Entrepreneurs Derrick’a Calvary and Javone Richardson were driving their new Street Oyster trailer back from Houston when they started receiving calls about where they were going with their shellfish. Passersby spotted the chargrilled oyster illustrations on the trailer, along with the couple’s phone number, and they needed to know where to get them.
Those commuters would be correct in their desire for the duo’s seafood. Street Oyster is a seafood food truck, and the top seller is the Street Oyster. It is an oyster on the half shell, topped with butter, lemon, Parmesan, spinach, breadcrumbs and sweet crab meat that is grilled to order on the trailer.
At $30 for half a dozen, these meaty mollusks rival the offerings at some of Charleston’s top restaurants. They’re a rich and comforting bite, best eaten with plenty of napkins, and in your car if you can’t wait to get home. If customers want to get even more decadent, they can opt for the loaded oysters, with the addition of shrimp, lobster and crawfish.
An oyster origin story
Richardson and Calvary started Street Oysters near the end of 2025, and they’ve taken off — literally and figuratively. They are on the road most of the week, bringing the trailer to Charlotte, Augusta, Spartanburg and wherever their fans request. Their homebase is in the historic Union Heights neighborhood of North Charleston. They park their business at 2033 Comstock Ave., right across the street from Richardson’s grandmother’s former home and next door to the community convenience store left to Richardson by his late mother, Eunice Yvette Richardson…