Whether you re slurping on a patio with a mug of cold beer or sitting at an elegant raw bar watching the shucker shuck while you sip some muscadet, now is a great time to be enjoying some oysters in Austin.
From sweet ones to briny ones, delicate East Coasters to elephant ears from the Gulf of Mexico, there is no shortage of selection here in Austin.
Catfish Parlour
Multiple locations. catfishparlour.com. When you head to the North Austin, South Austin and Georgetown locations of this classic, you can get your fried Gulf oysters regular or spicy.
Central Standard
1603 S. Congress Ave. 512-942-0823, centralstandardaustin.com. Find East Coast in a posh big-city environment at the bar and grill in the South Congress Hotel.
First a closure, now a breakup of the team behind Eastern Standard and Island Creek Oyster Bar
After a decade of partnership, the restaurant group is splitting up.
By Janelle Nanos Globe Staff,Updated February 25, 2021, 4:51 p.m.
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Diners at Row 34 in Boston on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. The restaurant group s owners have decided to end their partnership.Cody O Loughlin/NYT
The announcement last week that a trio of restaurants and bars in the Hotel Commonwealth â Eastern Standard, Island Creek Oyster Bar, and the Hawthorne â would not reopen as a result of a longstanding dispute with their landlord, UrbanMeritage, was met with heartbreak among loyal patrons. Now, the owners of the restaurant group who operated the locations, which first formed to open Island Creek Oyster Bar in 2010, have decided to part ways.