2017 top independent seafood restaurants
By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 06, 2017The top-grossing seafood independents specialize in crab, lobster, sushi and more, serving hundreds of thousands of meals in 2017.
Joe’s Stone Crab
Top 100 Rank: 2
Location: Miami Beach, Fla.
Average Check: $80
Meals Served: 316,000
On the Menu: Cold Seafood Platter with stone crab, shrimp, oysters and half of a Florida lobster
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The Boathouse
Top 100 Rank: 6
Location: Orlando, Fla.
Average Check: $43
Meals Served: 643,829
On the Menu: Original Lobster Bake for Two with Maine lobster, clams, mussels, andouille sausage, red potatoes and corn on the cob
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Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab, DC
Top 100 Rank: 15
Location: Washington, D.C.
Average Check: $80*
Meals Served: 288,000*
On the Menu: Grilled Seafood Platter with jumbo shrimp, lobster tail and scallops
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Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab, Las Vegas
Top 100 Rank: 17
Location: Las Vegas
Average Check: $85*
Meals Served: 260,000*
On the Menu: Stone crab selection
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Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab, Chicago
Top 100 Rank: 20
Location: Chicago
Average Check: $80
Meals Served: 265,000*
On the Menu: Jumbo lobster tail
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Bob Chinn’s Crab House
Top 100 Rank: 30
Location: Wheeling, Ill.
Average Check: $37
Meals Served: 483,111
On the Menu: Daily fish prepared one of eight ways: Steamed, chargrilled, blackened, beer-batter fried, sautéed with lemon, broiled, sautéed with caper, or stir fried with mushrooms, bok choy and asparagus
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Blue Fin
Top 100 Rank: 33
Location: New York City
Average Check: $72*
Meals Served: 243,000*
On the Menu: Truffle Rainbow Roll with tuna, salmon, Hamachi, kanpachi, avocado, cucumber and truffle
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Shaw's Crab House
Top 100 Rank: 41
Location: Chicago
Average Check: $65*
Meals Served: 265,000*
On the Menu: Steamed Alaskan and king crab legs with drawn butter
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Grand Central Oyster Bar
Top 100 Rank: 48
Location: New York City
Average Check: $54*
Meals Served: 310,000*
On the Menu: Shellfish platter with oysters, clams, shrimp and mussels
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Chops Lobster Bar
Top 100 Rank: 56
Location: Atlanta
Average Check: $103*
Meals Served: 193,000*
On the Menu: Lobster tail, flash fried and served with butter and Greek honey-mustard aioli
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