Pearl Dive Oyster Palace

Black Restaurant Group has joined forces with Travis and Ryan Croxton of Rappahannock River Oyster Company to bring you Old Black Salt Oysters. These signature oysters are grown exclusively in the Black Narrows, a small strip of waterway located in Chincoteague, VA. This location was hand selected by the BRG team and the Croxtons because of its rapid water flow and high salinity. Old Black Salts have an average salinity level of 33ppt, making them one of the saltiest oysters available on the market today. Old Black Salts offer a buttery mouth feel that is indicative to Virginia oysters to balance their high salinity. The oyster meat is plump and firm, with hints of minerality due to the limestone rich waters.

These oysters come from the Chincoteague Bay in VA and have a salty punch and light finish. The oysters are located in an area that is not fed by any significant source of freshwater creating a good salinity for the oyster.

Coming from Washington State, the name originates from the native word stinky, which was used to describe the smell of the river that the oysters were found in. The river would smell in the summer when spawning salmon would die on the banks. The oyster has a melon flavor with a slight brine and algal finish.

Sweet Pull-Apart Breakfast Rolls Baked in Cast Iron Coquette, Orange Butter Glaze.

Pear Butter, Maple Anglaise, Butter-Rum Caramel.

Broiled Oysters, Spinach, Bacon, Aioli.

Oyster Confit, Blue Crab, Tasso Ham, Roasted Corn.

Andouille Sausage & Sweet Potato Hash.