Lillie Coit's presents the 4th Annual Oyster Day

Luma Event Link National Oyster Day was the 5th of August. We're doing it on the 23rd. That's eighteen days late, which is about our speed. It's also Lillie Hitchcock Coit's birthday — she'd be 183 — and it's the fourth year we've done this. Powell closes between Columbus and Union. We have tables in the middle of the street and about a hundred seats. The North Beach Entertainment Zone went into effect this summer and this is the first time we're using it, which means a drink from the bar can walk out the door with you. We also open at noon. We've never done that. The board out front says NEVER EARLY and for one day it will be wrong. The Oyster Bar We're opening it the same day. It's the area on your left when you come in, at the window that says OYSTERS, and there will be someone shucking in it from noon on. We've been staring at that empty box for what feels like years, because it has been. No stools yet. For now you watch. The Oysters Point Reyes Oyster Company is coming down from Tomales. It's the Strain family's farm, and Lindsay Strain will be here herself. Four varieties at least. Skookum out of Puget Sound doing the heavy lifting, then Miyagi, Belon, and Olympia — the only oyster native to the West Coast, and the hardest of the four to get (so order those first). We also have a sampler that's Point Reyes only. Lindsay brings it to the table and tells you about the farm. Jubilee runs late, the way it always does. Buy six, get six. A jubilee is a real thing, by the way. In a few places in the world the oysters wash up all at once and the locals eat for free. We took the name and most of (well half) the idea. San Francisco is the reason why oyster cocktail is famous worldwide, it was invented here. The Shells A portion of every oyster sold goes to the Wild Oyster Project. They're restoring native oysters to the San Francisco Bay, where about one percent of the historic population is left. Their passionate people will be here. Every shell we open goes back. It gets cured, cleaned, and returned to the Bay as the surface baby oysters need to settle on. Last year, we handed over 27 buckets in return. We plan to double it this year. So, come and help out. Lillie You already know. Honorary firefighter at fifteen. She smoked cigars, wore trousers before that was allowed, and dressed as a man to get into the gambling rooms that used to sit three blocks from our door. She left a third of her money to the city and they built the tower with it. We plan on celebrating the tower, but that's for another day... Schedule Noon — The street closes to traffic and opens to you and the shucking starts 10PM — Outside wraps, everybody comes indoors 1AM — Last call, or whenever we run out ―――――――――― Free to RSVP. We're counting heads, not selling seats. Lillie Coit's · 1707 Powell Street · "the old Washbag" Kitchen and bar daily until 1am. Never early. Sometimes later. Always here. location provided by event source: "Lillie Coit's, 1707 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA" ―――――――――― SF Stuff To Do