Guide to the Food Courts
Named in honor of one of the beloved founders of the Oyster Festival, the New York Community Bank Tom Reardon Memorial Food Court is the Festival’s heart and soul. Food booths are staffed with non-profit employees, volunteers and members of their partnering restaurant or catering company. Thanks to NYCB’s generous sponsorship, not-for-profits may enhance their fundraising for support of that particular charity’s programs. Each booth features signage stating which charity your food purchase is supporting.
With more than 60+ food choices, even the pickiest eater will find much to savor! Our main attraction? OYSTERS, of course! Raw on the half shell, fried or in stew. More than 60,000 will be consumed throughout the weekend, all donated by the owners of Frank M. Flower & Sons.
Other SEAFOOD options include a full lobster dinner, lobster bahn mi, lobster bisque, lobster mac & cheese, lobster rolls, clams (both raw and steamed), clam chowder, grilled shrimp, soft shell crabs, scallops, crab cakes, crab rolls, seafood gumbo, calamari, fish tacos, and much, much more.
MEAT lovers can munch on bacon-on-a-stick, meatball sliders, pulled pork sandwiches, steak sandwiches, Philadelphia cheesesteaks, homemade empanadas, sausage and pepper heroes and, of course, traditional American festival fare.
DESSERTS include homemade apple pie a la mode, Belgian waffles with strawberries and cream, deep fried EVERYTHING, chocolate-dipped EVERYTHING, frozen hot chocolate, homemade fudge, fruit crepes and more....
For more than three decades, participating charities based within the Oyster Bay-East Norwich school district have been serving up fresh seafood, ethnic culinary delights and traditional American fare to hundreds of thousands of festival goers. Profits from the Food Court sales remain with each individual non-profit organization that sells the food item to help fund their programming.
The Oyster Festival’s Oyster Booth Food Court sponsored by Newsday, and the Tom Reardon Memorial Food Court, sponsored by New York Community Bank, are the largest fundraisers that most of these charitable organizations participate in throughout the year. For some organizations, it’s their only fundraiser.
SEAFOOD
Oysters on the half shell with H&Y Supermarket sauces
Rotary Club of Oyster Bay
Lobster Banh Mi
Rotary Club of Oyster Bay
Oyster po’ boy sandwich, fish filet po’ boy sandwich
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Oyster Bay Flotilla
Oyster stew
Oyster Bay Lions
Lobster dinner, clams on the half shell, steamed clams,
North Oyster Bay Baymen’s Association
Scallops, lobster rolls
Youth & Family Counseling Agency
Crab cakes
Oyster Bay Fire Co. #1
Fish tacos
HPS Network
Shrimp corn chowder, seafood fritters
Oyster Bay East Norwich Booster Club
Fish and chips
Oyster Bay High School Girls Varsity Lacrosse
Seafood gumbo, crab roll, shrimp cocktail, grilled shrimp on a stick
Oyster Bay Railroad Museum
New England & Manhattan clam chowders
Life Enrichment Center at Oyster Bay
Fried oysters
Mill River Rod & Gun Club
Fried calamari
Veterans of Foreign Wars Oyster Bay Memorial Post #8033
Soft shell crab sandwich, fried clam strips & fried shrimp
American Legion Quentin Roosevelt Post No. 4
Lobster bisque, lobster mac & cheese
Rotary Club of Oyster Bay
INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTIES
Yucca fries, pumpkin & cheese ravioli, Chinese dumplings, Chinese eggrolls
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Oyster Bay Flotilla
Bratwurst, potato pancakes, mozzArepa
Oyster Bay-East Norwich Soccer
Kielbasa sandwiches & pierogis
Oyster Bay Lions
Gyro, souvlaki, chicken sandwich, spinach pie, shish-ka-bob, chicken-ka-bob, falafel, Greek salad
Christeen Oyster Sloop Preservation Corp/Ida May Project
Calzones
St. Dominic High School Parent Group
Empanadas, pupusas, tostadas with guacamole, tacos, nachos
Hispanic Cultural Center/Centro Cultural Hispano
Sausage with pepper hero
Italian-American Citizens Club
Chicken & beef satays
Peas Eddy Sportsman Club
ALL-AMERICAN FAVORITES
Steak sandwiches
Oyster Bay-East Norwich Soccer
Roasted corn
Oyster Bay Lions
Philadelphia Cheesesteaks
Oyster Bay-East Norwich Soccer
Tornado fries
Rotary Club of Oyster Bay
Ribs, fried chicken, onion rings, fried ravioli
HPS Network
Acai bowls
Oyster Bay East Norwich Booster Club
Chicken fingers & tater tots
Oyster Bay High School Girls Varsity Lacrosse Team
Blackened gator on a stick, Pulled pork, Delta blues chili
Oyster Bay Chamber of Commerce
Pickles, fried pickles, fried green tomatoes, turkey drumsticks, chicken wings & mozzarella sticks
Friends of the Oyster Bay High School Performing Arts Center
Hamburgers, hot dogs
Oyster Bay Preschool
Bacon-on-a-stick
Peas Eddy Sportsman Club
Pizza
Oyster Bay Preschool
Breakfast sandwich
Kiwanis Club of East Norwich Oyster Bay
French fries, sweet potato fries
Veterans of Foreign Wars Oyster Bay Memorial Post #8033
DESSERTS
Frozen hot chocolate, frozen cookies ‘n cream, frozen orange creamsicle, cookies, pretzels and churros, caramel apples, candy apples and homemade fudge
Oyster Bay High School Interact Club-Junior Rotary
Cannolis
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Oyster Bay Flotilla
Apple pie & ice cream
Oyster Bay-East Norwich Soccer
Belgian waffles with strawberries & cream
Oyster Bay-East Norwich Soccer
Cotton candy & kettle corn
Boy Scout Troop 253
Zeppoles, deep-fried Oreo cookies, fried bananas & Hawaiian shaved ice
St. Dominic’s High School Parent Group
Chocolate chip ice cream sandwich, smoothies, chocolate-dipped fruit, pretzels, crepes
HPS Network
Bananas foster
Oyster Bay Railroad Museum
Funnel cakes
Oyster Bay Preschool
Gelato, gelato sandwiches on brioche rolls
Oyster Bay Preschool
Krispy Kreme doughnuts, brownies, s’mores, cinnamon buns, individual bags of popcorn
Kiwanis Club of East Norwich Oyster Bay
BEVERAGES
Bubble Tea
Rotary Club of Oyster Bay
Coffee & hot chocolate
OBHS Interact Club-Junior Rotary
Bottled water, iced tea, soda (regular, Wild Bill’s & Avery Beverage’s “Totally Gross Soda”)
Boy Scout Troop 253
Coffee, hot chocolate, smoothies, strawberry-banana fruit drink
HPS Network
Hot Apple Cider
Oyster Bay East Norwich Booster Club
Coffee & tea
Friends of the Oyster Bay High School Performing Arts Center
Brooklyn egg cream
Italian-American Citizens Club
Lemonade
Oyster Bay Preschool
Tea, coffee & iced coffee
Kiwanis Club of East Norwich Oyster Bay