Joe’s Stone Crab opens for its 113th season in Miami Beach

Joe s Stone Crab is back open for the season The seasonal restaurant is set to open it s doors for its th season in Miami Beach Staff has prepared close to pounds of Stone Crabs to be served The first servings will be at p m for dinner with around a thousand people already expected to be served Thursday morning fishermen went out before a m and caught pounds of Stone Crabs from Marathon in the Florida Keys in preparation Trucks delivered the loads of crabs bright and early ahead of the restaurant s opening Executive Chef Jim Pastor shared the magic behind what makes the crabs taste so good It s the quality of the crab we re very detailed when it comes to that and a very high standard on what kind of crab we do serve it s prepared purely they re boiled disclosed Pastor We serve our mustard sauce it s been a legacy mustard sauce it s the best in the town and you know just a little bit of lime and you let the sweetness of the crab do all the talking When ask what his secret was Pastor credited the people around him What s my secret Well my secret is the crew really I mean I couldn t do it without the the club around me explained Pastor If you do want to beat the rush Thursday night you can head on over to take out and possibly get your hands on selected fresh stone crabs however this is not a guarantee