What Cape Cod Oyster Co does

The Oyster Company (legally known as The Oyster Company, doing business as Cape Cod Oyster Co) is a privately held, vertically integrated farm-to-table restaurant and oyster farming operation based in Dennis Port, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Founded in 2005 by Greg Burns, who serves as Chef, Owner, and Oyster Farmer, the company operates a single full-service casual fine dining restaurant at 17 South Street and runs its own oyster aquaculture operation, Quivet Neck Oyster Farm, at Crowes Pasture in Cape Cod Bay, Dennis, MA.

The core product is the proprietary Dennis Oysters brand — oysters cultivated on the company's own beds and served fresh on the half shell at the on-site raw bar. The restaurant reports shucking approximately 2,000 oysters per day during season and more than 3 million oysters since founding in 2005. The menu extends well beyond oysters into a full dinner menu (entrees $30-$48, lobster dishes $36-$42, seafood tower $75, fried platters $20-$38) and a weekend lunch menu (flatbreads $14-$29, sandwiches $18-$36, kid meals $11-$12), with a $2-per-shuck 'RAW DEAL' daily promotion before 6:30pm to drive raw-bar volume.

The business model is purely on-premises consumption: dine-in only, no online ordering, delivery, or wholesale distribution. The company serves seasonal visitors and locals on Cape Cod, operating 7 days/week with dinner nightly and lunch Saturday-Sunday only. Pricing is unit-based with pay-as-you-go billing, and demand is concentrated in the Cape Cod tourism season. The company has no app, no third-party delivery integration, no formal trademarks on its Dennis Oysters or RAW DEAL brand names, and no institutional investment, making it a small, founder-controlled single-location hospitality operator.

Name

Cape Cod Oyster Co

Legal name

The Oyster Company

Website

https://theoystercompany.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Oyster Company is a privately held, founder-operated farm-to-table restaurant and oyster farm in Dennis Port, Cape Cod, serving its own Dennis Oysters from Quivet Neck Farm at Crowes Pasture to seasonal visitors and locals via a single dine-in location.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Farm-to-table seafood restaurant with oyster farming

NAICS

Shellfish Farming (112512), Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (311710)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Marine Shellfish Farming (e.g., oysters, mussels, clams) (AFAEAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Aquaculture Processing & On-Farm Value-Add (primary handling, icing, packing) (AFAEAAAN), Shellfish Value-Added Products (Shucked Oysters, Mussels, Clams; Cooked/Marinated) (AFANALAK)

Keywords

• Oyster farming
• Farm-to-table dining
• Raw bar service
• Seafood restaurant
• Aquaculture operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Dennis Port

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Restaurant Dining: Full-service restaurant revenue from food and beverage sales. Customer pays per menu item including oysters, entrees, flatbreads, sandwiches, desserts, and cocktails. No explicit pricing listed for alcohol items.
2. Raw Bar / Oyster Sales: Oysters sold individually or as part of seafood towers and platters. Dennis Oysters sold for $3.00 each; $2 per shuck before 6:30pm daily. Shuck approximately 2,000 oysters per day during season.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

The Oyster Company is a farm-to-table seafood restaurant in Dennis Port, Cape Cod that cultivates and serves its own Dennis Oysters harvested from the Crowes Pasture oyster beds in Cape Cod Bay. The restaurant operates seasonally with full lunch (weekends) and dinner service (daily), offering a raw bar, seafood tower, lobster rolls, flatbreads, sandwiches, entrees, and desserts. The company vertically integrates oyster aquaculture (Quivet Neck Farm) with on-site dining, shucking approximately 2,000 oysters per day during season.

Product overview

The Oyster Company is a farm-to-table restaurant and oyster farming operation located in Dennis Port, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Founded in 2005 and owned by Greg Burns (Chef/Owner/Farmer), the company operates its own oyster farm at Crowes Pasture in Cape Cod Bay, harvesting and serving its signature Dennis Oysters at the restaurant. The business model combines vertical integration of oyster farming with a full-service casual fine dining restaurant offering lunch, dinner, and raw bar menus. Key products include Dennis Oysters served on the half shell (with $2 shuck pricing until 6:30pm daily), a seafood tower, lobster rolls, various flatbreads, and seasonal dinner entrees featuring locally sourced seafood, meats, and produce.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Dennis Oysters: Signature Dennis Oysters from Crowes Pasture in Cape Cod Bay. Award-winning signature oyster brand of The Oyster Company.
• Quivet Neck Oyster Farm

Products and services

• Dennis Oysters (Raw Bar) Signature raw-bar product: proprietary Dennis Oysters sourced from Crowes Pasture in Cape Cod Bay, harvested daily and served on the half shell. Sold at $3.00 per oyster with a $2 per shuck promotional price before 6:30pm daily. Approximately 2,000 oysters are shucked per day during season, with over 3 million oysters shucked since 2005.
• Lunch Menu Weekend lunch menu featuring flatbreads ($14-$29: Margherita, Kobe Ground Beef, Buffalo Chicken, Thai Grilled Shrimp, Lobster), sandwiches ($18-$36: Grilled Chicken Caesar Wrap, Reuben, Fish Taco, Scallop Roll, Hot or Cold Lobster Roll), and other lunch fare. Available Saturday and Sunday only.
• Dinner Menu Evening dining menu including raw bar items (oysters, seafood tower at $75, sashimi oysters at $24), starters (beef carpaccio, spicy littlenecks, mussels, oysters Rockefeller, lobster quesadilla, crab cakes), entrees ($30-$48: cioppino, wasabi-encrusted tuna, shrimp & scallop sautee, lazyman lobster, cod, linguini with clam sauce, NY sirloin, lemon thyme chicken, pan-seared scallops, Portuguese paella, lamb, salmon Rockefeller, lobster mac & cheese), burgers, fried platters, salads, and desserts ($12 each).
• Quivet Neck Oyster Farm Operations Oyster aquaculture operation at Quivet Neck Farm / Crowes Pasture in Cape Cod Bay, Dennis, MA. Includes oyster flats management, cage, bag, and rack operations (Bay Racks capacity referenced at 300,000), tagging, and harvesting activities. Cultivates the signature Dennis Oysters that supply the restaurant's raw bar; not sold externally.

Quantifiable outcome

• Shucked 3 million+ oysters since 2005
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• B&G Oysters: Barbara Lynch Group's seafood restaurant in Boston's South End with a prominent raw bar. Comparable farm-to-table-leaning seafood restaurant in the same regional market with similar product mix.
• Row 34: Jean-Georges Vongerichten-affiliated seafood restaurant in Boston with a dedicated raw bar and oyster-centric menu. Comparable full-service seafood restaurant leaning heavily on oyster offerings in the same New England market.
• Neptune Oyster: Boston North End seafood restaurant famous for its raw bar and oyster program. Comparable small-format, oyster-centric restaurant serving a coastal tourist and local market in the same New England region.
• Island Creek Oysters: Duxbury, MA-based oyster farm that also operates its own restaurant (Island Creek Oyster Bar) and wholesale distribution. Comparable direct farm-to-table oyster operator in the same New England region with vertical integration similar to Cape Cod Oyster Co.

Regional players

• Salt Coast Oysters: Wellfleet, MA-based oyster farm operating on Cape Cod Bay with wholesale and direct-to-consumer distribution. Comparable regional shellfish aquaculture operator in the same Cape Cod terroir.
• Summer Shack: Jasper White's Cambridge seafood restaurant with a strong raw bar and lobster-centric menu. Comparable regional seafood restaurant in the broader New England / Greater Boston market.

Broad incumbents

• Legal Sea Foods: Established Boston-based seafood restaurant chain with broad menu and retail presence. Larger incumbent serving the same New England seafood market with overlapping but less specialized offerings.

Others

• Pangea Shellfish Company: Boston-based wholesale distributor of oysters and shellfish to restaurants nationwide. Comparable supply-chain intermediary in the oyster ecosystem that could serve as either a wholesale channel for Cape Cod Oyster Co or a competitive wholesaler.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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