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The 12 Best Places In Los Angeles to Eat Oysters

Whether crowning a taco de camarón or served simply on the half-shell with a refreshing mignonette, Los Angeles is a great oyster town if you know where to look.

2:52 PM PDT on August 3, 2023

These are the best places to eat oysters in L.A., a great town for bivalves, if you know where to look.

These briny gems of the sea go hand-in-hand with L.A.’s mariscos culture, itself brimming with shellfish should you want an amped-up flavor that goes beyond the natural flavor of the oyster unadorned. Still, there are a handful of destinations to enjoy oysters the old-school way: on the half-shell with a simple mignonette and a glass of your favorite effervescent [natural] wine.

These are just a handful of the spots where L.A. TACO likes to throw back a dozen or so oysters like there’s no tomorrow.

An oyster-topped taco de camarón at Mariscos Jalisco. Photo by Javier Cabral for L.A. TACO.

Mariscos Jalisco ~ Boyle Heights