$1 Oysters Legal Seafood Outdoors at the Charles Hotel Cambridge

[StriperGuy]

I'm not a huge Legal fan.

But $1 oysters, outdoors, in Harvard Square before 6:00pm does not suck. Heck, get there at 5:50 and order 3 dozen... They shucked them fresh upon order.

[joebloe]

It's an ongoing chainwide special but your waiter/waitress do not always know so make sure to ask them to ask the manager first. It's only Mon-Thu between 3pm-6pm.

[StriperGuy]

Mon-Thur would make sense, but I had em on Friday...

[yumyum]

I've enjoyed them a few times at Legal Kendall Square. They are quite strict about the cut off time, though, so I usually order like you suggest -- a few dozen when I sit down.

[StriperGuy]

Believe it or not they actually let me order at 6:03pm though initially they were not going to allow it...

[yumyum]

And they let you do it on a Friday at that. It's either because a) you're so darned charming or b) they could obviously tell you are nuts (see: The List)

[hckybg]

He had The List with him in its original scroll form, on papyrus. Needless to say, they gave him whatever he wanted.

[Pegmeister]

Braintree location offered them on Saturday afternoon.

[joebloe]

Been to the Braintree South Shore Plaza location many times. Half the time the server don't have a clue so I stopped going. Been to the Dedham Legacy Place many times too. Half the time the server don't have a clue so I stopped going too.

[Pegmeister]

I find that the service is much better at the bar.

[cassoulady]

I know at one point there were several places donig $1 oyster specials, does anyone know who is still offering that and when they are offered.

[amljml]

Had some $1 oyster at the Marliave recently- there available everyday till 6:00. Also was a Kingfish Hall, they had both $! oysters and $.50 jumbo shrimp. I don't know if they have specific hours for the deal.

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Kingfish Hall
188 South Market Building, Boston, MA 02109

Marliave
10 Bosworth Street, Boston, MA 02108

[cassoulady]

28 degrees was offering $1 oysters at one point but now they are $2

[Bob Dobalina]

Had lunch at Kingfish recently - had a planked striped bass that was truly outstanding.

[CambridgeFoodie]

The Palm has $1 oysters from 5 - 7 (plus some other pretty good happy hour food specials for $3.50).

I thought the oysters were outstanding there (no choices of varietals).

[cassoulady]

is this offered every day?

[STL BOS]

The website says Monday to Friday

[Kinopio]

Lord Hobo started doing $1 oysters and $5 apps 5-7pm as well. Not sure how well they would sit in my stomach after drinking a few 9%+ beers though.

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Lord Hobo
92 Hampshire St, Cambridge, MA 02141

[opinionatedchef]

Lord Hobo and these other places w/ $1 oyster deals-do they have the brains to serve them on ice? thanks much. (Yes, i actually have been places where they lack those particular brains. unbelievable.)

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Lord Hobo
92 Hampshire St, Cambridge, MA 02141

[yumyum]

I've had the $1 oysters at Legal Seafood in Kendall and Marliave. Both served them on ice.

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Marliave
10 Bosworth Street, Boston, MA 02108

[kimfair1]

Lineage in brookline has $1 Island Creeks at the bar Mon-Fri 5-7pm. Fresh shucked, served on ice w/cocktail sauce and migonette (sp?).

[teezeetoo]

cognac bistro serves excellent oysters on ice every night - always one type that's a buck, with other choices more expensive.

[tysonmcneely]

Bluepoints.

Also no Hour restrictions for them, they are all the time.

[cambridgedoctpr]

rialto in the charles hotel also has island creeks on monday for a dollar.

[FoodDabbler]

Do you have to go into the restaurant (or, at least, the bar area) to get them, or is there a special (preferably outdoor) oyster seating area? If the $1 oysters are simply a way of luring you in, it'll be hard to leave without spending $50+ pp (as opposed to the outdoor seating at Legal, where you can simply suck in two dozen or so oysters and leave without being tempted by anything else on offer).

[cambridgedoctpr]

i lift weights on monday nights and am happy to get a protein load afterwards.

[FoodDabbler]

Does that mean you indulge in the old English custom of steak and oysters?

[meigga]

i second rialto - they're offered in the bar only so you don't get sucked in too far. i've been with friends who have eaten over 4 dozen, each...

[opinionatedchef]

well now,that REALLY makes me feel better :-)

[C. Hamster]

I love u and your friends. My sister and I/me (can never remember which is right) should join u/them for a sort of man vs oyster nite

[cambridgedoctpr]

no, just the oysters though i have not done that recently. i live about 10 minutes walk from rialto.

[FoodDabbler]

I've come to the envious conclusion that you live 10 minutes from everywhere.

[ilovepumpkin]

Normally Legals does it only at the bar/lounge area. Braintree also has a little slider menu too at that time.

[will007]

The quality of Legal's will vary depending which location one is at. The Braintree location is terrible as well as Park Square. I have always like the kendall square location along with Havard Square. The new legal harborside is nice, and tough to beat this time of year.

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Park Square Cafe
31 Saint James Ave Ste L15, Boston, MA 02116

[Matt H]

Does anyone know if the Legal Harborside location has Dollar Oysters before 6:00?

[Guido]

Just had a dozen east coast oysters at Les Zygomates (South Station) tonight and they were superb. 6 different varieties if you're into bivalve terroir. $1/each from 4-6pm Mon-Fri.