Milford Oyster Festival — Local services in Milford

First you have to park and walk though the gauntlet of vendors selling their tacky wares before you even get to the oyster part.Then there are the lines. We went to the Oysters to go, which they give you random CT oysters since the line was shorter. Probably about a 15-20 minute wait. $20 a dozen. So when you get to the fixings, all the had was lemon , hot sauce and some malt vinegar. "Excuse me. do you have Any cocktail sauce?" "No, we ran out." Who runs out if cocktail sauce 3 hours into an 8 hour oyster event??? People were not happy, some asking for their money back once they found out. You would think they would send someone out or call to have some ketchup and horseradish delivered. No one really seemed too concerned. So after eating our uneventful oysters, with ketchup packets we had to get from the hamburger stand, and trying to creatively mix it with hot sauce and vinegar. we went to a local restaurant (SBC) and ordered more with cocktail sauce, and a beer. (which was a whole separate area at the Oysterfest by the way, and impossible to get your beer and oysters at the same time and keep them both cold) We sat in a nice cool spot and enjoyed what we came for.for a lot less hassle. This was my first and last time at the Milford...

Hubby and I went here for the first time this year. The experience was good. Finding parking was atrocious especially if your handicapped like my husband. The directions for parking and the actual location to the festival, once you've parked 1/2 mile away, could have been a lot better. If you're using your GPS to get there, once you get close, forget it because the cops have the majority of the streets closed off for the festival. I enjoyed the bands that they had planned today and my cotton candy and candy apple. The oysters were fresh but not cleaned properly so that was a real downer for me. We both ordered the colossal kielbasa with sauerkraut... so so good and colossal, plus the bread they used was just the icing on the cake. They did offer lemon juice, hot sauce and seafood salsa to put on top of the oysters. I saw fried dough too but I was too full after my colossal kielbasa to order any. Good weather and...

Too crowded and definitely not worth the hype. The oysters were fresh, but I could only manage one or two since I’m still warming up to the idea of eating raw seafood. The other food trucks were insanely overpriced for no reason—tiny portions with ridiculous prices, pfftttt, insaneeee! On top of that, the lines for every single food stall were painfully long. This is definitely going to be a one-time...