Joe’s Crab Shack, founded in 1991, is an established, national chain of casual seafood restaurants.  Joe’s serves a variety of high-quality seafood items, with an emphasis on crab.  Joe’s is a high-energy, family-friendly restaurant that encourages guests to “roll up your sleeves and crack into some crab.” Crab is deliberately placed center stage as a defining item to the Joe’s experience, Joe’s Steampot and Crab in a Bucket offerings allow guests to choose between three varieties of crabs (Snow, Dungeness, and King).