The raw bar menu at Sidecar Patio & Oyster Bar is as detailed as a wine list and reads like a love letter to the world of oysters, routinely listing a dozen or more varieties on offer. In the wake of Hurricane Ida, the downtown restaurant is showing some love for people who bring those oysters to the table.
The woman behind Sidecar's oyster program, Lindsay Allday, has developed close bonds with the producers, especially the local ones who are working to develop the niche for specialty, place-based oysters in Louisiana.
Many of their operations were devastated by Hurricane Ida, damage that only compounded the losses many took from Hurricane Zeta last year.
So on Monday, Sept. 27, Sidecar and its attached sibling bar, the Rusty Nail, will host a fundraiser for three Louisiana oyster farmers and regular suppliers to help them through Ida’s aftermath.
The event, dubbed “Help the Hand that Harvests” is a happy hour benefit from 5-8 p.m. Beneficiaries are Louisiana Oyster Co. and Bright Side Oysters, both in Grand Isle, and Tesvich Oyster Farms in Empire.
“We make our living because of them, we just want to give them some love back,” said Allday.
Tickets ($45 or $100) include specialty cocktails and sparkling wine, raw oysters and jambalaya.
A Sidecar regular donated funds to pay for the night’s oysters, and the brands Tanqueray, Ketel One and Popup Sparkling Wine are co-sponsoring the event, so all proceeds go directly to the oyster farmers.
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Sept. 27, 5-8 p.m.
Sidecar Patio & Oyster Bar and the Rusty Nail
1114 Constance St.
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