$1 Oyster Happy Hours

If you are a fan of happy hour and enjoy raw oysters, this post is for you. We are lucky to live in the Bay Area for all sorts of reasons, and certainly among them are the various $1 oyster happy hours we can enjoy. Cheers.

Cafe Maritime
One dozen oysters for $13 from 5:30 to 7p.m. Monday through Friday
2417 Lombard Street

Circolo
$1 oysters from 5 to 7p.m. Tuesday through Friday
500 Florida Street

Bacar
$1 oysters on Fridays from 4:30 to 6p.m.
448 Brannan Street

Butterfly
$1 oyster shooters from 4 to 7p.m. Monday through Friday
Embarcadero and Bay Streets

Eastside West Restaurant & Raw Bar
$1 oysters from 5 to 7p.m. Monday through Friday
3154 Fillmore Street

EOS
$1 oysters from 5:30 to 7p.m. Monday through Thursday
901 Cole Street

Hog Island Oyster Company
$1 oysters from 5 to 7p.m. Monday and Thursday
1 Ferry Plaza (in the Ferry Building)

Hyde Street Seafood House and Raw Bar
$1 oysters nightly from 5 to 7p.m.
1509 Hyde Street

O'Reilly's Holy Grail
$1 oysters from 4:30 to 7p.m. Monday through Friday
1233 Polk Street

Mecca
$1 oysters from 5 to 7p.m. Tuesday through Saturday
2029 Market Street

Yabbies Coastal Kitchen
$1 oysters from 6 to 7p.m. Sunday through Wednesday
2237 Polk Street

$1 Oyster Happy Hour

Hog Island in the Ferry Building is a bright and cheerful space on the water side of the building with a somewhat simple but delicious menu. Offerings includes several salads, a gorgeous grilled cheese sandwich made with Cow Girl Creamery's Mezzo Secco, a cave-aged Gruyere as well as Fromage Blanc, a few varieties of baked oysters and of course the lovely selection of raw oysters. Perhaps the best time to go is for happy hour which occurs on Mondays and Thursdays between 5 and 7p.m. and whereby a select variety of oysters are offered for $1 each. Each time I have been lately the variety is Sweetwaters, which are wonderfully small and purely briny - almost no creaminess at all. The oysters really impart that special breath of the sea. Also on special and to go with the oysters is beer on tap for $3.50. I usually pair the bivalves with Honig Sauvignon Blanc which is one of the bottles on the wine list under $30. The crispness of the wine balances perfectly with the smooth and succulent oysters. The venue gets fairly crowded for happy hour but you can put your name down on the sign in sheet and hang out at a spot nearby and the waitstaff will come and find you. The happy hour is really something to look forward to on a Monday, and is a great way to start out your Thursday evening as well. Hope you stop by and enjoy.

Hog Island

One Ferry Building, 11A in San Francisco

http://www.hogislandoysters.com/