Shucking Oysters Is a Life Skill. Here’s How to Shuck Like a Pro

Shucking an oyster is easy if you know what to look for.
Shucking Oysters Is a Life Skill. Here’s How to Shuck Like a Pro
Found Oyster and Queen’s Raw Bar & Grill chef Ari Kolender prepares shucked oysters with mignonette in the L.A. Times Test Kitchen. Stephanie Breijo/The Los Angeles Times/TNS
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By Betty Hallock Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES—Ari Kolender knows oysters. His two seafood restaurants—Found Oyster in East Hollywood and Queen’s Raw Bar & Grill in Eagle Rock—serve tens of thousands of oysters a week. Between them they’ve sold well over a million oysters, splayed in platters over ice, tucked into towers of seafood, served raw, grilled, or fried (even occasionally buffalo-fried).