Thomas Downing & Oyster History

He revolutionized the oyster bar - but his other, secret, work was more important. Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Useful Smart Mouth merch! Use code shipshiphooray! for free shipping. Related episode: Diversity in Native American Food with Loretta Barrett Oden  Sources: Debra Freeman, Southern Grit  Smart Mouth  Splendid Table  The Virginian-Pilot  The Old Salt Blog  The Black Gotham Digital Archive  Union Oyster House  Restauranting Through History  Oxford Companion to Food  American Heritage  New York Times  The Gotham Center for New York History  Foodtimeline.org  America's Founding Food: The Story of New England Cooking  History of Food  Music: Hard Times Come Again No More, Stephen Foster  Check out: Gayest Episode Ever