Fjord Oyster Bank

10/11/2026

🎏 I had to stare hard and actually read everything to realize that they were actually talking about salmon skulls. Fascinating.

🎏 Happy Salmon Day🎏 -- if you love to watch salmon with a glass of Castle & Crown Cellars Rosé 🍷in your hand, come sit at our riverside table (the really big one) and watch them run up Finch Creek.

🎏 They are super active right now and it's magical to watch (no stinky stinky yet!). 🎏🍁🍂

Happy National Salmon Day! Fun fact: a tree trunk and a salmon’s ear have more in common than you’d think.

Tree rings can tell you the age of a tree and details of the environment it lived in. Did you know that a structure in a salmon’s inner ear, called an otolith, provides similar details about salmon?

By looking at the unique ridges and lines in the otolith, a scientist can tell a salmon’s age, how old it was when it migrated to saltwater, its growth history, and more.

Tracking data like this is important because it tells scientists how salmon populations are doing in different habitats and if recovery efforts are working.

For more information on the progress of salmon recovery in Washington, visit stateofsalmon.wa.gov

10/11/2026

Did you miss Charlotte’s cake yesterday? It’s ok, she made one more for today and Zach fired up the smoker for our smoked salmon fettuccine that is perfect for a fall evening (🎏 don’t tell the chums running up Finch Creek next to your table) 🎏

Open today for lunch and dinner until 6.pm Indulge and end your weekend right.

🍁 Regular fall hours at the Fjord Oyster Bank are FRI 3-8, SAT 12-=8, SUN 12-6. 🍁

10/10/2026

And then there is Charlotte’s chocolate cake. Over a foot high, four layers and packed with mousse and more chocolate. ⭐️ Let’s face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me. ⭐️
Audrey Hepburn

10/09/2026

We leaned into the beauty and bounty of Autumn yesterday evening with a coursed dinner and dahlia event at the Fjord. Appetizers included Xinh’s celebrated coconut prawns 🦐 and a butternut squash hummus — followed by sugar pumpkin ginger bisque, tahini salad and Xinh's Lemongrass Pork Chops, finished with apple pie and maple cream gelatos and spiced hot c***r.

What a fun and colorful evening with delicious food, beautiful flowers and new friends.

Thank you Heather from The Thicket for guiding everyone through this workshop!

Thank you Laurie & Anna for the fantastic photos!

We are open today from 3-8, Saturday 12-8 and Sunday from noon to six.

10/08/2026

New book haul at the Fjord! 📚

The shelves are getting better by the week, and this round includes a wonderful collection of Madeleine L’Engle, celebrating 50 years of A Wrinkle in Time, along with plenty of other good finds.

Come browse the Fjord Oyster Bank Bookshop in Hoodsport. Grab a coffee, an oyster, and maybe a book you didn’t know you needed.

Because there’s always room for one more book.

10/07/2026

We were thrilled to have chefs Anthony Secviar, chef-owner of Protégé restaurant in Palo Alto and Sung Anh, (judge on Culinary Class Wars) owner of Mosu in Seoul and Hong Kong visit Oysterfest, our farm and the restaurant this weekend.

What an incredible honor -- and what wonderfully nice people!

10/06/2026

Autumn is truly my favorite time of year. Crisp, foggy mornings. Unexpected sunshine. And that seemingly endless golden hour in the evenings. The pace slows down a bit, and we all seem to linger and visit just a little longer. Perfect.

We’ve slowed things down at the Fjord, too. The oysters are at their prime, the heaters are on, and the summer crowds have headed home, so we’ve pulled our hours back to suit the season.

Through the winter:
Friday · 3–8 pm | Saturday · 12–8 pm | Sunday · 12–6 pm

Both indoor and outdoor dining will be open as weather permits. Reservations are welcome.

And this Thursday, we’re doing something a little special.

Heather from The Thicket—the lovely people who keep us supplied with beautiful flowers all year long—will be here for a Dahlia Pumpkin Workshop.

Each guest will choose a pumpkin and turn it into a festive fall container for a beautiful dahlia arrangement. And because flower arranging works up an appetite (or at least we think it does), we’ll follow it with a seasonal dinner celebrating the Hood Canal harvest.

DAHLIAS AT THE FJORD WELCOME
Flowers, Food & W**e Celebrate the Hood Canal Harvest
Coconut Shrimp, Geoduck Wontons and Butternut Squash Hummus · served with seasonal vegetables & crispy chips | paired with Castle & Crown Cellars Ro

DAHLIA PUMPKIN WORKSHOP
Fall Harvest Sangria · Apple, Pear, Pomegranate & Autumn Spice

HARVEST DINNER
Xinh's Tahini House Salad with apple & pomegranate, Pumpkin Bisque, bread

Xinh's Grilled Lemongrass Pork Chop · Warm Apple Compote
Fall Harvest Fingerlings with Roasted Garlic & Rosemary
Butter Sauteed Garden Vegetables

Fall Gelato Trio · Apple Pie, Hazelnut & Maple cream
Warm Spiced Apple C***r · Finnriver Chai Brandy

A pumpkin, a pile of dahlias, a glass of sangria and dinner at the Fjord.
Honestly, it’s hard to argue with autumn. Space is limited and reservations are required (today).

https://www.tracingthefjord.com/store/p/-dahlias-at-the-fjord-

10/06/2026

Join us Thursday, October 8 in Hoodsport... we're celebrating the season with a harvest dinner & flowers!

Heather Ollenburg of The Thicket on Hood Canal will arrive with buckets of locally grown October dahlias and guide guests in creating their own fresh floral arrangement in a locally grown pumpkin — yours to take home at the end of the evening.

Then gather around the table for a seasonal multi-course dinner from Fjord Oyster Bank, celebrating the harvest from sea and shore. Each course will be paired with w**e selected by Castle & Crown Cellars of Port Townsend (non-alcoholic options available), with a sweet finish from the Fjord gelato kitchen.

📅 Thursday, October 8
⏰ 5:30–8:30 PM
📍 Fjord Oyster Bank • Hoodsport
🎟️ $95 per person
Reservations required • Limited seating

RESERVE ONLINE:
https://www.tracingthefjord.com/store/p/-dahlias-at-the-fjord-

📅 Thursday, October 8
⏰ 5:30–8:30 PM
📍 Fjord Oyster Bank • Hoodsport
🎟️ $95 per person
Reservations required, attached link • Limited seating.

10/04/2026

Gorgeous day on the Canal. We are open until 6pm tonight.

10/03/2026

Come hang with the stars of OysterFest this weekend! Saturday and Sunday beginning at 10 am we will be volunteering up at the Port of Shelton with the mobile marine touch tanks. All the animals were gathering in Hammersley Inlet near our South Sound Oysters and Clams farm and after showing their star quality to teach about importance of protecting our clean waters… they will be back to their day job of eating our 🦪 oysters and clams Monday.

While a few of our team will be there all weekend… the rest will be at the Fjord Oyster Bank slinging the rest of the oysters 🦪 the stars left behind. We’re open from 12 to Saturday and until 6 on Sunday… we’ve saved a few dozen for you for after you’ve finished exploring OysterFest! The weather is going to be perfect and Charlotte made her famous chocolate cake… so many reasons to visit!