List of oyster bars

This is a list of notable oyster bars. An oyster bar is a restaurant specializing in serving oysters, or a section of a restaurant which serves oysters buffet-style. In France, the oyster bar is known as bar à huîtres. Oysters have been consumed since ancient times and were common tavern food in Europe, but the oyster bar as a distinct restaurant began making an appearance in the 1700s.

United Kingdom

 * Loch Fyne Restaurants – a chain of 25 seafood restaurants in the United Kingdom

England

 * Bentley's Oyster Bar and Grill
 * Sinclair's Oyster Bar – Cathedral Gates, Millennium Quarter, Shambles Square, Manchester city centre, Manchester, England

California

 * 72 Market Street Oyster Bar and Grill – a former oyster bar and restaurant in Venice, California
 * Swan Oyster Depot – in San Francisco, California

District of Columbia

 * Hank's Oyster Bar – multiple locations in Washington, D.C., and Alexandria, Virginia
 * Old Ebbitt Grill – a historic bar and restaurant located in Washington, D.C.; holds an annual oyster eating event called Oyster Riot every November

Florida

 * Flora-Bama – located on Perdido Key in Pensacola, Florida; a world-famous honky-tonk, oyster bar, beach bar, and Gulf Coast cultural landmark
 * Shuckum's Oyster Bar – a former restaurant located on Young Circle in downtown Hollywood, Florida

Louisiana

 * Arnaud's – the largest restaurant in New Orleans

Massachusetts

 * Union Oyster House, in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the oldest restaurants in America.

New York

 * Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant, a seafood restaurant located on the lower level of Grand Central Terminal at 42nd Street and Vanderbilt Avenue in Manhattan in New York City
 * John Dory Oyster Bar – Manhattan, New York City
 * Mermaid Oyster Bar – in Greenwich Village, New York City opened by Zach Braff

North Carolina

 * Sunny Side Inn – a historic oyster bar located at Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina

Oregon

 * Dan and Louis Oyster Bar – a seafood restaurant in Portland, Oregon described by Fodor's as a "Portland landmark"
 * Eat: An Oyster Bar
 * Flying Fish Company
 * McCormick & Schmick's – an American seafood restaurant chain, based in Portland, Oregon

Pennsylvania

 * Old Original Bookbinder's and Bookbinder's 15th Street - old, iconic Philadelphia seafood restaurants (Original dates to 1893), now both closed.

Virginia

 * Old Original Bookbinder's – Richmond, Virginia- expansion from Philadelphia.

Washington

 * Coastal Kitchen, Seattle
 * Emmett Watson's Oyster Bar – located in Seattle, Washington's Pike Place Market
 * The Walrus and the Carpenter, Seattle