Miami-based seafood spot Crabman 305 is opening an Atlanta outpost downtown, at 171 Auburn Avenue, between Piedmont Avenue and Jesse Hill Jr. Drive.
The seafood joint specializes in seafood dishes of all kinds, particularly, crab, lobster, and conch. “We do fried conch, conch salads, conch fritters. However you want your conch, we make it,” says Tony Trotter, who will manage the new Atlanta outpost.
The only big difference between the spot in Miami and the one in Atlanta, Trotter says, is the set-up. While Crabman 305 Miami is a take-out only operation, Crabman 305 Atlanta will be a full service restaurant, with plenty of seating, hopefully some of it outside. “We’re getting a lot of buzz right now,” says Trotter. “There are a lot of Miami transplants in Atlanta, and the future of Crabman 305 is looking promising.”
Despite the buzz, Crabman 305 won’t be opening for a few months. Trotter is going through the permitting process now, and will soon start working with a designer to craft the restaurant’s interior. Check back in in about a month or so for more details and an opening date, and in the meantime, prepare your stomachs for a big old platter of conch.
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For all of the folks that advocated demolishing the building in favor of surface parking, I hope you were kidding. That is such backwards thinking. If people really want to patronize a place because of it being a unique and successful business, they will pay to park. Or, they will use public transportation. The last thing we need in Midtown is another surface parking lot. If anything, we need to get rid of the ones that are still around!
No: Mexican – already have Zocalo, though that can stand improvement. Lupe failed (unfortunately, it was good, as was Cuerno and Beleza).
No: Urban hipster coffee shop. How much freakin’ coffee do we need?
No: Breakfast spot. Improve Flying Biscuit instead.
No: Asian. Next to Nickiemoto. People, start filling MuLan – good food, nice porch, low prices.
Hell no: parking lot.
Yes: Great ice cream to replace Jakes (and Brewster’s; Rita’s doesn’t cut it). But, it’d be better if Chocolate Pink on Juniper added great homemade ice cream, lowered their prices, and stayed open late.
Hell yes: Holeman & Finch or Leon’s type place. You have good beer selections at Taco Mac and Hudson Grill, but they are massive sports bars. Midtown deserves a local spot to enjoy quality beer and food, but it must be neighborhood-oriented and not another expensive martini, late-night-clubber scene. This concept may also be nice at the former Avra. Or the Cuerno/Beleza spots, if 905 Juniper can agree on the concept.