Fried oysters dinner
 

We are having company and I'd like to find a place that has a great fried oysters dinner. Are there any places that you can recommend that you've been to recently?

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Worth the drive cash only

O Shucks.

oysters are out of season. Saw them for sale at Brownwood farmer's market this morning-must have been frozen

If they are in the shell, you cannot freeze them. Freezing will kill them. Oysters are available year round, but some people say that you should only eat them in months that end in an "R". But, I am not convinced that makes any sense.

Also, you should only drink alcohol on days that end in a "Y".

The Union Oyster House in Boston serves oysters year round.

There's a new seafood place in Leesburg called New England Seafood Shack on CR27 at CR 48 in the Winn Dixie Plaza in Leesburg.

The owners are from Rhode Island and it's very good.

Two places I know serve them is Coastal Del Mar in Spanish Springs and Oyster Troff in Eustis. Call to make sure they don't skip the summer months. Depends on how far you want to drive.

You can easily hunt all the restaurants by going to The Villages Gourmet Club Search Page (LINK) and enter the the words "fried oyster" in Section 4c, then hit SEARCH. I found many restaurants that mention those words. Or try just "oyster" and you'll find more. Great resource !

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I would highly recommend Oyster Troff for fried oysters, but especially for raw oysters on the half shell.

We love Oh Shucks. Went once and will go again.

Fried Oysters
 

Essex house on SR40 after Astor long drive but they have the best, Seafood shack in Leesburg ar also very good, both places also have full belly clams that are great

o'shucks? did they reopen? they must have passed inspection.... it is with great disappointment that I announce to you the the seafood in florida is disgusting... I have surveyed many people from the northeast, and it is unanimous......and the Chinese food stinks too....

I have a few thousand growing at my dock on the Chesapeake Bay. We enjoy them year round. I just go get a bucket full and shuck or roast. They are the best!

Another vote for Essex Seafood House. Whole belly clams & lobster too

O'Shucks on 301. It looks like a scary dive so why would anyone go there? Maybe it's because of the great Oysters and other food?

I'll add County Line Smokehouse on 25 to my favorite "divey but great food" list.

I haven’t been for a bit, but Eatons Beach has awesome oysters.

Big Bass Grill
Lake Panasofkee(sp)

I understand that Legacy CC has an oyster special every Tuesday. Prepared to order and only $15 or so... I'm going to give it a try...

Well, rolled. . .
 

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I have not found one oyster restaurant in Florida that prepares fried oysters the way they were prepared on the Eastern shore of Maryland. The oysters floated inside an envelope of fried egg and bread crumbs. I believe they called them "Padded Oysters".

Another hard to find fish dinner is mussels. cooked in a wine broth and always served with Italian rolls. Dipping the rolls into the wine broth after eating the mussels was out of this world.

Try Stumpknockers in Inverness. Very good!

Fried Oysters
 

Eaton’s Beach in Weirsdale near Lady Lake

Not at all fancy, but some of the best raw or fried oysters you can imagine. O’Shucks Oyster Bar, on the east side of 301 about 1/4 mile south of 44.

It’s a local bar, absolutely nothing fancy. But you can tell by the people waiting for a table that the food is great. Try it out by going to their Friday night fish fryl—a huge piece of fried haddock, French fries and some excellent homemade coleslaw. I used to order a dozen freshly shucked raw oysters as an “appetizer”. Ask what size you’d like. They don’t get New England oysters, mostly Louisiana, Texas and some from the eastern seaboard. I liked the smaller ones from Louisiana.

Your friends will be impressed. But try O’Shucks out yourself to make sure you impress them the way you ‘d like. The oysters and seafood are impressive, but the dive bar atmosphere, while noisy and lots of fun, is not exactly fine dining.

Beach Ski Bar in Leesburg by the Venetian Beach. When the couple that owned Eaton Beach got divorced. They split up. One partner got Eaton Beach and the other got Beach Ski Bar. I don’t recall Eaton Beaches oysters, but the Fried Oysters are as good as they get.

Nothing like shucking some raw Wellfleet oysters and slurping em down with some horseradish and fresh lemon juice. Just make sure it’s a month with an “r” in it.

We like Sammy's, an Italian restaurant on 301. They serve a very good seafood plate with mussels included. Maybe not the style you described but for anyone looking for mussels or Italian eateries that's a good one. Their garlic rolls and soup are awesome too.

Ski Beach in Leesburg has amazing fried oysters. I’m sure their sister company Eatons beach does too, I just have never had them personally at Eatons!

I just saw the owners a month or so back and they are not divorced. They just built another restaurant together.

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Randy and Sue are still happily married. They still own both restaurants.

Thanks, everyone, for your great suggestions.

Yes, that place is great! We had lunch there yesterday. Great service even though we did not come in by motorcycle.

Try Pecks Old Port Cove in Crystal River. 139 Ozello Trail. About 1 1/2 hours
west of TV. You'll be dining close to the water that they grow their Oysters, My favorite on the menu though is almond crusted grouper.

now, now, no need to get NE (New England or North East) seafood snooty about it. . .

and its not that I disagree with you, we just can't type that in public! did your parents not educate you on your inside typing?

if you know seafood from new england, you have either dug the clams or caught the fish yourself, or prepped and cooked it yourself. . .

I have read that a NE seafood snob has the following characteristics:
:icon_hungry: :icon_hungry:

sand free steamers and steamed lobsters are the only way to be served.
Fresh caught tuna that day from Chatham or Gloucester fish pier is heaven on earth, with freshly prepared wasabi . .. .
pan seared / lightly grilled scallops and fresh cod, striper or sword broiled / grilled is one half step below tuna. .
:mmmm::mmmm:
Raw quahogs and oysters are cold and slimy, but the only method for delivery. ..

:shocked: mussels are lower class as is frying any seafood :shocked:

I will have to find that link again. .
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One more day until retirement, right?

We just made 48 stuffed quahogs (it's a southeastern Mass/RI thing) and froze them. Will be bringing them down in the heavy duty cooler when we go back in the fall. Our friends in the Villages from other parts of the country loved them.