Oysters: upcoming dates

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• Food09/22/2026FoodDesk

  The Tides Market Opens in Safety Harbor

  The Tides Seafood Market & Provisions, 305, Main Street, Safety Harbor, Pinellas County, Florida, 34695, United StatesThe Tides Market

  

  Starts 12/31/2021ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better4.8 years ago

  The New York Times' Restaurant List 2026 (15 September 2026) gives the opening only as December 2021, with no day. The pin sits on the last day of that month by this vertical's month-only convention, so the real opening day may be earlier in the month.^[1]

  Jon and Mary Kate Walker open a seafood market and restaurant in Safety Harbor, Florida, built on very fresh fish cooked simply.

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• Food09/22/2026FoodDesk

  Hama Hama Oyster Saloon Opens on Hood Canal

  Hama Hama Oyster Saloon, 35846, US 101, Hamma Hamma, Mason County, Washington, 98555, United StatesHama Hama Oyster Company

  

  Starts 04/30/2014ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better12.4 years ago

  The New York Times' Restaurant List 2026 (15 September 2026) gives the opening only as April 2014, with no day. The pin sits on the last day of that month by this vertical's month-only convention, so the real opening day may be earlier in the month.^[1]

  The Robbins family's five-generation oyster farm opens an open-air saloon on the western shore of Hood Canal, serving oysters pulled from the water in view.

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• Food09/22/2026FoodDesk

  Swan Oyster Depot Opens on Polk Street

  1517 Polk Street, Polk Gulch, Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA 94109, United StatesSwan Oyster Depot

  

  Starts 12/31/1903ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better122.8 years ago

  Wikipedia^[1] says "It opened there in 1903" and names no month or day, so the pin takes that year's last day.

  Swan Oyster Depot opened on Polk Street in 1903 and has run more or less continuously since, pausing only to rebuild after the 1906 earthquake. It is barely a restaurant - a marble counter with about eighteen stools, no tables, no kitchen to speak of - and has been run by the same family for generations, serving the same short list of cold shellfish.

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• Food09/22/2026FoodDesk

  Old Ebbitt Grill Opens in Washington

  Old Ebbitt Grill, 675, 15th Street Northwest, Ward 2, Washington, District of Columbia, 20005, United StatesOld Ebbitt Grill

  

  Starts 12/31/1856ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better169.8 years ago

  The article's infobox gives the year only - established 1856 - so the pin sits on that year's last day. The restaurant has moved premises since.^[1]

  Washington's oldest saloon dates itself to 1856 and has moved premises more than once, ending up a block from the White House. Its oyster bar and dark wood booths have fed enough administrations that the taxidermy over the bar is said to have been shot by Theodore Roosevelt.

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• Food09/22/2026FoodDesk

  Antoine's Opens in the French Quarter

  Antoine's Restaurant, 713, Saint Louis Street, French Quarter, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, 70130, United StatesAntoine's

  

  Starts 04/03/1840CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins72% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 72%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidence186.5 years ago

  The article's infobox gives the exact day, 3 April 1840, with a citation.^[1]

  Antoine Alciatore opened his restaurant on 3 April 1840 in the French Quarter, and it has been run by his descendants ever since - the oldest family-run restaurant in the United States. Oysters Rockefeller were invented in its kitchen, and the recipe has never been published.

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• Food09/22/2026FoodDesk

  Union Oyster House Opens as the Atwood & Bacon Oyster House

  Union Oyster House, Union Street, Government Center, Downtown, Boston, MA, United StatesUnion Oyster House

  

  Starts 10/07/1826CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins70% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 70%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidence200.0 years ago

  The article states the restaurant "originally opened as the Atwood & Bacon Oyster House on October 7, 1826", giving the exact day.^[1]

  The oldest restaurant still operating in the United States opened on 7 October 1826 as the Atwood & Bacon Oyster House, in a Union Street building already old at the time. Its semicircular oyster bar is the original, and Daniel Webster is said to have worked through brandy and oysters at it daily.

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