High Oyster Prices Hit Louisville's Rolled Oyster, Its Oddball Bar Snack, Pushing it Off Menus
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [NPR The Salt] Ashlie Stevens - September 29, 2017
About two weeks ago, I went to the Silver Dollar — a bar and restaurant in Louisville, Ky. Without even looking at the menu, I asked for my usual — a basket of rolled oysters — only to find they'd been taken off the menu.
This discovery led me into the murky blue depths of the national oyster economy — and how it impacts the survival of an unlikely Louisville favorite.
"They were not priced out as well as they should have been," says Erica Goins, a chef at Silver Dollar. "The pricing on the menu should have maybe been adjusted as our prices were ...
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