You’ll be Hooked on Pinchers Crab Shack!
One of the pleasures of visiting or living in Southwest Florida is dining on freshly caught, beautifully prepared seafood.
Photo courtesy Pinchers Crab ShackPinchers Crab Shack is a well-established chain of casual seafood restaurants with a firm emphasis on quality and value. Started in 1997, there are currently 9 Pinchers Crab Shacks around southwest Florida, including restaurants at Naples’ Tin City, Bonita Springs, Fort Myers Beach, Lakewood Ranch in Sarasota and at The Marina at Edison Ford in Fort Myers.
Photo credit Nita EttingerThe company motto is reassuring – “You Can’t Fake Fresh”. The well-publicized secret of Pinchers Crab Shack is that they have their own fish house on Pine Island to ensure quality and availability.
Photo courtesy Pinchers Crab ShackThey bring in a thousand pounds of blue crab every day, among other seafood, and co-owner Grant Phelan handpicks the best to supply his kitchens. In fact, Pinchers Crab Shacks are the second largest buyers of blue crab in the USA.