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Buying Oysters By The Sack Or Gallon
Heather asks: I'm looking to buy fresh oysters. Can you tell me where in the New Orleans area I can purchase them? The ones I see in supermarkets are pretty bad. Tom sez: The best place to buy oysters is from an oyster packing plant. In New Orleans proper, the best is P&J Oysters, on Rampart at Toulouse. It's an old oyster house that shucks them right there. They also sell them in the shell, by the sack or in smaller quantities. Their quality is excellent. But they work early and close around noon, so go in the morning. Drago's also sells oysters by the quart and gallon, although they don't publicize that fact. Across the lake, Bill's Oyster House is a bigger processor and retailer of oysters than you would guess, given its location. It's a shed behind the owners' house at 21370 Wilson Rd., between LA 21 and LA 59. (I'd better give you a map, here.) They prefer if you call a day or two in advance: 985-892-5164. They open early in the morning till about 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and sometimes (call ahead) from about 10 a.m. till about 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Another unlikely but good place to buy oysters is from those guys who set up roadside stands, selling shrimp, crabs, crawfish, and (less often) oysters. Not all are excellent, but my luck buying from them is generally good. They usually pack them to order, and usually fill the container with oysters, not water. Revised 3/10/08 Copyright © 2008 Tom Fitzmorris. All rights reserved. |
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