Jessica Teel / New Oxford, PA

Jessica Teel / New Oxford, PA

I’m now 54, but when I was 5 years old, my parents took me to Disney for the first time.  My mother had been to Joe’s numerous times and wanted to share the experience with my dad & I. So, on the way back to Pennsylvania we made a special stop at...

Patricia Ohlendorf / Chicago

Early in the 1950s my dad took my mom to Joe’s during their honeymoon in Miami. It always was his favorite restaurant. When they got much older, it was a bit scary for me to have him driving, especially at night whenever they would go celebrate their anniversary or...

Bob Cayne / Las Vegas

In September of 1985, I took a job in South Florida and experienced Joe’s for the first time.  There were three couples with me and as the waiter served the stone crabs family style in the center of the table, the guy who invited me leaned over and gave me some...

Jennifer Limbasuta / Punta Gorda, FL

Bones was the assistant manager when I would go. He always made me feel like someone special even though I wasn’t; when left I sure felt like it. Thanks Bones.

Sara Simkowitz / Miami Beach

The first time I heard about Joe’s Stone Crab was when I was a little girl. Our housekeeper had a brother who worked for Joe’s when it first opened. Her name was Lillian Curtis. I don’t know her maiden name; I don’t know her brother’s name but it was really cool that...