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It’s been around forever, it’s become a bay area institution, it’s relaxed, and we’ve all come to know and love it as The Crab Shack.

The Crab Shack really is Tampa/St Pete’s original, laid-back seafood joint, where countless customers have been stuffed to the gills (no pun intended, well maybe a little) with the best seafood selection around.

Located by the water on the St Pete side of the Gandy bridge, at first glance the Crab Shack certainly lives up to its name – resembling a beachcomber’s driftwood shack like something out of Robinson Crusoe or Lost. And the dress code isn’t much different – no suit and tie required here! Casual is very much the order of the day.

The fact that the Crab Shack isn’t one of those frou-frou restaurants reason enough to head there, but the menu is second to none for local and seafood. Shrimp, crab (including stone, blue, king, snow, Dungeness and soft shell), scallops, oysters, mussels – and that’s just the shellfish! Smoked mullet, snapper, coho salmon, whole fish corvina; the list goes on and on.

Each meal is cooked to order by an expert team that have been preparing the best seafood meals for years, and everything leaving the Crab Shack’s kitchen has been cooked to absolute perfection.

The laid-back atmosphere is reflected in the prices too, so your wallet will be just as satisfied as your stomach – and equally as full! Add in a daily happy hour and all-you-can-eat specials on Mondays and Tuesdays, it’s no wonder that the Crab Shack has remained one of the most popular seafood eateries throughout the bay.