Hand-drawn oyster shell with a kraken eye and tentacles

Kraken Oyster Co.

Fresh shucked oysters and fine seafood

Louisville, KY

At Kraken Oyster Co. we serve the freshest oysters from US and Canadian coastal estuaries, paired with hand-crafted sauces and accoutrements. We would love to serve you at your private events, weddings, corporate receptions, and restaurant and bar programs.

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Catch us around Louisville

No pop-up on the calendar right now — join the list and you'll be first to know the next one.

We've popped up at Holy Grale · Trellis Brewing · The Flea Off Market · Canary Club · Bar Nada Nada

What we serve

The Menu for Summer 2026

Kraken Oyster Co. is a pop-up oyster bar, offering the freshest seasonal oysters from the US and Canada's coastal estuaries paired with handcrafted sauces and accoutrements. Our menu also includes delicious shrimp cocktails, ceviches, and oyster shooters.

Fresh-Shucked Oysters

$3.75 / per oyster

Seasonal varieties from US & Canadian coastal estuaries. Includes our oyster accoutrements bar with mignonette and cocktail sauces, assorted hot sauces, lemon wedges, horseradish, and herbed crackers.

Yellowtail Ceviche

$4 / 2 oz serving

Sumac Shrimp Cocktail Skewers

$4 / 3 shrimp per skewer

Served with cocktail sauce and lemon wedges.

Oyster Shooters

$5.25 / per shot

Raw oyster, raw quail egg, scallions, chili pepper, ponzu sauce.

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"Tasty tasty tasty — best oysters I've had in Louisville since Ostra!"

Roseileen · Facebook review

Half-dozen fresh-shucked oysters on crushed ice with lemon, served at a Kraken Oyster Co. pop-up

Booking is easy

How It Works

Tell us about your event

Fill out the pre-order form with your date, location, and what sounds good from the menu.
Nathan confirms the details

You'll hear back within 24 hours to confirm pricing and logistics. A 20% deposit holds your date; the balance is due one week before the event.
We show up and shuck

Raw bar, ice, accoutrements, and a shucker who loves a crowd — we bring the whole experience to your event.

Who we are

About Us

Kraken Oyster Co. does pop-up events in and around Louisville, KY and private catering. We source the freshest seasonal oysters from coastal estuaries across the US and Canada and bring the raw bar experience directly to you. We work with restaurants, bars, private clients, corporate teams, and wedding planners who want to have the fun, festivity, and deliciousness of an oyster bar for their customers, clients, or events. We can also build full custom menus — both surf and turf — for you with some of our partner-chefs offering complete catering for your breakfast, lunch, brunch, appetizer, or dinner catering needs.

A wooden crate piled with whole, unshucked oysters — Photo: AndreyFilippov.com (CC BY 2.0)

Learn to shuck

Private Classes & Parties

Knife in hand, oysters on ice — your party, your shucking lesson.

Kraken Oyster Co. also offers private classes/parties. We can show up with a bunch of delicious fresh oysters, teach you all about oysters, and teach you how to shuck them! We would love to work with you to customize your oyster shucking/eating party. Fees vary depending upon number of guests, amount of oysters, etc.

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From the table

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Never miss a pop-up

Get the when and where

We pop up all over Louisville. Join the list and we'll let you know where the oysters will be next.

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