Restaurants & Bars
Restaurant Chain With Former Pittsburgh Presence Now Nearly Extinct
A once-popular restaurant chain that attracted plenty of patrons appears to be on life support. Get the details here.
PITTSBURGH, PA — A restaurant chain with a former Pittsburgh presence appears to be close to going out of business.
In its heyday in the early 2010s, Joe's Crab Shack had nearly 150 locations nationwide, according to Tasting Table. The restaurant was known for dishes such as seafood boils, fried fish sandwiches, and surf and turf.
One of those locations was at Station Square, where diners were provided with a spectacular view of the Monongahela River. That location, the chain's only one in Pittsburgh, abruptly closed in September 2024.
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Now the chain is left without and presence in Pennsylvania.According to its website, Joe's Crab Shack has only 15 restaurants remaining nationwide. The closest one to Pittsburgh is in Louisville.
Joe's Crab Shack restaurants are owned by Landry's, which operates a number of restaurants in Pittsburgh. They include the Grand Concourse, Gandy Dancer, Del Frisco's, Houlihan's, McCormick & Schmick and Mortons.
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