Wellfleet oysters at Caspian Oyster Depot Years from now, as I scroll back through my pandemic-era food memories, one will stand out among the takeout boxes and the meals I m already sick of cooking. On New Year s Eve, I stood out in the snow under the biggest, brightest full moon, trying desperately to wield an oyster knife without stabbing myself. It was a surprisingly celebratory way to end a terrible year, and the oysters once I figured out the trick to opening their rough shells were damn good. I had Caspian Oyster Depot to thank for those fresh, briny bivalves and the fresh start they gave 2021. A few weeks later, when I called Sophie and Justin Wright, owners of the Bristol business, they said they d also rung in the year by moon gazing and slurping back shellfish in the snow. So had many of their other customers. In a time when gathering is out, we d managed to have a simultaneous experience, if not a collect
Miss San Francisco restaurants? Let these streaming shows remind you
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Three recent travel shows made their way to San Francisco for a bite of the local restaurant scene.Niquolas Lagleva/Special to SFGATE
As we ve found ourselves back under a shelter-at-home order in most of the Bay Area, I ve found myself once again turning to my trusty travel shows to shake off some of the wanderlust I ve been finding myself in. And while I ve taken to shows that explore far off places via my television, it s been the episodes of my beloved San Francisco that s had me feeling wistful than most and has me making a spreadsheet of places to remember to revisit for takeout.