Ingredient
Oyster
Oyster turns up on 25 plates across twelve of the kitchens we read. The appetizer section holds fourteen of them, and most often it is served as a platter, on four.
From 40 menus · oyster is on 25 plates · How we read them
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Some of these were read by a script, not a person — those chips have a hollow dot. About the method →
Oyster, fried or breaded
Our reading of the menus lists it fried at five kitchens, breaded at four, and both at four: Bull on the Beach, Bull on the Beach (94th St), Harborside Bar & Grill, Waterman's Seafood Co..
fried · 5
On both sides: Bull on the Beach, Bull on the Beach (94th St), Harborside Bar & Grill, Waterman's Seafood Co..
How it comes
The forms it turns up in, most first.
Where on the menu
The menu sections the dishes sit under, most first.
How it's cooked
How the kitchens cook it, counting the word on the component as well as the plate.
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The journey of oyster
The same 25 plates read outward from the middle: how the kitchens cook it, how it then arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. A wedge too narrow for its word carries it in the table underneath.
| Ring | Commonest | Plates |
|---|---|---|
| How it's cooked | fried | 10 |
| How it comes | small-plate | 3 |
| Where on the menu | appetizer | 3 |
| Other | 37 other steps, added up | 60 |
| Not stated | the menu never printed that detail | 24 |
Every wedge, as a table
| Cooked | Arrives as | Course | Plates |
|---|---|---|---|
| fried | — | — | 10 |
| fried | not stated | — | 5 |
| fried | not stated | not stated | 3 |
| fried | not stated | appetizer | 1 |
| fried | not stated | entree | 1 |
| fried | platter | — | 2 |
| fried | platter | entree | 2 |
| fried | buffet | — | 1 |
| fried | buffet | not stated | 1 |
| fried | sandwich | — | 1 |
| fried | sandwich | entree | 1 |
| fried | side | — | 1 |
| fried | side | appetizer | 1 |
| breaded | — | — | 7 |
| breaded | not stated | — | 4 |
| breaded | not stated | not stated | 2 |
| breaded | not stated | appetizer | 1 |
| breaded | not stated | entree | 1 |
| breaded | platter | — | 2 |
| breaded | platter | entree | 2 |
| breaded | sandwich | — | 1 |
| breaded | sandwich | entree | 1 |
| baked | — | — | 4 |
| baked | small-plate | — | 3 |
| baked | small-plate | appetizer | 3 |
| baked | not stated | — | 1 |
| baked | not stated | appetizer | 1 |
| raw | — | — | 4 |
| raw | not stated | — | 3 |
| raw | not stated | appetizer | 3 |
| raw | raw-bar | — | 1 |
| raw | raw-bar | appetizer | 1 |
| steamed | — | — | 3 |
| steamed | platter | — | 2 |
| steamed | platter | appetizer | 1 |
| steamed | platter | not stated | 1 |
| steamed | not stated | — | 1 |
| steamed | not stated | appetizer | 1 |
| stuffed | — | — | 2 |
| stuffed | not stated | — | 1 |
| stuffed | not stated | appetizer | 1 |
| stuffed | taco | — | 1 |
| stuffed | taco | not stated | 1 |
| chilled | — | — | 1 |
| chilled | not stated | — | 1 |
| chilled | not stated | appetizer | 1 |
| country-fried | — | — | 1 |
| country-fried | small-plate | — | 1 |
| country-fried | small-plate | appetizer | 1 |
| other ways | — | — | 2 |
| deep-fried | — | — | 1 |
| fresh | — | — | 1 |
Travels with
What shares a plate with it, counted inside a course and never across one. A partner marked distinctive turns up together far more often than chance.
Dishes
Our reading of the menu lists: turkey, oyster, chicken filet.
Our reading of the menu turns up diced, cabbage and flounder.
Our reading of the menu turns up popcorn, drink and fresh.
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Known for: charred, grana, raw.
The menu leans on country-fried, kaiser and tartar.
Our reading of the menu turns up roll, pickle and butter.
Our reading of the menu lists egg, duck and folded.
Our reading of the menu turns up Our Tartar Sauce, crabmeat and crabcake.
Our reading of the menu lists: swiss, pickle, beef fries gravy.
Known for: filet, Lemon Vinaigrette, raw.
Our reading of the menu turns up braised, linguine and evoo.
Boiled, baby back rib and baked chicken come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Where on the island
The 12 kitchens above, by district. Counted off the menus we read, in order up the island — not a ranking of neighbourhoods.
| District | Kitchens | Side of the island |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown / Inlet & Boardwalk | 1 | boardwalk |
| Lower Midtown | 1 | inland |
| Midtown | 1 | bayside |
| Uptown | 2 | inland |
| North OC | 2 | inland |
| West Ocean City | 4 | harbor |
| Day-trips ring | 1 | harbor |