By Patrick Carone / MAXIM
"... The one thing you won't be served with your bivalves at Empire Oyster, a permanent pop-up located in Intermezzo Coffee & Cocktails, is cocktail sauce. Why? Because, as their website states, "It was developed in 19th Century NYC to mask the scent and taste of a rancid oyster, and there simply is no place for it on a fresh, ultra-premium oyster from pristine waters." Instead, pair the world's tastiest aphrodisiac with house-made mezcal pearls. You'll never ask for cocktail sauce again."
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By Chris Sherman / FLORIDA TREND
"...A few blocks away, Kevin Joseph, a New York promoter of oyster love, parks his Shuck Truck at Intermezzo Cafe coffee and cocktail bar for a pop-up version of his Empire Oyster Bar. He started New York Oyster week five years ago, offers oyster edutainment and..."
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By CREATIVE LOAFING
Our Empire Oyster Bar in St. Petersburg, FL won Creative Loafing's 2017 "Best Of The Bay" Award for "Best Oyster Bar" (Critic's Pick).
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By GARDEN & GUN
"... St. Pete has even attracted interest from afar: New York’s Empire Oyster launched a pop-up oyster bar in the Edge District’s Intermezzo Coffee & Cocktails..."
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By Hannah Walhout / FOOD & WINE
"... If you’re not sure where to begin, start with some advice from oyster expert Kevin Joseph, co-founder of New York Oyster Week. He’s currently hosting an oyster tasting menu pop-up at Megu in New York City, showcasing international varieties and experimenting with pairings and flavor profiles. We picked his brain about his favorite..."
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By Katherine Alex Beaven / Edible Manhattan
"... Like any good friend in food, Empire Oyster founder Kevin Joseph wants us to consider our options. His omakase oyster bar concept urges us to take our relationship with bivalves to the next level, and he’s..."
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By Eve Edelheit / Photographer / Tampa Bay Times
Tampa Bay Times Photographer Eve Edelheit made this short film about Empire Oyster Founder & Empire Oyster Bar owner Kevin Joseph.
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By Brian Zucker / St. Pete Rising
"Empire Oyster is, without a doubt, the talk of the town. For the uninformed, I’m referring to the raw oyster bar that opened up at the beginning of March inside the EDGE District’s Intermezzo Coffee and Cocktails. Coffee, cocktails and oysters. It seems like an unlikely trio does it not? Certainly I would’ve never predicted it, but the combination has proven to be a smashing success at..."
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By Jon Palmer Claridge, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, May 9, 2017
"Pure, world-class magic radiates from Empire Oyster in the St. Petersburg EDGE District.
"Shout Hallelujah, come on, get happy."
Pardon me if I indulge in some hyperbole, but I've had a rare culinary epiphany and feel like celebrating. As I approach my fifth anniversary as CL's food critic, ..."
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By Laura Reiley / Food Critic / Tampa Bay Times
"Kevin Joseph stands behind the counter wearing farmer's overalls, his 1967 Chevy Sportvan 108 Deluxe "Shuck Truck" pulled up outside.
At least among folks who won't think it's pretentious, he calls himself a "mermmelier," a sommelier for oysters. He's in the business of edutainment, explaining the flavor profiles and growing conditions of the up to nine kinds of oysters he's offering; explaining the importance of recycling oyster shells to create reefs and complex ecosystems; explaining how oysters aren't just carbon neutral, they're carbon negative. And all the while he's shucking. How cool is St. Petersburg? Cool enough to ..."
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Photos by: Eve Edelheit / Photographer / Tampa Bay Times
Today we visited NBC's WFLA News Channel 8, Tampa Bay to shoot for their "Daytime" show. Hosts Jerry & Cyndi wanted to learn how to shuck and we talked about St. Oysters Weekend @ Empire Oyster Bar in St. Pete, FL, March 17th-18th. 🎉🍀
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By Christie Rotondo / Thrillist
"Every year hundreds of New Yorkers come out to celebrate the salty, deliciousness of oysters at Empire Oyster, a giant party we throw with Oysterhood. We feature thousands (yes, thousands) of oysters from all over New York and invite key members of the oyster community including unbelievably speedy shuckers, seasoned growers, and oyster-focused chefs. It's always an awesome shucking time. This year we also brought in ..."
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By Michael Riedel / New York Post
"Festival organizer the OysterHood, which spotlights oysters as if they were Rockettes, will oversee the Brooklyn Oyster Riot on Saturday at Brooklyn Bridge Park (near John Street) starting at 5 p.m. OysterHood co-founder Kevin Joseph will lead the party, at which, for $95, you can have your fill of 12 kinds of East and West Coast oysters, plus..."
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By Jen Azzolini / Resident Magazine
"For our Resident Event alongside Tourneau and Baume & Mercier, Empire Oyster™ presented a grand selection of the finest oysters from 5 different states/provinces in the US & Canada. A Concourse des Huîtres, if you will. Huîtres is the French word for Oysters, by the way. Our guests were treated to Empire (NY), ..."
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THRILLIST presents EMPIRE OYSTER 2015
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ARTE TV / Germany & France
Empire Oyster's Founder Kevin Joseph was honored to be featured in a documentary by film maker Sven Jaxx. It was made for Arte TV, a leading television network in Germany & France. The series of 5 one hour films featured 40 interesting Americans living and working on The East Coast of The USA.
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"This is the Empire Oyster Shuck Truck. A 1967 Chevy Sportvan 108. Frankly, I’d eat almost anything that came from this van."
Thanks, Gabe Loewenberg, for this awesome write-up and the wonderful pictures of our Shuck Truck.
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