Austin Oyster Co.
It all started with a shipment of Maine oysters and a few friends hanging out in a Texas backyard. Fast forward a year: a growing catering service in Austin focused on Maine oysters with pop-up events at breweries, wineries, and bachelorette parties alike. With family connections in Maine to plant the seed, Austin Oyster Co started cultivating relationships with oyster farms up and down the coast. While visiting some of the farms they source their Maine oysters from, Austin Oyster Co planned to host a small get-together with friends, family, and oyster farmers. The original idea was to meet at an oyster bar. My input, respectfully, was this: boooring. Ultimately we agreed on a much more authentic expression of summer in Maine--a beach fire and lobster boil in the late evening sun while the Sturgeon Moon slowly rose over the sea behind us.
