PHILADELPHIA – Reading Terminal Market, in partnership with Pearl’s Oyster Bar and Molly Malloy’s, is hosting its annual Oyster Fest event on Thursday, November 7. The exclusive, after-hours fundraiser features a dozen pairings of locally harvested oysters from the Barnegat Oyster Collective and locally sourced microbrews. For the first time, attendees can opt for a VIP ticket that includes wine pairings and access to a private seating area.
This walk-around-style experience showcases over a dozen varieties of freshly shucked and succulent East Coast oysters and mignonettes paired with local craft beers provided by Molly Malloy’s. This year’s event will offer an expanded food menu of New England clam chowder from Pearl’s Oyster Bar and oyster and andouille sausage gumbo from Beck’s Cajun Café as well as Market-sourced small bites.
WHAT Oyster Fest at Reading Terminal Market
WHEN Thursday, November 7 | 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
WHERE Reading Terminal Market | 52 N. 12th St. Philadelphia, PA
Net proceeds from Oyster Fest will benefit the Reading Terminal Market Corporation, the non-profit tasked with stewarding the mission of the 131-year-old public market.
For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit www.readingterminalmarket.org/event/oyster-fest/.
This event is sponsored by Pearl’s Oyster Bar and the Philadelphia Convention and Visitor’s Bureau. Information on becoming a sponsor can be found on the Oyster Fest event page.
About Reading Terminal Market
One of America’s largest and oldest public markets, the Reading Terminal Market serves as a public trust providing a venue for independent local businesses to showcase the Philadelphia region’s culinary bounty and cultural diversity. Housed since 1893 in a National Historic Landmark building, the Market offers an incredible selection of farm fresh produce, meats and poultry, plus the finest seafood, cheeses, baked goods, confections, flowers, jewelry and crafts. The Market is managed by a not-for-profit as a tenant of the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority, which has owned the historic Reading Terminal since 1990. In 2014, the American Planning Association named Reading Terminal Market as one of the
10 Great Public Spaces in America and in 2021