Your Oyster Recipe of the Day: Sweet Home Cafe Oyster Pan Roast. The rich, simple stew combines creaminess with the heat of chili sauce. The cafe at the National Museum of African American History and Culture calls this dish “Thomas Downing-Inspired NYC Oyster Pan Roast” in honor of Thomas Downing. Downing, a freedman from Virginia, who owned an oyster restaurant on New York’s Broad Street.