Lively seafood restaurant 727 Seafood and Grill offers a menu featuring snow crab, shrimp, mussels, and other seafoods at 119 49th St. in St. Petersburg. 727 is now preparing to expand to a second St. Pete location, this time at 1701 16th Street S. The location was formerly home to a local favorite burger joint, Red’s Snak Shak, and the new 727 Seafood will incorporate many old favorites into the menu.
“We plan on bringing the old Snak Shak flavor back with a twist,” owner Charles McKinnon told What Now on Wednesday. “Anybody who grew up in the area knew [Red’s Snak Shak] for hamburgers, fries, and milkshakes, so we’re definitely bringing that back. It’s really combining the old with the new.”
The new location’s menu will feature burgers, fries, and wings, along with 727’s seafood offerings. These have included specials like shrimp, mussels, crawfish, and scallops paired with sides like sausages, potatoes, Seafood Mac & Cheese, La La Seafood Gumbo, and the brand’s famous garlic butter.
Several attempts have been made to revive Red’s Snak Shak in the years since it closed, but they have yet to meet with success. McKinnon thinks the combination of Snak Shak favorites and 727’s successful menu will be a winning one as the brand looks to expand its reach.
“We will have a food truck that will be going out this year also,” McKinnon said. “So we’ll be bale to get the flavor out not just to South St. Pete but into the neighboring Hillsborough and Manatee counties, too.”
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