I drive to what awaits me Cold, water, wind, life Leaving behind the trappings of another world Nature, perhaps danger awaits Shall it catch me today? Shoving off, then pushing out We reach the spot I look, then linger Overboard I go to do the work It greets me like 1,000 needles Hello friend, where […]
The Oyster Blog
The official Anderson's Neck blog with progress updates on our mission to Save the Bay One Oyster at a Time. We will notify you when we post new articles if you Join Our Mailing List.
The Chesapeake Bay Oyster is now potentially entering its newest fight in what could prove to be an epic battle against ocean acidification. The crash of the heralded Chesapeake Bay’s oyster fishery has been told countless times. First came mass deforestation during the colonial era which led to enormous sedimentation runoff smothering the bay’s historic […]
There was a time when no Thanksgiving meal in America was complete without oysters. Oysters on the half shell, oyster stew, oyster stuffing, oysters everywhere. America was absolutely obsessed with the tasty bivalves in the Victorian era as evidenced by this awesome collection of Historical Menus. This was no fad. The almighty oyster’s place at […]
Join us on Saturday, November 16th to help us celebrate the one year anniversary of the Center of the Universe Brewery (COTU). The celebration kicks off at 3:00pm at the brewery located at 11293 Air Park Rd, Ashland, VA with a Homefront IPA brewery tap invasion. Left Hand, Cigar City, 21st Amendment, and Stone will be […]
Two brands, one mystery. Anderson’s Neck Oyster Company & Blue Bee Cider have secretly collaborated for a Mystery Release on Saturday, November 9th from noon-7. The secret lies in the witches brew…So secret in fact, only the government minders at NSA know exactly what RVA’s Cider Queen, aka Courtney Mailey, has in store for us. […]
Why do a one night oyster party on The Blue Goat patio when you can do a two day blow out? Come join us at the place that deserves credit for putting the RVA gastropub movement into full swing from 5-9 on both Friday 10/11 and Saturday 10/12 for drinks, oysters, great food, and good times. We’ll […]
RVA’s celebrated Chef Andy Howell will be collaborating with Anderson’s Neck Oyster Company in order to host Richmond’s first ever Oyster “Informal” at Camden’s Dogtown Market. According to Chef Howell, “Instead of the usual, multi-course, well laid out and perfectly paired wine dinner (stop laughing) I usually commit, this will be a far more casual […]