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Drunken Oyster in Spring vs The Drunken Oyster in Amarillo

Two different Texas restaurants share the Drunken Oyster name. How to tell the Spring, TX seafood restaurant from the Amarillo oyster bar and steak house.

Last updated 27 September 2026. Sources are numbered and listed on the sources page.

Two unrelated Texas restaurants use almost the same name. Menus, photos and reviews online are often mixed up.

Drunken Oyster (Spring)The Drunken Oyster (Amarillo)
Location7110 Louetta Rd, Ste B, Spring, TX 77379[1]Amarillo, TX[10]
How listings describe itSeafood restaurant: oysters, crawfish, crab legs, catfish[1][4]1920s New Orleans style oyster bar and steak house with a full bar; Cajun inspired dishes[10][11]
AreaNorth Houston suburbs, Harris County[2]Texas Panhandle

Tip: when a menu mentions an absinthe bar, weekend brunch or an Amarillo phone number, it is the Amarillo restaurant.