Oysters are one of those foods that people either love with an almost religious fervor or avoid like they’re personally offensive, with very little middle ground between the two camps.
If you fall into the first category, or if you’re curious enough to give them a shot, the oysters at Yorktown Pub in Yorktown will either confirm your devotion or convert you into a believer.
There’s something about eating oysters within sight of the waters they came from that just hits different, a connection to place and tradition that you don’t get when you’re eating them three states inland at a chain restaurant.
Yorktown sits along the York River in a spot that’s been important for centuries, first for military strategy and later for the seafood that’s sustained communities and built livelihoods…