Winning Oyster Dishes 2005 - Congratulations for all the effort!
Best of Festival
Samurai - Kaki
Second Place
Folie Douce – Raw Oyster
Third Placed
Curley's Grill – Watermelon Oyster
People's Choice
Curley's Grill – Watermelon Oyster
KHUM/KSLG
Best Cooked Oyster – Folie Douce grilled oyster
KHUM/KSLG
Best Raw Oyster – Samurai – Ponzu Shooter
Times-Standard Choice
Samurai - Kaki
The Arcata Bay Oyster Festival has become a tradition for local restaurateurs, executive chefs, and caterers to show off their culinary skills by preparing oysters in every imaginable way. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 18, 2005 on the Arcata Plaza!
More than 70% of the fresh oysters consumed in California are grown in 450 acres of Arcata Bay. June is a peak month for oyster harvests in Humboldt County. These oysters are are farmed in environmentally friendly bags tethered to posts in the Arcata Bay (no harmful dredging of the bay is necessary for their harvest).
Try them roasted, barbecued, fried, on the half shell or on pizza, secret sauces and with wild abandon.
With imagination and flair, one can eat away the entire day. The coals glow hot from early morning 'til the last oyster has been shucked.
Crowds throughout the day top 10,000 to 15,000, keeping local food vendors more than busy. Most festival vendors are chefs from Humboldt County's most appreciated restaurants. Each year festival chefs compete in the annual oyster tasting competition to claim the auspicious award of 'Best Oyster of the Festival' and 'Peoples' Choice.'
2005 Music Line-up and schedule of events
- 10am to 11am Pan Dulce Orchestra
- 11am to 12pm Bayou Swamis
- 12:15pm to 1:15pm Eileen Hemphill Haley
- 1:30pm to 2:30pm Abysenth
- 2:45pm to 3:45pm Oyster Calling Contest
- 3:45pm to 4:45pm Delta Nationals
- 5:00pm to 6:00pm Rubberneckers
2005 Children's Area
- Americorps Watershed Stewards
- Balloon Animals
- Dell Arte - mask painting
- HSU Natural History Museum
- Humboldt Spay/Neuter Network
- Humboldt Wildlife Care Center
- Jumpin Jacks - jump house, obstacle course
- Shantaram Jones
- Waxtivities
- Vagabon Players
2005 Art Vendors
- Michael Ackerman Photography
- Starr Craft
- Open
- Alan Justice Photography
- Handmade In Humboldt
- Daniel DeArmond
- Christina Gillen
- Suzi's Designs
- Catlin Blair Designs
- Unique Beaded Jewelry
- Ol' Hippie
- Mariana Krattiger
- Helen Thompson
- Matthew Filar Photography
- Hart of Henna
- Douglas Blair Graphics
- To Your Table
- Bohemian Mermaid
- Yotl Designs
- Heather's Glass
- Marsha Thonson
- Keith Wilcox
- Gourmet Dog Biscuit Company
- Driftwood Designs
- Eglsprt Enterprises
- Natural View
- Northern Shores
- Wayne's World
2005 Oyster vendors
- Annie's Cambodian Food
- Aqua Rodeo Farms
- Arcata Kiwanis
- Bless My Soul
- Blue Lake Casino
- Bon Boniere
- Coast Seafoods
- Curley's Grill
- Fire Arts Center
- Folie Douce
- Golden Kettle Corn
- Hurricane Kates
- Mad River Farms
- Main Street Beer Truck
- Main Street Margarita
- Main Street Premium Win
- May's Chinese Food
- Mazzotti's
- Northcoast Inn
- Northern Humboldt Employment Services
- Ozone
- Pechanga Mexicana
- Philly Cheesesteak Shoppe
- Roundtable Pizza
- Samurai
- Smokin Moses
- Thoya-Oya Charitable Foundation
- Tomo Japanese Restaurant
- Transitional Residential Treatment
- A Taste of Class Catering
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2005 Event Sponsors
3-G's Hay and Grain
Arcata Garbage Company
Humboldt Beer Distributors
The Outdoor Store
ALSO
Arcata Exchange
Arcata Eye
Arcata Recycling Center
Britt Lumber
Brizard Company
Humboldt Advocate
Jacoby's Storehouse
Sun Valley Floral Farms
Pierson Building Center
Umpqua Bank |
