Oyster Boy

Oyster Boy is the Queen West shop-and-counter that still treats the oyster as a daily product, not a garnish: 872 Queen Street West, Canadian east- and west-coast farms, a kitchen, a retailer, a wholesaler, and Shuck U classes if you want to learn the knife. Official oysterboy.ca: Monday–Thursday and Sunday 5:00–10:00 p.m.; Friday–Saturday 5:00–11:00 p.m. Phone 416-534-3432; leave a message for a reservation or take-out and they call back. info@oysterboy.ca. First-timers: today's board (they post it on Instagram @oysterboytoronto), a dozen, then whatever fried or grilled fish is running. This is the neighbourhood oyster house — no towers, no cathedral, just mollusks that arrived that morning. Walk-in the bar if the book is tight.