As we first noted back in April, a new restaurant called Crab Shack was taking over the former Japadog space at 30 St. Mark's Place.
And the Red & Gold Crab Shack had its soft opening on Friday… there's a limited menu for now… (beer and wine is TK)
Thanks to Jordy Trachtenberg for the tip on Friday and EVG reader John H. for the photos!
Previously on EV Grieve:
Breaking: Japadog is closing for good after tonight on St. Mark's Place
Reader report: Crab Shack in the works for former Japadog space on St. Mark's Place
Here is your Red & Gold Crab Shack! signage on St. Mark's Place
So for 35 bucks I get a hot piece of seafood dripping in butter and stuffed into a plastic bag which I have to eat with my bare hands? Finally, an authentic Crusty dining experience on St. Mark's Place at a price most can't afford.
ReplyDeleteSeems like this will be DOA on St. Marks Pl.
ReplyDeleteAt least they provide seating for their customers.
ReplyDeleteGiovanni, well said!
ReplyDelete$40 to eat chum from a bag with your hand? This is a joke, right?
ReplyDeleteIsn't there someone selling crabs on the street that we can go to instead?
ReplyDeleteThe menu sounds hideous and the prices seem atrocious. Who in the fuck wants to spend $40 for seafood in a plastic bag, only to get your hands dirty? Sounds to me this venue has exorbitant rent to pay. I'll pass on this joke.
ReplyDeleteI don't eat seafood -- is that the price for ONE crab? It better be one of those giant crabs you see sometimes at the beach that all the little kids poke at, then scream and run away.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the unnecessary quotes around Soft Opening Menu (and the fact that the open quote and S seem to be inexplicably in bold) are making my eyes twitch.
Crab Shack! exclamation!!!1!
$45 to eat out of a plastic bag with an included spittoon for scraps, in a place that looks like a fast food joint, located amidst the noisy and annoying clutter of St Marks? Ridiculous.... I hate to see new small businesses fail, but they either change their strategy or they will be out of business before Christmas.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea for a restaurant — at a beach!
ReplyDeleteThis concept doesn't seem right at all for this part of St. Mark's Place.
Based on all the (apt) comments so far, I have to believe this will be a hit? Because let's face it, most of us don't understand how St. Mark's place works in 2014. Maybe this will be a favorite of the bro crowd, you know, when they are in the mood for something a little upscale.
ReplyDeleteI read the menu prices. My jaw dropped. My wallet shrieked in anguish. 'nough said.
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My god, another place for those that has SIoS .
ReplyDeleteHello EVG commenter stalker. Don't worry, I'm starting a tumblr and hashtag #SIoS. Follow and stalk there too.
#SIoS
2:09 = Crab Shack!!! damage control
ReplyDeletenice try
Bros can't afford $35-45 for dinner if you can call this shit dinner.
ReplyDeleteInclude corn or potatoes as an optional add-on for the $35-45 you're charging, assholes.
$35 sir...oh and another $1 for corn SMH.
This place won't last a year.
Ooh! Another soft open! My wallet just hard closed.
ReplyDeleteI bet more than a few dyslexics will walk by and wonder why all those people inside are shoving food in their mouths with their bare hands at a little restaurant called the Carb Shack.
ReplyDeleteFWIW, I think (hope) these crab boils feed multiple people. I'm not a big fan, but it is a social think to eat crabs together. Smashing stuff as a group -- could be very Bro-Friendly. I recall North Forty on Avenue B having crab festivals too.
ReplyDeleteOops. I meant Back Forty. Here's a page all about their Boils:
ReplyDeletehttp://backfortynyc.com/crab-boils-return-june-3rd/
Not meant to shill for Back Forty. Just explaining.
Yeah you're not shilling that's why you posted a link we all could easily find by typing the name in a Google search LOL (I'm just busting balls.)
ReplyDeleteJust when I thought nothing could be more rediculous than an all biscuit restaurant, along comes Captain Crab. I wish these people would glom on to another neighborhood with their limited and expensive foodie concepts and leave us the fuck alone.
ReplyDeleteLOL, I can't wait to see the foodies lining up to suck on $40 bottom feeders out of a plastic bag. Are we sure this is not a set restaurant for the New York version of "Portlandia"?
ReplyDeleteI don't mind eating with my fingers when it makes sense, but at those prices, not gonna happen.
ReplyDeleteBack in the late 80s you could get crabs for 20 dollars on St marks lol
ReplyDeleteAn all-biscuits restaurant? LOL.
ReplyDeleteIf this is per pound prices, it's about the same as The Boil on Delancey. That place is always packed. Anyways, eating seafood from a bag is also huge in Asian culture. I think businesses on this stretch of St. Marks has Asian customers as the main market rather than the bros. I wouldn't be surprised if this business was owned by Asians.
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