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Hog Island Oyster Company

  • Address: Ferry Bldg., Embarcadero at Market St., Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA | Map It
  • Phone: 415/391-7177

Fodor's Review:

Hog Island, a thriving oyster farm in Tomales Bay, north of San Francisco, serves up its harvest at this attractive raw bar and retail shop in the busy Ferry Building. The U-shape counter and a handful of tables seat no more than three dozen diners, who come here for impeccably fresh oysters or clams (also from Hog Island) on the half shell. Other mollusk-centered options include a first-rate oyster stew, clam chowder, and Manila clams with white beans. The bar also turns out what is arguably the best grilled cheese sandwich (with three artisanal cheeses on artisanal bread) this side of Wisconsin. You need to eat early, however, as the bar closes at 8 on weekdays and 6 on weekends. Happy hour, 5 to 7 on Monday and Thursday, is an oyster lover's dream: sweetwaters for a buck apiece.

  • Credit Cards: AE, MC, V
  • Closed: Closed Sun.

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