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Oysters

Oyster farms, raw bars, and the Peconic merroir — from the bays to your plate.

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The Peconics grow some of the best oysters on the Atlantic. Visit the farmers.

All oyster spots
Merroir · Why they taste like this
Salinity, minerals, algae
R-months · The old raw rule
September–April
Bay scallops · 1985 brown tide
Collapsed, still recovering

Hatcheries in Southold, Montauk and North Sea reseed the wild beds with millions of juveniles a year · most working farms take visitors by appointment · wear boots, bring cash, plan to get wet

2 spots

Amagansett · 2 spots

  • Raw bar · Gardiners Bay
    Clam Bar at Napeague
    Roadside fish shack on Napeague, east of Amagansett and west of Montauk — forty-five years of fried clams and lobster rolls.
    Amagansett
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  • Fish market · Gardiners Bay
    Stuart's Seafood Market
    Amagansett's neighbourhood fish market, open 9 to 8 every day — local flounder, fluke and striped bass plus lobsters and a clambake to go.
    Amagansett
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