Oyster farm · Gardiners Bay
Little Ram Oyster Co.
Women-owned farm run by Stefanie and Elizabeth, growing Little Rams in Gardiners Bay, with a farmstand on Soundview Ave.
Southold · Tours available
Visit websiteOysters
Oyster farms, raw bars, and the Peconic merroir — from the bays to your plate.
Filters5 oyster spots
- Working farm / hatchery
- Raw bar / fish market
- Farm + raw bar on site
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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
5 spots
Southold · 5 spots
- Education · Peconic BayCornell Cooperative Extension Marine ProgramSuffolk County's public aquaculture program — runs the Cedar Beach shellfish hatchery and scallop restoration.Southold · Tours availableVisit website
- Fish market · Peconic BaySouthold Fish MarketNorth Fork fish market selling local oysters, clams, and the day's catch — with a takeout lobster roll.SoutholdVisit website
- Oyster farm · Southold BaySouthold Bay OystersDeep-water farm growing Southold Shindig oysters in the middle of Southold Bay, members of the Long Island Oyster Growers Association and NYS Grown & Certified. What a visitor books here is the farm tour or a shuck party - the oysters themselves are sold from two self-serve stands, one at Deep Roots Farm in Southold and one on Shelter Island.Southold · Tours availableVisit website
- Oyster farm · Peconic BayFounders Oyster FarmRack-and-bag farm a few degrees north-west of Shelter Island, working the Peconic's tidal flow, NYS Grown & Certified. The unusual part is the boat: a restored 1936 Chris-Craft that goes out at sunset with the farm's own oysters aboard.Southold · Tours availableVisit website