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The rain can’t stop a Shellabration in Greenport: PHOTOS

by Vera Chinese on December 6th, 2014
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Peconic Gold oyster Friskafella, East End Mushroom Co. oyster mushroom and clam risotto and seared picnic bay scallops with spicy egg plant purée at The Frisky Oyster. (Credit: Vera Chinese Photos)

Peconic Gold oyster Friskafella, East End Mushroom Co. oyster mushroom and clam risotto and seared picnic bay scallops with spicy egg plant purée at The Frisky Oyster.

Scallop ceviche, oysters Rockefeller and creamy New England clam chowder were just a few of the delectable dishes offered to the hundreds of people who descended on Greenport Village on Saturday, Dec. 6 to sample the briny bounty of our waters for the third annual Shellabration festival.

Despite the rain, a spot at the bar at restaurants like Scrimshaw and The Frisky Oyster was in high demand for the two-day festival, which raises money for CAST and the Southold Project in Aquaculture Training, a Cornell Cooperative Extension program that encourages locals to grow shellfish.

Restaurants pair with local wineries to offer $5 tasting platters of local shellfish and $3 tastes of wine.

“If you are Long Island born and raised, you basically have to like shellfish,” said Tyler Ocon, a Wading River native who hoped a train from Astoria to Ronkonkoma to attend the festival. “I spent years in western New York where you can’t get fresh seafood ever, so this is really cool.”

The festival continues from noon to 4 p.m. tomorrow, Dec. 7. Wristbands are $15 and can be purchased at Greenport Harbor Brewing Co. on Carpenter St. or at the Little Creek Market on Bootleg Alley.

Also included in the deal is a glass of Harbor Ale from Greenport Harbor Brewing Co. and a sampler platter of clams and oysters from SPAT.

See more photos: 

Bernard Schwartz of Orient (left) enjoys a taste at The Frisky Oyster.
Bernard Schwartz of Orient (left) enjoys a taste at The Frisky Oyster.
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Tastes of Sparkling Pointe brut were available at The Frisky Oyster.
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Tom Pipczynski of Baiting Hollow enjoys a tasting plate at The Frisky Oyster.
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Jackson and Ian Wile of the Little Creek Market.
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Oysters at The Little Creek Market.
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Jeanie Donnelly of Patchogue and her father Joe Donnelly of Sarasota, Fla. cheers to Shellabration at Noah’s.
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Jessica Como of Selden and Derrick Schneider of Hillsborough, N.J. at Blue Canoe.
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Bartender Sterling Smiley serves up a scallop taco at Lucharito’s.
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Andres Sotelo and Chelsea Ocon of Flatbush and Tyler Ocon of Astoria read the menu at 1943 Pizza Bar.
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A packed house at First and South.

 

Vera Chinese has been the editor of northforker.com and northforker magazines since May 2014. Prior to that she spent two and a half years as a staff reporter for the New York Daily News. She joined the Riverhead News-Review as a staff writer in January 2010 and was named Associate Web Editor nine months later. She previously worked for the Southampton Press Western Edition and was named the third place 2008 Rookie Reporter of the Year by the New York Press Association. She graduated from Wagner College in 2006 where she received a bachelor's degree in English. She earned a master's degree in English education from New York University in 2007. She is a 2002 graduate of Eastport High School and has lived on the East End for more than 20 years.

Greenport Shellabaration

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