Originally aired on YPR’s Flavors Under the Big Sky

To chew or not to chew — that is the question for savoring raw oysters.

At The Granary, located across the street from Rocky Mountain College in Billings, is a fresh seafood bar featuring oysters where this question can be answered. Tucked into an intimate nook behind the main bar, fresh oysters procured from farms on the East and West Coasts, and freshly cooked crab and lobster are bringing flavors of the sea to this land-locked hideout. Just mosey up to the new white granite bar showcasing fresh oysters and seafood and get the answer firsthand by ordering up some oysters.

“I definitely wouldn’t chew it,” Executive Chef Oscar Dorantes says of eating an oyster. “I think the best way to is to garnish it to your liking and then, straight down the hatch.”…