“Diverting our dollars to local businesses might be making a very small impact right now. But as the interest increases and other chefs that get on board with this Gulf program, I know that it can have a large impact down the road.” (via EaterDallas)
after the state began granting licenses in 2019, explaining farmed Gulf oysters to all sorts of folks is a lynchpin in an evolving conversation about Gulf seafood that diners at this restaurant often find themselves having with their server.
Beatrice’s owner and chef, Michelle Carpenter, decided to start serving oysters and other seafood from the Gulf to further. “Originally, we didn’t consider using Gulf oysters for raw dishes because of their reputation,” Carpenter tells Eater Dallas, elaborating to say that people getting sick from wild oysters was a problem in the past. “But we dug into the research with
and were surprised to find out that the cultured oysters from oyster farmers are regulated, tested, and good for the environment.”Good for the environment means, where farmed oysters help stabilize the bay bottom and break the energy from waves, preventing further coastal erosion. They also filter the water, helping to make the bay clearer and cleaner — one oyster filters up to 50 gallons a day.
, Shockley mentions, which has joined the new all-Gulf seafood program. And the program includes Kaplan’s Barrier Beauties, which are only found in a handful of restaurants around Texas.A number of dishes on special at the restaurant have come from the Gulf seafood program of late, including pecan roasted red snapper, grouper with a herbed spinach risotto and etouffee sauce, and fried snapper with grit cake and crawfish etouffee.
“Restaurants in Texas have an opportunity to help support these oyster farms doing great work for the Texas coastline,” Carpenter says, noting that the quality of Gulf oysters has vastly improved. “Diverting our dollars to local businesses might be making a very small impact right now. But as the interest increases and other chefs that get on board with this Gulf program, I know that it can have a large impact down the road.”Check your inbox for a welcome email.
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