| Joe's Stone Crab | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1913 |
| Owner(s) | Jo Ann Bass and Stephen Sawitz |
| Previous owner(s) | Founded by Joe and Jenny Weiss |
| Food type | Seafood and steaks |
| Dress code | casual |
| Street address | 11 Washington Avenue |
| City | Miami Beach |
| State | Florida |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 33139 |
| Seating capacity | 425 |
| Reservations | no |
| Website | joesstonecrab |
History
editJoe and Jenny Weiss were Jewish immigrants from Hungary who initially settled in New York, where their son Jesse was born in 1907. Joe worked in a restaurant in the Bronx where he learned the recipes for several dishes that he later offered in Miami Beach. Joe had asthma and borrowed against a life insurance policy to travel to Miami Beach in 1913, where he found relief from his symptoms. His wife and son soon followed to Miami Beach. Initially, the couple operated a seafood service concession at Smith's Bathing Casino, and in 1918, they purchased a small house across the street, and established Joe's Diner in 1920. This was the beginning of the restaurant business in Miami Beach, which was not yet a city.
Many accounts describe a visit to the Weiss's restaurant in the early 1920s, by an icthyologist from Harvard University, who suggested that they consider serving stone crabs as a dish. One source mentions George Howard Parker as that scientist. He was a zoologist who studied crustaceans extensively, especially their perception. When they added that dish to the menu, business grew, along with the influx of more tourists.
Abstract: "Selling the Storied Stone Crab" examines the intersection between eating and the environment in South Florida using the stone crab, a highly-prized local delicacy, and the world-renowned restaurant that purportedly first began serving them, Joe's Stone Crab, as lenses through which to analyze regional identity, conceptions of place, and the social, cultural, generational and class distinctions that have arisen through consuming the crustacean over the twentieth-century. The work is both an institutional and corporate history of Joe's Stone Crab and an environmental and cultural history of the stone crab. In an area defined by striking transience, tourism, and massive growth, the essay argues that people envisioned themselves becoming indigenous to South Florida's unique natural and cultural landscape through the ingestion of a food that they believed could only be attained in the region. But the common perception that most gourmands hold--that the stone crab can only be procured in South Florida--is in itself a myth. The stone crab can be purchased worldwide, it is not strictly indigenous to South Florida, nor did Joe's Stone Crab first serve the decapod. Nevertheless, "Selling the Storied Stone Crab" concludes that these points are inconsequential for most visitors and residents who continue to relish both the crustacean's sweet meat and the myths that surround its eating.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/gfc.2006.6.4.32?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
History, celebrities http://miami-history.com/historical-perspective-joes-stone-crab/
Death of Jesse Weiss
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1994-08-21/news/9408200822_1_crabs-joe-al-capone
James Bond, celebrities [2]
Celebrity diners
[3]
Family history [4]
Staff longevity, celebrities [5]
Staff longevity, celebrities, book [6]
Staff attire, longevity, menu
[7]
Annual sales - all four [8]
Menu [9]
Menu, philosophy [10]
Menu, wines, service, good quote [11]
Fishery, crab cooking, number of seats [12]
Menu, service [13]
Red tide effects on stone crab [14]
1980 family history, crab preparation perfected, scale of fishing operation [15]
- ^ Mink, Nicolaas (2006). "Selling the Storied Stone Crab: Eating, Ecology, and the Creation of South Florida Culture". Gastronomica. 6 (4). doi:10.1525/gfc.2006.6.4.32. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
- ^ Shiels, Michael Patrick (June 14, 2016). "Joe's Stone Crab Serves Celebrity Clients Florida's State Pie". Forbes. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
- ^ Sciccitano, Paul (October 14, 2018). "Joe's Stone Crab Celebrates 105 Years of History: Joe's Stone Crab has served up its succulent crustaceans for Matt Damon, Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Barbara Streisand". Patch.com. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ Squires, Kathleen (January 22, 2014). "The Next Generation: Joe's Stone Crab". Zagat. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ Vassolo, Martin (January 16, 2018). "Roy Garret, larger than life maitre d' at Joe's Stone Crab, dies at 92". Miami Herald. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ Henriette, Hadley (October 15, 2013). "Joe's Stone Crab Opens Tonight For 100th Season". Haute Living. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ Sciccitano, Paul (October 14, 2017). "Bibs, Tuxedos Usher In 104th Year At Joe's Stone Crab". Patch.com. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ Andrews, Colman (September 21, 2018). "These are the 50 highest grossing restaurants in the US". USA Today. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ Tanasychuk, John (December 14, 2015). "Why you should still eat at Joe's Stone Crab". South Florida Sun Sentinel. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ Addison, Bill (May 9, 2014). "The Road to the 38: Joe's Stone Crab". Eater.com. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ Wood, Jennifer M. (2019). "Joe's Stone Crab: You've got to offer more than just great marketing skills if you want to stick around for more than a century. Joe's is the real deal". Conde Nast Traveler. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ Raichlen, Steven (January 5, 2000). "National Origins: South Florida; The Perfect Crab: It's All Claw". New York Times. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ Tanasychuk, John (December 24, 2010). "Review: Joe's Stone Crab in Miami Beach". South Florida Sun Sentinel. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ Mazzei, Patricia (December 16, 2018). "'The Worst I've Ever Seen It': Lean Stone Crab Season Follows Red Tide in Florida: A prolonged red tide in Southwest Florida has hurt the iconic stone crab — and the fishermen, whose family businesses go back generations, who catch it". New York Times. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ Volsky, George (February 27, 1980). "A Miami Beach Institution Named Joe's". New York Times. Retrieved February 8, 2019.