11. SON OF A GUN
Los Angeles, CA
12. ISLAND CREEK OYSTER BAR
Boston, MA
13. PRIME MEATS
Brooklyn, NY
14. NEPTUNE OYSTER
Boston, MA
15. ESTIATORIO MILOS
New York, NY

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Island Creek Oyster Bar
Boston, MA

500 COMMONWEALTH AVE
617 532 5300
HTTP://ISLANDCREEKOYSTERBAR.COM

After Michael Schlow’s Great Bay closed, Shore Gregory (could someone who owns a seafood restaurant have a better name) and Eastern Standard owner Garrett Harker decided to put a seafood restaurant in its place. Given that Gregory’s family cultivates oysters under the Island Creek name, it was a no-brainer to open a restaurant that featured bivalves as well as other delights of the sea. Enter Jeremy Sewell, who ran the kitchen for Schlow at Great Bay, and you have a restaurant where they serve steamed clams from Duxbery, Massachusetts along with mains like Gulf of Maine halibut served with toasted barley, baby turnips, Chantenay carrots and parsnip purée.