Oyster Boy

At Oyster Boy, we eat, live and breathe oysters. We love their hard shells, their smooth taste and the un-class-conscious way they make themselves at home in a rowdy pub or a black tie affair. But more than anything, we love to share these magnificent mollusks and all their juicy secrets with the masses!

The “boy” behind the Oyster is Adam Colquhoun, who discovered a true love for oysters back in the 1980s when a friend, taught him to how to shuck. Adam soon mastered the art, earning both the Ontario Oyster Shucking Championship title and the moniker “oyster boy”. In 1992, Adam started the Oyster Boy catering and wholesale service until in 2001 it found a home of its own on Queen Street West. Stop by any evening and you’ll find some of the top shuckers in Canada (including Jason Woodside, the Canadian Oyster Shucking Champion) shucking up to a thousand tasty bivalves .