You’ll know you’re there when you see the painted VW beetle at the curb. The tin-roofed restaurant has live bluegrass music on Saturday nights. Down the block, City Seafood puts on a bit more curb appeal, though the style is decidedly rustic.īoth Everglades City restaurants sell cooked stone crabs for take-out also.Ĭamellia Street Grill, 202 Camellia Street, is another open-air spot on the Barron River where we’ve had excellent food. From the street, you might not even guess Triad was a restaurant. Dining areas at Triad and City Seafood are inside screened porches overlooking the river. The picnic-table decor at these places fits the outdoorsy style of Everglades City. (Photo: David Blasco)Īt City Seafood, 702 Begonia St., diners buy their stone crabs by the pound and separately order any side dishes they wish. 28, 2022, Everglades City experienced serious flooding from Hurricane Ian. In 2020, the stone crab season ended early because of the pandemic. In 2017, Hurricane Irma brought a 6 to 8 foot storm surge through the town destroying homes and businesses, just weeks before stone crab season. Dozens of stone-crab fishermen are based on its Barron River, and so are several informal, unpretentious seafood restaurants.
15 to May 1.Įverglades City is a small fishing town about 35 miles south of Naples and 80 miles west of Miami. To get your Florida stone crabs fresh, you need to come during stone crab season - Oct. The Florida Stone Crab Season runs from October 15th through May 15th.If you want your Florida stone crabs right off the dock as fresh as you can find them, then you need to go to a funky small town where the highway ends and the wilderness begins - Everglades City.Įverglades City stone crabs are the same delicacy, often from the same boats, as is served in fancy restaurants like Joe’s Stone Crab in Miami Beach. A “large” crab claw can weigh up to half a pound and “colossal” claws have reached a pound or more. The claw must be at least 2 3/4” in length and are not taken from egg-bearing females. The crab will regenerate a new claw, and each time the crab molts, the new claw grows larger. Since the animal is returned to the ocean alive, this is obviously the most sustainable method there is. Frenchy’s Ozona Stone Crab Claws are harvested from the Gulf of Mexico, from Crystal River to Fort Myers using the pot method and just the claws are removed. Known for their sweet succulence and snowy white meat, stone crab has a delicate texture, rich mouth feel and salty finish.
They prey primarily on clams, scallops and Florida fighting conchs. Their large, crushing claw is designed to break open shells of mollusks. Stone crabs are bottom dwelling creatures that can be found living from shoreline to 200 feet in depth.
They cook the crabs the same day they are harvested and only sell fresh, never frozen stone crab. They are HACCP certified and FDA approved. They are the only processing plant dedicated solely to the stone crab. The company consists of independent crabbers focusing on the Florida Stone Crab. The Fortune Fish Company purchases our Stone Crab from Frenchy’s Ozona Stone Crab.
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