Florida Eats · checked by hand, fall 2026 · season Oct 15 – May 1
Florida stone crab
27 restaurants, fish houses and markets across Florida that serve stone crab claws in season, each checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. Florida's stone crab season, set by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), runs from October 15 to May 1. Out of season most of these places stay open without the claws; a few close for part of it (Joe's Stone Crab takes a late-summer break), so check each place's season note.
A claw, not a crab
Florida stone crab is sold as claws: harvesters take the claws and return the crab to the water, where it can grow them back. They're served chilled and cracked, usually with a mustard sauce. The commercial and recreational season set by the FWC runs from October 15 to May 1, so outside the season a stone crab place serves other things, and a few close for part of it: each place's note says when. 27 places on this list note a season; seasonal is not closed.
The list at a glance
Towns with the most: Everglades City (3), Miami (3), Hollywood (2), St. Petersburg (2), Naples (2), Key Largo (2), Miami Beach (1), Safety Harbor (1).
Our method: a place made the list only if a 2025 or 2026 source backed it up (its own site or menu, a dated local news story or an official tourism listing) and its street address matched. No current source, or a website gone dark, and it stayed off. Review sites played no part, and places run by region and town rather than by anybody's score. Menus change, so call ahead.
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- The Florida Keys (3)
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The Florida Keys
3 places, by town.
Key Largo Fisheries Backyard Cafe
1313 Ocean Bay Drive, Key Largo
Stone crabKeys classic On the menu: stone crab claws, Florida lobster, conch, grouper · Season: Stone crab claws Oct 15 – May 1 (FWC season).
Key Largo seafood wholesaler, market and backyard cafe that sells stone crab claws in season and ships Keys seafood.
The Fish House
102401 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo
Stone crabKeys classic On the menu: fresh local fish, stone crab (in season), Florida lobster (in season) · Season: Stone crab claws Oct 15 – May 1 (FWC season).
Key Largo restaurant and seafood market that buys whole fish from local commercial fishermen and fillets them on site; stone crab and lobster come in fresh off the boat in season.
Keys Fisheries Market & Marina
3502 Gulfview Ave, Marathon
Stone crabKeys classic On the menu: lobster Reuben, stone crab claws, conch chowder, conch fritters, hogfish francaise, Key lime pie · Season: Stone crab claws Oct 15 – May 1 (FWC season).
Gulfside restaurant, seafood market and wholesale fishery off 35th Street in Marathon, known for its lobster Reuben and for selling stone crab claws in season.
South Florida
7 places, by town.
Billy's Stone Crab Restaurant
400 N Ocean Dr, Hollywood
Stone crabKeys classic On the menu: stone crab claws with mustard sauce, Alaskan king crab legs, jumbo shrimp cocktail, Key lime pie · Season: Stone crab claws Oct 15 – May 1 (FWC season).
Intracoastal waterfront restaurant and seafood market in Hollywood that cracks local stone crab claws in season and ships them from its market.
GG's Waterfront Bar & Grill
606 N Ocean Dr, Hollywood
Stone crabOyster bar On the menu: stone crab claws (in season), raw bar, local fish, lobster · Season: Stone crab claws Oct 15 – May 1 (FWC season).
Hollywood Intracoastal restaurant with a patio dock, serving stone crabs in season, raw bar specialties and local fish.
Garcia's Seafood Grille & Fish Market
398 NW North River Dr, Miami
Stone crab On the menu: whole yellowtail snapper, mahi-mahi sandwich, lobster, stone crab claws (in season) · Season: Stone crab claws Oct 15 – May 1 (FWC season).
Cuban-exile family fish market and waterfront grill on the Miami River, serving the day's catch from its own boats on an outdoor deck.
Golden Rule Seafood
17505 S Dixie Hwy, Miami
Stone crab On the menu: stone crabs, live blue crabs, Caribbean fried conch, lobster roll, blackened fish tacos · Season: Stone crab claws Oct 15 – May 1 (FWC season).
Family-run seafood market and tiki-hut restaurant that catches its own blue crabs in Biscayne Bay and sells stone crabs in season.
La Camaronera Seafood Joint and Fish Market
1952 W Flagler St, Miami
Cuban & cafecitoStone crab On the menu: fried fish platters, pan con minuta, Florida lobster, stone crab claws (in season) · Season: Stone crab claws Oct 15 – May 1 (FWC season).
Garcia-family fish market turned fry joint in a Little Havana strip mall, serving fried fish with Cuban sides and selling stone crabs in season.
Joe's Stone Crab
11 Washington Ave, Miami Beach
MICHELIN RecommendedAmerica's ClassicStone crabKeys classic On the menu: stone crab claws, mustard sauce, hash browns, creamed spinach, fried chicken, Key lime pie · Since 1918 · Season: Seasonally closed Sept 14 – Oct 16, 2026 (reopens Oct 16 for its 114th season); stone crab claws Oct 15 – May 1 (FWC season).
South Pointe institution where stone crabs were first served chilled and cracked in the 1920s, run by the Weiss family's fourth generation; Joe's Take Away next door sells claws to go.
Catfish Dewey's
4003 N Andrews Ave, Oakland Park
Stone crab On the menu: stone crab claws (in season), seafood · Season: Stone crab claws Oct 15 – May 1 (FWC season).
Oakland Park seafood restaurant open daily since 1984, with a separate stone crab menu in season.
Southwest Florida
7 places, by town.
Camellia Street Grill
202 Camellia St W, Everglades City
Stone crab On the menu: stone crab claws, fresh fish · Season: Stone crab season Oct. 15 – May 1.
Barron River waterfront grill in Everglades City with stone crabs and Saturday-night bluegrass.
City Seafood
702 Begonia St, Everglades City
Stone crab On the menu: stone crab claws by the pound with honey mustard, seafood market · Season: Stone crab season Oct. 15 – May 1.
Riverside seafood market and screened-porch eatery on the Barron River where claws are sold by the pound and sides ordered separately; it also ships.
Triad Seafood Market & Cafe
401 School Dr W, Everglades City
Stone crab On the menu: stone crab dinners with two sides, conch sandwich · Season: Stone crab season Oct. 15 – May 1.
Lunch-only seafood cafe and market on the river in Everglades City, centered on stone crab dinners.
Little Bar Restaurant
205 Harbor Pl, Goodland
Stone crabGrouper & seafood On the menu: stone crab claws, grouper, soft-shell crab, swordfish · Since 1978 · Season: Closes for the summer and reopens in October; stone crab in the Florida season, Oct. 15 – May 1.
Waterfront seafood house in the fishing village of Goodland on Marco Island's back side, cooking what the local boats bring in.
Captain & Krewe Seafood Market & Raw Bar
629 8th St S, Naples
Stone crabGrouper & seafoodOyster bar On the menu: raw oysters, stone crab claws, grilled grouper or snapper, fish and chips · Season: Stone crab claws in the Florida season, Oct. 15 – May 1.
Seafood market with a raw bar in Old Naples near the Crayton Cove waterfront.
Kelly's Fish House Dining Room
1302 5th Ave S, Naples
Stone crabGrouper & seafood On the menu: fried or broiled grouper, grouper sandwich, stone crabs in season, hush puppies · Season: Stone crab in the Florida season, Oct. 15 – May 1.
Old Naples seafood house on the Gordon River at the US 41 bridge, often described as the town's oldest seafood restaurant.
Peace River Seafood & Botanicals
5337 Duncan Rd, Punta Gorda
Stone crabGrouper & seafoodOyster bar On the menu: blue crab (all-you-can-eat in season), stone crab, grouper, oysters, shrimp · Season: Stone crab in the Florida season, Oct. 15 – May 1; blue crab peaks in late summer.
Old-house seafood shack and market east of Punta Gorda that buys daily from local commercial fishermen; closed Sundays and Mondays.
Tampa Bay
10 places, by town.
Crabby's Beachside Pavilion
10 Bay Esplanade, Clearwater
Stone crabGrouper & seafood On the menu: blackened grouper sandwich with Bahamian sauce, fried grouper cheeks, stone crab weekends in season · Season: Stone crab served in the Florida season, Oct. 15 – May 1.
Beachfront pavilion restaurant, formerly Palm Pavilion, with a wraparound deck on the sand and a grouper sandwich served with Bahamian sauce.
Frenchy's Original Cafe
41 Baymont St, Clearwater Beach
Stone crabGrouper & seafood On the menu: super grouper sandwich, she-crab soup, stone crab claws in season · Since 1981 · Season: Stone crab served in the Florida season, Oct. 15 – May 1.
Small, beachy original of Michael "Frenchy" Preston's Clearwater Beach group, the starting point for its grouper sandwich.
Star Fish Company Seafood Market & Restaurant
12306 46 Ave W, Cortez
Stone crabGrouper & seafood On the menu: fried grouper sandwich, grouper and shrimp blackened, grilled or fried, stone crab claws in season · Season: Stone crab claws sold in the Florida season, Oct. 15 – May 1.
Dockside fish shack and market in the Cortez fishing village, supplied by the co-owned A.P. Bell Fish Co.; Helene's surge wrecked its docks and it reopened Oct. 31, 2024.
Olde Bay Cafe
51 Main St, Dunedin
Stone crab On the menu: seafood · Season: Stone crab specials through the season (Oct. 15 – May 1).
Seafood cafe at the Dunedin Marina that presents the city's Stone Crab Festival each October.
The Original Crabby Bill's
401 Gulf Blvd, Indian Rocks Beach
Stone crabGrouper & seafoodOyster bar On the menu: grouper sandwich, oysters, stone crab claws hot or cold with stone-ground mustard · Season: Stone crab served in the Florida season, Oct. 15 – May 1.
Indian Rocks Beach seafood house run by the Loder family, with live music on its Loading Dock scheduled through 2026.
Salt Rock Grill
19325 Gulf Blvd, Indian Shores
Stone crabGrouper & seafood On the menu: grouper, stone crab claws from medium to colossal · Season: Stone crab served in the Florida season, Oct. 15 – May 1.
Waterfront Intracoastal seafood and steak house in Indian Shores from the Baystar group.
The Tides Market
305 Main St, Safety Harbor
MICHELIN RecommendedStone crabOyster bar On the menu: rotating raw oysters, oysters Bienville, chilled stone crab with house mustard sauce · Season: Stone crab usually from about Oct. 15, through the Florida season (Oct. 15 – May 1).
Husband-and-wife seafood market and Southern-leaning restaurant in Safety Harbor that brings in the first Tarpon Springs claws each season.
Billy's Stone Crab Restaurant
1 Collany Rd, St. Petersburg
Stone crab On the menu: stone crab · Season: Stone crab served in the Florida season, Oct. 15 – May 1.
Tierra Verde waterfront restaurant named for its stone crabs, on Creative Loafing's Taste of the Beaches list in October 2026.
Doc Ford's Rum Bar & Grille
610 2 Ave NE, St. Petersburg
Stone crabGrouper & seafoodOyster bar On the menu: Yucatan baked oysters with Manchego, raw oysters, grouper sandwich (grilled, blackened or fried), Yucatan shrimp · Season: Stone crab claws offered during the Florida season, Oct. 15 – May 1.
St. Pete Pier outpost of the Randy Wayne White-themed rum bar, a big donor to Tampa Bay Watch's oyster-shell recycling program.
Rusty Bellies Waterfront Grill
937 Dodecanese Blvd, Tarpon Springs
Stone crabFish camp On the menu: stone crab claws hot or cold, Teeha Marie smoked fish spread, steamed clams · Since 2005 · Season: Stone crab specials from Oct. 15 into spring (season closes May 1).
Russell family's grill on the Anclote River beside its own seafood market, with in-house smoked fish spread and stone crab specials from opening day.