The restaurant has a dozen locations in Florida, Illinois, Texas, and Washington, D.C., and I recommend the Naples spot in the heart of the Paradise Coast and nexus of stone crab country.

It's not too hard to figure out what the signature dish at Joe's Stone Crab is. A staple of the Miami ... which has since expanded to include locations in Chicago, Las Vegas, and Washington ...

They get their stone crab claws from the Keys or north of Cedar Key on the Gulf Coast. The restaurant, which opened at its current location on Indian River Drive in Jensen Beach in 1983 ...

A peek inside Bigler’s stone crab basket looked like it ... most famously Pinchers Crab Shack with 11 Florida locations. The day coincided with the 26th anniversary of its first restaurant ...

As the restaurant group works to rebuild its Clearwater Beach locations, the Stone Crab Festival aims to provide a sense of hope and support for both the community and the employees who are ...

Later on, it became Joe’s Stone crab because stone crabs were discovered ... The commitment that we have to this location, the families, the multi-generational aspect of Joe's.

After Hurricane Ian, the stone crab industry was pretty much wiped ... but they had fewer locations to sell them to.