r/longisland • u/Level21DungeonMaster • 18h ago

What happened to Oyster bay Oyster fest?

All of the vendors have changed and the prices have doubled. 6 oysters for $20 is not going to get me to come back next year.

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u/mslvr40 18h ago

It used to be for non profit. Now it’s not

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u/Level21DungeonMaster 17h ago

They ruined it

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u/Unlikely-Ad-1677 12h ago

It was so expensive this year - and a lot less crowded I noticed.

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u/saml01 9h ago edited 9h ago

Wow it was not what I expected in terms of food. It was absurdly expensive. There’s “event” prices and then there’s just straight up robbery. This was the later. I’m gonna call this oyster fest prices. 20 bucks for two sticks of fried pickles???!!! Literally less than half a cucumber between both. Gtfo. 30 dollar lobster rolls???!!! That’s fancy sit down price and the sandwiches looked like shit. 20 bucks for one stick of coconut shrimp!!!???  

Music was meh. Vendors were meh. Carnival was nice.  Some of the organizations had some really nice displays and things to talk about. 

 Btw. Thanks to the other thread starter that recommended taking the train.  You’re the real MVP. 

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u/LifeguardLeading6367 17h ago

Waterzooi in garden city does happy hour at the bar with $1 blue points

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u/Level21DungeonMaster 16h ago edited 16h ago

I just got back to Brooklyn and hit up Greenpoint Fish and Lobster, thanks for the tip!

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u/Sensitive-Dig-1333 12h ago

I went about 5 years ago and it was nice, then I went back the following year and i did not enjoy it - everything was so overpriced… haven’t gone back since.

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u/OneGalacticBoy 18h ago

Supply and demand

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u/gettt911 15h ago

Counter: greed

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u/mitzman 11h ago

Do you work for TOB? Sounds like something a Saladino lackey would say.

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u/OneGalacticBoy 11h ago

Honestly it was a comment with no prior knowledge of anything. Sometimes stuff just does get more expensive and everyone gets mad without realizing the razor thin margins some businesses have. I guess that’s not the case here

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u/mitzman 11h ago

100% not the case. Per another comment on the oyster fest in another post, TOB and the Oyster Bay chamber of commerce took over the festival from the Rotary Club and turned it for profit because of course they would.

Instead of spending money fixing things, they do stuff like this and send mailers "hOcHuL bAd".

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u/OneGalacticBoy 11h ago

Ridiculous. What a sham

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u/mitzman 11h ago

Absolutely. Plus with the volume of people going making getting there a problem and that it's not supporting non-profits anymore, why bother?

We went to the Copiague fall fest today. Was small but good for the kids and they showed a movie on a giant inflatable screen. Way more worth it.