It's oyster season! Here are 7 places to get oysters in Louisville
You might associate seafood with sunshine and summertime, but oyster season? It's only just beginning. And Louisville, thanks the UPS Worldport, booms with places to grab fresh oysters year round. Going by an ancient food rule, your best bet is to revel in oyster eating during months containing the letter "R." That means shell season is at peak in September, October, December, January, February, March, and April. Consuming oysters during the summer months lacking an "R" in their name, from May to August, has long been considered a no-go. But modern day oyster farming mixed with stricter environmental rules and enforcement have changed the oyster game, according to reporting from The Kitchn. Whenever you choose to imbibe in oysters, you'll have plenty of options in Louisville, including restaurants such as Murray's Creole Pub , 1576 Bardstown Road, which offers $2 oysters, $3 baked oysters and $5 glasses of prosecco every Wednesday. Murray's owner and acclaimed head chef Lawrence Weeks says the oyster celebration is a hit and has become among the busiest nights of the week for the Highlands restaurant, which also offers $2 Acadian oysters with rotating accompaniments for $2 for its 5-6 p.m. happy hour from Tuesday to
