Been researching a bit on oysters and I never knew how good they were for our ecosystem. I'm including a video and a couple articles on here showing how much they do for the environment. A fun fact: Oysters have no nerves, so they are basically a sea vegetable. Eat up kids! My personal favorite place to get them is at Gilhooley's in San Leon, which Andrew Zimern (of Bizarre Foods) stated was the ultimate seafood dive bar in North America. (I agree) (19:09 of below video) And a pic of the signature "Oysters Gilhooley." (Freaking amazing) And a video on what they do for us: An interesting article from our Houston expert: Robb Walsh. https://www.chron.com/life/health/article/Six-things-you-should-know-about-Galveston-Bay-9550723.php And finally, what you can do to get Galveston Oysters back to their typical thriving level. https://texaslivingwaters.org/help-galveston-bay-oysters/ Also, Danton's has a dozen raw oysters for $10 during their HH. 4-7 M-F.
Really? And you live on the Gulf? (or Katy, that's not so much on the Gulf, nor is the inner loop) Outside of that they are delicious. Nice recipes.
Try the east and west coast varieties too. Go to a top notch oyster bar and talk to the man. If raw, you will absolutely notice a difference in the flavor.
I had no idea that each oyster can filter 50 gallons of water. They just put a ton in New York to clean up the Hudson.
Huh. Glad you learned that bivalves filter water. So do marshlands and wetlands. Concrete, not so much. A fun volunteer project is going into the bays with TPWD et al and re"seeding" the oyster beds.
Captain Toms is a great casual place to get oysters in Houston. Always shaped like a boat with a U-shaped bar with guys continuously shucking. Clean shucked gulf oysters for cheap. Always busy and usually a wait, at least the one on 1960.
They're all delicious as far as I'm concerned, but like you I like my Gulf oysters/shrimp, if you're eating them cooked it really doesn't matter though.
What was the place on ?Main, Kirby, Westpark? on the way to the Dome? It had a giant crab and a cowboy hat wearing shrimp with 2 six-shooters? Not sure we ever ate there, I just remember it looking cool as hell as Dad drove to and from games.
Lol. That was Gaido's on Main back in the day. I believe that Crab is now on the front of the Galveston Gaido's.
Not familiar, but a quick search(cause who the hell doesnt want to see a giant shrimp with revolvers?) came up with Gaidos, which is now in Galveston.
TBH, Houstons "fresh" seafood restaurant scene is pretty crap for being right next to the gulf. I, for one, am disappointed overall in lack of more fresh seafood. Everything is ****ing frozen, 20 miles from the gulf.
Wow. I had no idea there was ever a Gaido's in Houston, I just remember being on the lookout for the giant seafood as we were driving. We probably ate at the one in Galveston 100 times, but never there.
Not necessarily "everything", but you are largely and sadly correct (or were correct back when I lived there). I never understood it either.
We have plenty of great Seafood restaurants here. Danton's Tony Mandola's (their coleslaw is a must try) Goode Co. Seafood Eddie V's Reef Truluck's Connie's Christie's Bayou City Hell, even Pappas & Pappadeaux are good places.
Maybe 10% of the seafood on those menus is from the western gulf coast, that was @donkeypunch 's point.
