{"id":123802,"date":"2026-02-26T05:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T05:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/123802\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T05:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T05:52:10","slug":"philadelphias-oyster-house-wins-james-beard-americas-classics-award-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/123802\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia&#8217;s Oyster House wins James Beard &#8216;America&#8217;s Classics&#8217; award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/tag\/james-beard\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:James Beard Awards;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">James Beard Awards<\/a> have not yet been officially announced, but on Wednesday, a 50-year-old Philadelphia institution learned it was a winner of the foundation&#8217;s annual &#8220;America&#8217;s Classics&#8221; award.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rittenhouse Square staple Oyster House received the honor for the Mid-Atlantic region. The restaurant is known for its raw bar, lobster rolls and a weekday happy hour featuring $2 oysters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The James Beard Foundation described Oyster House as the &#8220;last of its generation&#8221; and &#8220;legendary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">READ MORE | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/articles\/list-2026-james-beard-award-015606489.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:List of 2026 James Beard Award semifinalists in the Philadelphia region;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">List of 2026 James Beard Award semifinalists in the Philadelphia region<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The America&#8217;s Classics award recognizes locally owned restaurants that serve high-quality food, have timeless appeal and reflect the character of their communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Last month, more than a dozen businesses in the Philadelphia region were named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/articles\/list-2026-james-beard-award-015606489.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:semifinalists for this year&#039;s James Beard Awards.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">semifinalists for this year&#8217;s James Beard Awards.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The James Beard Awards have not yet been officially announced, but on Wednesday, a 50-year-old Philadelphia institution learned&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[45730,23264,69,71,70,22579,58108],"class_list":["post-123802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-james-beard-awards","tag-oyster-house","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-philadelphia-region","tag-the-james-beard-foundation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}