Gentlemen, mark your calendars! Nathan will be hosting a lunch at Bowens Island on September 24th. We’ll depart from the Front Commons at 11:00 a.m.
Bowens Island is a cult classic oyster joint! From soft-shelled crab sandwiches to fried flounder and boiled shrimp, Bowens Island hits the mark for the freshest seafood around.
To the uninitiated, the oyster joint on Bowen’s Island was a curiosity of sorts—an aging pile of cinder blocks and boards held up by layers of graffiti, with bivalves being cooked inside on some sacrificial altar. To legions of loyal customers, the place could hardly be called a restaurant. The island became a state of mind. In 2006, the year that Bowen’s Island Restaurant celebrated its sixtieth anniversary, Robert Barber accepted a James Beard Award, honoring the place as an American Classic