Did you know oysters were once a major source of food for New Yorkers from time immemorial? Join Ben “Moody” Harney, founder of The Real Mother Shuckers oyster cart in Brooklyn as he shares his research into New York’s deep connections to oysters, from pre-contact Indigenous communities to entrepreneurial Black oystermen like Thomas Downing – the Oyster King of New York City.
Speaker Bio:
Ben “Moody” Harney is the founder of Mother Shuckers, the Only Oyster Cart in Brooklyn. Fascinated by the story of Thomas Downing, “the Oyster King of New York,” the son of freed slaves who peddled oysters on Wall Street in the late 1800s, and went on to open one of the most successful oyster restaurants of his time, Harney envisioned operating his own oyster cart. Ben believes the oyster could regain its place as an everyman’s food.
Registration:
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