Quality Seafood Market

"The deal: $1.25 Gulf oysters and $2.25 East Coast oysters When to get it: Daily, 4-6pm Choices vary from day to day, but generally expect to find at least half a dozen East Coast varieties (plus Gulf oysters). We like to eat them at the bar, which feels like it was plucked from an old fishing town where regulars post up on stools for long evenings filled with cheap beer. You shouldn’t miss Quality Seafood’s other great Happy Hour special: $0.35 peel-and-eat shrimp." - matthew jacobs, nicolai mccrary

"The bar at Quality Seafood is a place we'd expect to find in an old fishing town, where regulars occupy half the stools and the bartender has been serving cheap beer since before the drinking age changed to 21. It's been around since the 1930s and operates as a half market and half restaurant. If you’re here for lunch or dinner, grab a couple of filets from the fishmonger on your way out. The seafood is as fresh as any you’ll find in Austin, short of whatever might be swimming in Town Lake." - nicolai mccrary, matthew jacobs

"The Deal: $0.35 peel ‘n’ eat shrimp, $2 Modelos Quality Seafood is an Austin institution, operating as equal-parts seafood market and restaurant since the 1930s. If you find a better way to spend $0.35 on a weekday than their peel ‘n’ eat shrimp, email us ASAP. A pound of shrimp will set you back about $5, and the $2 Modelos are hard to pass up. Grab a seat at the bar and get comfy—there aren’t many better places to be at 4pm on a Wednesday." - nicolai mccrary, raphael brion

"Quality Seafood has changed hands many times since its opening in 1938, and it’s been in the current Airport Boulevard location in North Loop since 1970. The ever-evolving restaurant and fish market features an oyster bar and cooking classes these days under current owner Carol Huntsberger. Head in to the no-frills dining room for po’ boys made with an array of seafood, fried oysters, fresh oysters on the half shell with a nice glass of wine, seafood gumbo, clam strips, Icelandic cod, and so much more. Takeout orders can be placed online." - Melanie Haupt

"Adored for its East Coast oysters and improved wine selection." - Nadia Chaudhury