Acme Oyster House

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Rawbar Inc., doing business as Acme Oyster House, is a chain of seafood restaurants in the United States, headquartered in Metairie, Louisiana,{{cite web|url=https://safer.fmcsa.dot.gov/query.asp?searchtype=ANY&query_type=queryCarrierSnapshot&query_param=USDOT&original_query_param=NAME&query_string=3161732&original_query_string=ACME%20OYSTER%20HOUSE|title=Rawbar Inc|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|access-date=2023-12-09|quote=110 VETERANS MEMORIAL BLVD STE 203A METAIRIE, LA 70005-4914}} with the original in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The company's food is served cajun and creole style and it has locations in Florida, Alabama, and formerly Texas.{{cite news |last1=McCarthy |first1=Amy |title=Iconic New Orleans Restaurant Acme Oyster House Is Coming to Houston |url=https://houston.eater.com/2020/5/11/21254974/acme-oyster-house-opening-houston-expansion-new-orleans |access-date=13 January 2023 |publisher=Eater Houston |date=May 11, 2020}}

Its dishes include oysters, po boys, jambalaya, etouffee, and gumbo.{{cite web|last=de Luna|first=Marcy|url=https://www.chron.com/entertainment/restaurants-bars/article/New-Orleans-Acme-Oyster-House-open-Houston-2020-15265233.php|title=Longtime New Orleans favorite Acme Oyster House opening in Montrose this fall|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=2020-05-12|access-date=2023-12-08}}

In 2005 the French Quarter restaurant did not book reservations. Clea Simon of the Boston Globe wrote that the French Quarter facility "looks more like a bar than a restaurant".{{cite news|last=Simon|first=Clea|title=Oyster bar brings out the flavor of New Orleans|newspaper=Boston Globe|place=Boston|date=2004-04-07|page=E5}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/136518984/ Clipping] at Newspapers.com.

History

Acme was founded in 1910 as the Acme Café.{{cite web |title=Some Of The Best Crispy Fried Seafood In New Orleans Can Be Found At Acme Oyster House |url=https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/louisiana/new-orleans/acme-oyster-house-new-orleans/ |website=Only in Your State |date=25 January 2022 |access-date=13 January 2023}}

In 2005 it had plans to open a location in the Biloxi Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi.{{cite news|last=Wilemon|first=Tom|title=Oysters on the Hard Rock|newspaper=Sun Herald|place=Biloxi, Mississippi|date=2005-03-22|page=D-1}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/136518865/ Clipping] at Newspapers.com.

In 2010 the company began pursuing opening a location in Houston.{{cite web|last=Morago|first=Greg|url=https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/dining/first-look-houston-s-acme-oyster-house-opening-16094575|title=First look: Houston's Acme Oyster House opening day|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=2021-04-12|access-date=2023-12-08}} The location in Montrose, Houston opened in April 2021, and closed in December 2023.{{cite web|last=Alexander|first=Chloe|url=https://www.khou.com/article/news/community/acme-oyster-house-houston-closes/285-a18244b6-dca6-416b-bfb7-8b79aa519230|title=Acme Oyster House abruptly shuts down Houston location|publisher=KHOU|date=2023-12-07|access-date=2023-12-07}} It was in the former Tower Theatre, which was established in 1936 and later housed a theatre, a nightclub, a movie rental business, a Tex-Mex restaurant before becoming an Acme location.{{cite web|last=Balter|first=Emma|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/article/montrose-westheimer-icon-tower-theatre-reborn-16087081.php|title=Raze. Reinvent. Repeat: How an iconic Westheimer block has changed in booming Montrose|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=2021-04-10|access-date=2023-12-08}} This was the first Acme location that has stopped operations.{{cite web|last=Garcia|first=Sonia|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/food-culture/restaurants-bars/article/acme-oyster-house-closes-houston-18540678.php|title=Acme Oyster House abruptly closes Houston location in iconic Montrose movie theater|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=2023-12-07|access-date=2023-12-08}}

File:Acme_Oyster_House_B.jpg|Location in Montrose, Houston

In popular culture

Acme appeared in Man v. Food (season 1). Adam Richman’s challenge was to join the 15 Dozen Club.{{cite web |title=New Orleans |url=https://www.cookingchanneltv.com/shows/man-v-food/episodes/new-orleans |website=Cooking Channel |access-date=13 January 2023}} They also appeared on Food Paradise (season 2).

References

External links

[https://acmeoyster.com/ Acme Oyster House]

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Category:Seafood restaurants in Louisiana

Category:Restaurants in New Orleans

Category:French Quarter

Category:Cajun restaurants in the United States

Category:Creole restaurants in the United States