After a two-year hiatus, a well-known downtown St. Pete seafood restaurant is making its return.<\/p>\n
The Oyster Bar<\/a>, a local favorite at 249 Central Avenue from 1999 until its 2023 closure<\/a>, will make its return next Tuesday, October 14th, at 2245 Central Avenue in the Grand Central District.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been a long time coming,\u201d said owner Josh Cameron, whose Craft Hospitality Group also runs The Crafty Squirrel<\/a> and Where\u2019s Jubes<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re so excited to be back.\u201d<\/p>\n Cameron took over The Oyster Bar in 2013 and turned it into one of the most popular restaurants on the Jannus Block in downtown St. Pete. The restaurant became known for its oyster happy hours, bottomless brunches, and affordable take on fine dining cuisine.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you\u2019re selling oysters, steaks, and lobster, it lends itself to fine dining,\u201d Cameron said. \u201cBut we very much want to stay at that casual end of fine dining. We want people to be comfortable walking up after a trip to the beach or a Rays game and not feel out of place. We are here to serve everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n Cameron originally planned to be closed for two months, but faced a series of delays due to hurricanes, contractors, and permitting issues. \u201cIt was a nightmare,\u201d he said. \u201cBut we made it through, and we can\u2019t wait to welcome everyone back.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a two-year hiatus, a well-known downtown St. Pete seafood restaurant is making its return. The Oyster Bar,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-2318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}