A fictional oyster room. A real appetite for the coast.
saltmarsh

A taste of
five places.

One bay is not one oyster. A creek, a sand flat, a little more ocean: each bed has a voice of its own.

Fictional Thursday ledger · updated 3:04pm
Oysters with naturally uneven shells on sparkling ice.

The oyster board.

Four beds on the board. One sold out.
A sample evening, not live stock.

Measured salinity28 ppt

Netarts Flat

Our house oyster. Even, clean, the one to start on.

17 doz on the board2¼″ · pulled 07:05

Compose a
half dozen.

Sweet, mineral, or a little of each. Choose six from the available beds.

A local selection demo. Nothing is ordered or saved. Sample half-shell price: $3.50 each.

0 of 6 oysters$0.00

Add an oyster to begin.

Netarts Flat

28 ppt · 17 doz on the board

0

Crab Harbor

31 ppt · 9 doz on the board

0

Whiskey Creek

24 ppt · 4 doz on the board

0

Sunset Slough

19 ppt · 11 doz on the board

0

Sand Point

33 ppt · Sold out

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All five beds, at a glance
BedPulledSizeSalinityLeft
Netarts Flat07:052¼″28 ppt17 doz
Crab Harbor06:102½″31 ppt9 doz
Whiskey Creek06:103″24 ppt4 doz
Sunset Slough07:053½″19 ppt11 doz
Sand Point06:402″33 pptSold out

A little guide
to the brine.

Under 22 ppt

Soft & sweet

Brackish water. Melon and cucumber, with very little mineral bite. A welcoming place to start.

22–29 ppt

Clean & balanced

The middle of Netarts. Balanced brine and enough body to hold its own with mignonette.

Over 29 ppt

Sharp & mineral

The mouth of the bay, where the ocean gets in. The ones regulars ask for by name.

Sizes are measured hinge to bill. Oysters over three inches generally head for the grill. Beds rest on rotation and close after heavy rain.

Illustrative oyster racks exposed across a quiet Oregon estuary.

Low water.
Time to work.

Anything pulled on the morning ebb is on the bar by four. The evening ebb writes tomorrow’s board.

Sample high tide
11:20am · 8.1ft
Sample low tide
5:42pm · −0.4ft
Sample late high
11:54pm · 7.6ft

Fictional tide values for the concept. Not a navigation or harvesting forecast.

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