Oyster season is here, and Aw Shucks and Big Shucks are marking it with something they’ve never done in 43 years of shucking. The family-run oyster bars have launched their first OysterFest, a run of special oyster dishes at all four North Texas locations that wraps up with a patio party on Saturday, November 14.
Bob Peterson opened the original Aw Shucks on Lower Greenville in 1983 with a simple idea, a seafood shack in Dallas without the beach. His son Nick Peterson now runs the family’s Peterson Management Group, which also owns Blue Goose Cantina. The places still look and feel like they always have, which is a big part of why people keep coming back.
The OysterFest menu runs now through November 14 at Aw Shucks on Greenville Avenue, Big Shucks on Mockingbird Lane, Big Shucks in Richardson and Aw Shucks in Lewisville. It’s six dishes, and most of them push the oyster somewhere new.
The Fried Oyster Nachos pile six crispy fried oysters over tortilla chips with a creamy verde sauce and habanero onions. The Buffalo Fried Oyster Tacos come in soft corn tortillas with tangy slaw and blue cheese dressing, a bar-food mashup that makes more sense than it sounds…