won’t even try. Here, we offer a list of the state’s best raw oyster bars dedicated to serving Virginia-grown oysters, and growers that retail directly to the public, chosen by our editors and panel of experts. Oyster lovers, the shuck stops here.
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Oyster Bars
21st St. Raw Bar
Oyster Bars
A.W. Shucks
Oyster Bars
Aberdeen Barn
Oyster Producers
Lower Bay Western Shore
Anderson’s Neck Oyster Company
Oyster Producers
Middle Bay Western Shore
Balderson Seafood
Oyster Producers
Lower Bay Eastern Shore
Ballard Fish & Oyster Company
Oyster Bars
Berrets Seafood Restaurant and Taphouse Grill
Oyster Producers
Lower Bay Western Shore
Big Island Aquaculture
Oyster Bars
Big Sam’s Raw Bar
Oyster Bars
Bill’s Seafood Restaurant
Oyster Bars
Blue Seafood and Spirits
Oyster Bars
Brine at Mosaic
Oyster Bars
Burger Bach
Oyster Bars
Byrd’s Seafood Co.
Oyster Bars
Captain Groovy’s Raw Bar and Grill
Oyster Bars
Captain Mas Seafood & Crab
Oyster Bars
Catch 31
Oyster Bars
Center St. Grill
Oyster Producers
Middle Bay Western Shore
Chapel Creek Oyster Company
Oyster Producers
Upper Bay Western Shore
Chesapeake Bay Oyster Co.
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