After facing a slight delay (the original goal was to launch for National Oyster Day in August), Tampa Bay’s first Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar is preparing to open this fall at 25026 Wesley Chapel Blvd. in Lutz, according to recent coverage by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay.
Tampa Bay’s first Shuckin’ Shack will feature 4,162 square feet of space, plus an outdoor patio.
“The North Carolina-based restaurant is known for its menu of seafood favorites like po’boys, shrimp and grits, lobster grilled cheeses and shrimp, snow crabs, mussels and clams by the dozen or half-pound,” reads the Creative Loafing coverage. “Family-style options include its ‘Low Country Boil’ of steamed shrimp, sausage, potatoes and corn and its ‘Saul T Steam Pot’ loaded with oysters, clams, snow crab legs and shrimp.”
Behind the location is Swamp Dawg Restaurant Management Group, founded by Brad Harper and Allison Hartwig. Swamp Dawg is a franchisee for a number of restaurant concepts, including Zaxby’s, Mooyah, Mellow Mushroom, and Eggs Up Grill.
What Now reached out to Brad Harper on Tuesday to inquire about plans for Tampa Bay’s first Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar. Harper was not immediately available for comment.
