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MARKETPLACE

This vibrant Marketplace connects consumer and trade buyers with producers – a showcase that features North Fork makers and their authentic goods. We offer a wide variety of products reflecting the diversity of the region. Click through to learn more about the producers and connect with them.


Aeros Cultured Oyster Co.
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Aeros Cultured Oyster Co.

Aeros, founded by marine biologist Karen Rivara, is a hatchery that grows oyster, hard clam and bay scallop seeds, known as spat – for further nurturing by nature, oyster farmers and baymen. Shellfish spawning begins in February to produce juvenile seeds for the summer growing season. Shellfish production from hatcheries insures farmers that there will be a sustainable crop of shellfish each year.

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Alice’s Fish Market
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Alice’s Fish Market

Fresh fish supplied daily by Predator, other fishing vessels and local fishermen, this wholesale and retail fish market is a 26+ year Phillips family owned and operated business.

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Braun Seafood Company
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Braun Seafood Company

One of the largest seafood importers and distributors on Long Island, operating since 1928 – providing the finest fresh and frozen seafood products. Wholesale, Fish Market and Grill.

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Cornell Oysters
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Cornell Oysters

Cornell Oysters was started in 2003 by father and son team Roger and Tom Cornell. Father Roger was a commercial fisherman and lobsterman, but needed to find a new path to survive when Mother Nature did not cooperate. Cornell’s SPAT program provided oyster farming know-how, and 16 years later Cornell Oysters (Hog Necks brand) is an established favorite on both forks.

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Founders Oyster Farm
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Founders Oyster Farm

Locally grown and hand-harvested in Southold near Shelter Island, their oysters are best served and slurped in the natural brine. Their oysters benefit from the Peconic Bay’s strong tidal flow and pristine waters that infuse nutrients to nurture growth, producing a succulent oyster. They practice sustainable aquaculture and are New York State Grown and Certified.

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Greenport Oyster Company
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Greenport Oyster Company

Family owned and operated farm that produces very high quality grass-fed and organically raised meats, vegetables, eggs, prepared food and other items. A true farm-to-fork experience.

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Hampton Oyster Company
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Hampton Oyster Company

Joe and James Finora produce high quality Mermaid Makeouts brand oysters that are a bit different from most – grown in floating cages in the deep Peconic Estuary, providing constant water flow and nutrients that make them thrive – with a specific merroir that’s unmistakable.

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Harbor Lights Oyster Company
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Harbor Lights Oyster Company

Ted and his team are on a mission to revive the once thriving North Fork oyster industry. They carefully nurture their high quality, sustainably grown and NY State certified oysters in Greenport, then move them to the pristine waters of Southold Bay to finish their life cycle. They frequently tumble, clean and sort their oysters giving them their exceptional appeal, deep cup and uniform size. 

Their Diamond Jim brand oysters are available for discerning retail and hospitality buyers and are featured in some of the best tri-state area restaurants.

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Little Ram Oyster Company
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Little Ram Oyster Company

A female-owned and operated family business that was established in 2018 by Elizabeth Peeples and Stefanie Bassett. They grow high quality oysters on the east end of Shelter Island, near Little Ram Island in the ‘big’ water of Gardiners Bay, which provides plenty of nutrients for their oysters to thrive. When the ladies aren’t schlepping, shucking or slurping, they’re taking care of their baby boy Finn.

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Oysterponds Shellfish Co.
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Oysterponds Shellfish Co.

Phil and his team of passionate growers are dedicated to producing sustainable Orient oysters of the highest quality and freshness of uniform size with deep cups. The premium quality they produce is the “epitome of East End oysters – bright and briny up front, delicate with hints of tannin and iron on the finish.”

They offer Orient Point Pearls and Oysterponds Select oysters to the retail and hospitality trade, and direct to consumer – available year round.

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Peconic Gold Oysters
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Peconic Gold Oysters

Peconic Gold is a boutique oyster farm located in Great Peconic Bay. Their goal is to continue the legendary tradition of Long Island oyster farming and produce the best half shell oyster on the East Coast. “Sustainable practices help give back to the waters that provide our livelihood”. Their oysters have a mild brininess, a sweet, creamy complexion, with hints of minerals and the edible gracilaria seaweed that grows around the oysters. They produce consistent, high quality New York State Grown & Certified oysters available year-round.

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Peconic Pearls
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Peconic Pearls

A boutique-style specialty plant nursery located on 14 landscaped and wild acres in Calverton, providing passionate gardeners with garden-worthy plants since 1986. They sell many different plants, herbs, Long Island natives, flowers for cutting, gourmet and heirloom vegetable varieties, unusual small trees and shrubs, container plants, hedges for hiding, and wonderfully textured ground covers, ferns, and grasses for lower maintenance yards.

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Peeko Oysters
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Peeko Oysters

Peeko was founded in 2016. They turn water into brine with high quality oysters that are harvested daily from the pristine waters of Little Peconic Bay. They provide oysters to top chefs, high end restaurants and sell direct to consumer, cater events and also offer farm tours.

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Southold Bay Oysters
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Southold Bay Oysters

Boutique shellfish farm that grows Southold ‘Shindig Oysters’ that reflect the merroir of Southold Bay. They offer fresh oysters, farm tours, and have developed an innovative ‘Southold Bay Face Cream’ produced from oysters featuring Oyster Technology.

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Southold Fish Market
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Southold Fish Market

Charlie’s market and casual restaurant offers fresh local fillets, whole fish, shellfish, seafood to take-out or eat in, frozen soups and other specialties found nowhere else, party platters and more!

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West Robins Oyster Company
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West Robins Oyster Company

It’s their belief that oyster farming is one of the most environmentally responsible forms of food production.

They combine heritage and modern cultivation techniques to hand-craft a delightful half-shell oyster that evokes its merroir. Their oysters are NY State certified and available to hospitality and direct to consumer.

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Widow's Hole Oyster Farm
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Widow's Hole Oyster Farm

A family oyster farm in Greenport for 2 decades, their oysters are given the spa treatment, tended carefully by the family and delivered the same day they’re harvested. Enjoy a taste of Greenport.

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