A Louisiana treasure.

Grand Isle, Louisiana

Grand Isle Jewels are the off-bottom oysters harvested in Grand Isle, Louisiana — an original brand featuring regionally-sourced boutique oysters.

Grand Isle Jewels are the first-ever regional umbrella brand uniting Grand Isle products of innovative off-bottom oyster cultivation, which was born in Grand Isle and has been adopted as a sustainable aquaculture practice across the U.S. Gulf Coast and Eastern seaboard, as well as in Canada, Australia and parts of Europe.

Partners:

“There's nowhere in the world better suited to grow oysters than Grand Isle, where the sea kisses the estuary.

That's why oysters were such a big deal here when my grandfather farmed traditional Grand Isle oysters back in the ’50s. Years later, in the ’80s, I would watch caravans of 18-wheelers loaded down with sacks of our oysters, heading inland. But the sea floor has changed, and we can't grow oysters here the same way my grandfather did. Finding this new way to bring oyster farming back to Grand Isle and deliver these delicious Jewels makes me very proud.”

- Albert ‘Buzzy’ Besson, Barataria Beauties brand of Jewel oysters

Where to find

GRAND ISLE JEWELS

The growers selling Grand Isle Jewels:

You can find Grand Isle Jewels in the following restaurants:

  • New Orleans: Coquette, Fives Bar, Hotel St. Vincent, Maria's Oyster Bar, Mosquito Supper Club, Peche, Seaworthy, Sidecar Patio & Oyster Bar

  • Lafayette: Vestal Restaurant, Spoon Bill Restaurant, Wild Child Wine Shop, Shucks! The Louisiana Seafood House, Pamplona Tapas & Bar Restaurant

  • Texas: Clark's (Houston, TX), Clark's (Austin, TX), Perla's (Austin, TX), Eunice Restaurant (Houston, TX)