Texas gulf oysters are in season, and Fish City Grill is celebrating with "Oyster Fest", which starts this week and culminates with an oyster-eating contest April 24 at 3 p.m.

The Texas oyster harvest this year isn’t as big as usual, but the oysters are bigger and better than usual, according to this story from the Daily News in Galveston.

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The restaurant on Henderson is selling $5 raffle tickets as part of the festival with prizes including tickets and parking passes to a Texas Rangers game, golf packages and gift baskets. All proceeds from the raffle and oyster-eating contest benefit the White Rock Lake Foundation.

Fish City Grill has a menu of oyster specials, including raw oysters, oysters rockafeller and Thai chili oysters.