From the Pamlico Sound off Hatteras Island, Slash Creek Oysters are a gold standard for select, sustainable North Carolina oysters.
Pamlico Sound has long been a shell-fishing playground for locals and visitors alike. Clamming and oystering on weekends with their water-loving spaniel, husband and wife team Spurgeon Stowe and Katherine McGlade wanted to bring the unique freshness and flavor of Hatteras Island oysters to the general public. The Sound, calmed by the land break of Hatteras Island and constantly refreshed with tidal seawater produces oysters that have a clean salty taste. Consistently recognized as “the best I’ve ever tasted,” Slash Creek Oyster Company’s plump and creamy are hearlded in North Carolina and beyond. Committed to restoring oyster farming as a vital industry in North Carolina, Slash Creek Oyster Company advocates for supporting small farmers who farm responsibly and sustainably.
Phone
252.646.9226 // Main
252.995.2045 // Tours
Oyster HOUSE Location
57193 Olens Lane
Hatteras, NC 27943
Farm Tour Hours
Available in the afternoon on Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday
For booking information please call Spurgeon at 252.995.2045
“Slash Creek Oysters are prized for their saltiness and texture. Combine a rush of saltiness with a plump and creamy oyster body and tuck it in a bright white shell and you have a delicious Slash Creek Oyster.”
Grown near the sleepy fishing village of Hatteras, our oysters get a shot of briny ocean water twice a day during high tide. The salty high tide is balanced by the moderately briny Pamlico Sound waters, giving Slash Creek Oyster Company oyster’s a flavor and finish that creates an exceptional raw oyster. Located 20 miles from the mainland — protected from storm water and agricultural runoff — our farm is located in extraordinarily clean water, aided by the regular exchange of water from Hatteras Inlet.
Purveyors
Slash Creek provides oysters directly to select North Carolina restaurants and markets.
Take A Tour
Learn about mariculture oysters with a tour of Slash Creek Oyster Company Farm. Tours are last an hour and begin at the dock at Slash Creek Oyster House. There you will learn about the equipment used for our growing operation and the process of how we grow oysters. From there you will hop on the oyster boat, The Half Shell, and take a short 10 minute ride out to the farm. On the farm, you will see the different stages of oyster growth and learn about oyster farming from Spurgeon Stowe, a fifth generation Hatterasman, who has lived his life on the water oystering, fishing, crabbing, and clamming with many stories to tell.
Tours are available in the afternoons onTuesday, Thursday, and Friday. To book, please call Spurgeon at 252.995.2045.
Tours are $75 a person. Private tours for a group up to 6 are $400.
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