What you're shucking out for
Prices of oysters fluctuate and so may vary from those below
Neptune Oyster, 63 Salem St., 617-742-3474, neptuneoyster.com, $1.90 to $2.80 apiece, depending on variety.
B&G Oysters, 550 Tremont St., 617-423-0550, bandgoysters.com, $2.25.
Summer Shack, 50 Dalton St., 617-867-9955, and 149 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, 617-520-9500, summershackrestaurant.com. East Coast oysters $2.25 or $2.35.
East Coast Grill & Raw Bar, 1271 Cambridge St., Cambridge, 617-491-6568, eastcoastgrill.net, $13 for six.
Union Oyster House, 41 Union St., 617-227-2750, unionoysterhouse .com, $11.95 for six.
Legal Sea Foods, offerings vary by location, legalseafoods.com.
McCormick and Schmick's, Boston Park Plaza hotel, 34 Columbus Ave., 617-482-3999, mccormickandschmicks .com, $11.80 for six varieties (see Deals, below).
Skipjack's, 199 Clarendon St., 617-536-3500, www.skipjacks.com $2.25 each.
Kingfish Hall, South Market Building, Faneuil Hall Marketplace, 617-532-8862, toddenglish.com/Restaurants/Kingfish.html, $2.75 for East Coasts.
Eastern Standard Kitchen & Drinks, 528 Commonwealth Ave., 617-532-9100, easternstandardboston.com, $2.25.
Great Bay, Hotel Commonwealth, 500 Commonwealth Ave., 617-532-5300, greatbayrestaurant.com, $2.50 (see Deals, below).
Turner Fisheries Restaurant & Bar, Westin Copley Place Hotel, 10 Huntington Ave., 617-424-7425, turners boston.com, $2.25.
Jake's Seafood Restaurant & Market, 250 Nantasket Road, Hull, 781-925-1024, jakesseafoods.com, $1.75.
Deals
The Oyster Company restaurant, 202 Depot St., Dennisport, 508-398-4600, 95-cent special daily from 3 to 7 p.m.
28 Degrees, 1 Appleton St., 617-728-0728, 28degrees-boston.com, $1 apiece Tuesday through Sunday, 5 to 7 p.m.
McCormick & Schmick's, at the bar, Park Plaza location only, $1 on Tuesdays from 3:30 p.m. to closing.
Temporary promotions - often at the attractive price of $1 - by restaurants and bars come and go. Recently, buck-per deals were offered at Dante in Cambridge, Zon's in Jamaica Plain, and Skipjack's. At press time, Great Bay was still offering gorgeous Duxburys for $1, Monday through Friday from 5 to 6 p.m. - JOHN BURGESS
