Claw craze: Vote for your favorite South Florida spot for stone crabs. Here’s the Elite 8
Mix up some mustard dip, South Florida, because it’s stone crab season.
Florida’s favorite seafood delicacy is on the menu again, running from Oct. 15 to May 1. So we want to know: Where is your favorite place in South Florida to get stone crab claws?
We asked you to nominate your favorites. And you gave us everything from old reliable spots to hidden gems, ranging from Miami-Dade to Broward County. So now we’ll take these favorites and put them head to head in our weekly poll — and you get to vote for a winner!
We’ll cut the field in half every week until we crown the internet’s favorite place in South Florida to get stone crabs. Come back and vote every week. The poll is just for fun, totally unscientific and you can vote as many times as you like!
Looking for some inspiration? Check out our list of How to Eat Like a Local in Miami and our roundup of the best new restaurants in Miami. Both lists are sortable by neighborhood, cuisine and cost.
On to the contestants!
Billy’s Stone Crab: This upscale restaurant and market offers sleek sit-down service, claws by the pound and overnight shipping. 400 North Ocean Dr., Hollywood
Captain’s Tavern: The late Bill Bowers, who everyone just called “the captain,” turned an old post office into a favorite seafood restaurant with an exhaustive wine list in a casual setting. 9625 S Dixie Hwy., Pinecrest
Garcia’s Seafood Grill & Fish Market: This Miami River family-owned spot is a casual dockside restaurant for sit-down dining, and still offers a fresh, well-stocked market from its own fleet of fishing boats. 398 NW N River Dr., Miami
Golden Rule: The fish market, open since 1943 in Palmetto Bay, was well-loved not just as a market but for its tiki hut which was destroyed by a July 4 fire. But it is being rebuilt and there is still sit-down seating. 17505 S Dixie Hwy., Palmetto Bay
Holy Crab: Holy Crab is a pick-up and delivery service inside the MKT Kitchen in north Coral Gables. They also provide stone crab for the market’s weekend brunch. 1831 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Coral Gables
Joe’s Stone Crab: Open since 1913, Joe’s Stone Crab is a Miami Beach institution, a James Beard Award-winning restaurant known the world over. 11 Washington Ave., Miami Beach
Key Largo Fisheries: The market and cafe, situated right on the marina, brings in fresh catches every day and provides stone crabs to many of South Florida’s restaurants and fish markets. It also ships nationwide. 1313 Ocean Bay Dr., Key Largo
Stiltsville: This Sunset Harbour restaurant is well known for its fresh seafood and creative dishes, by “Top Chef” couple Janine Booth and Jeff McInnis, overlooking the intracoastal waterway and marina in Miami Beach. 1787 Purdy Ave., Miami Beach
This story was originally published October 17, 2022 at 2:03 PM.
