P.J. Clarke’s Raw Bar
The best seafood in any town
But specifically in New York City, Washington D.C., and Philadelphia.
Come in and enjoy.
Our Picks
Blue Point
Fisher Island Sound, NY
Wild
Medium Salinity
Crisp Body
Earthy Mineral Finish
Island Creek
Duxbury Bay, MA
Farmed
Strong Brine
Vegetal & Buttery Body
Long Sweet Finish
Wellfleet
Wellfleet Harbor, MA
Farmed
Sharp Salinity
Plump Body
Seaweed Finish
Moonstones
Blue Island No.9
Farmed
Warm intense briny flavor
Crisp firm texture
Refreshing finish
Mookie Blues
Damariscotta River, ME
Farmed
High salinity
Bready
Sweet cucumber finish
Fishers Island
Fishers Island, NY
Farmed
Medium brine
Notes of greenwood
Mineral finish
Save the oyster, save the ocean
P.J. Clarke’s raw bar offers premium food sustainability. That means we’re passionate about educating our customers while supporting initiatives that protect our oysters.
Did you know that a single oyster can clean thirty to fifty gallons of water per day? That’s right – not only are oysters a tasty treat on the half shell, they’re great for our environment as well. As a natural water filter, oysters help to clear sediment, pollutants and algae from our oceans, which leads to the creation of more sustainable habitats for aquatic life. Oyster reefs act as natural barriers to erosion, tidal changes and rising sea levels, so it makes sense that hundreds of species would want to build a home there.
Unfortunately, extreme water pollution and overfishing have devastated oyster beds in recent years (only 5% of oysters today are wild, the other 95% farmed), but with the help of groups like our partners Billion Oyster Project and Oyster Recovery Project, we’re working diligently to restore the reef. The plan is to repopulate our waterways in order to clean up and create brilliant new ecosystems in which all life, from the tiniest of microorganisms to sharks and whales, can thrive. Oysters also act as a natural fertilizer, which leads to an increase in plant life under the sea and – you guessed it – the many creatures who dine on said vegetation.
The numbers don’t lie: in four short years, 19.7 trillion gallons of water have been filtered, removing 72,000 pounds of nitrogen and other pollutants. We’ve donated nearly 45,000 pounds of shells ourselves, which are utilized to regenerate up to twenty new, living oysters per shell. For reference, approximately 200 oyster shells weigh 20 pounds; that means we’ve given life to almost 450,000 oysters, which in turn cleans up to 22.5 million gallons of water!
Unfortunately, extreme water pollution and overfishing have devastated oyster beds in recent years (only 5% of oysters today are wild, the other 95% farmed), but with the help of groups like our partners Billion Oyster Project and Oyster Recovery Project, we’re working diligently to restore the reef. The plan is to repopulate our waterways in order to clean up and create brilliant new ecosystems in which all life, from the tiniest of microorganisms to sharks and whales, can thrive. Oysters also act as a natural fertilizer, which leads to an increase in plant life under the sea and – you guessed it – the many creatures who dine on said vegetation.
The numbers don’t lie: in four short years, 19.7 trillion gallons of water have been filtered, removing 72,000 pounds of nitrogen and other pollutants. We’ve donated nearly 45,000 pounds of shells ourselves, which are utilized to regenerate up to twenty new, living oysters per shell. For reference, approximately 200 oyster shells weigh 20 pounds; that means we’ve given life to almost 450,000 oysters, which in turn cleans up to 22.5 million gallons of water!
Want to join the conservation effort? Reach out to our friends at BOPand ORP and tell ‘em the team at P.J. Clarke’s raw bar sent you!