Now open • 909 SR 19 N, Palatka, FL
386-222-CRAB (2722) • eat@crabbybens.com • The Boil
Palatka’s own seafood & bar

CrabbyBen's

Seafood & Bar

Where the seafood is juicy and the vibes are salty.

Cajun boils, an oyster bar, and cold drinks are on the way to 909 SR 19 N — Palatka's own seafood & bar, built with faith, hard work, and a love for this community.

Come see us

Mon closed · Tue–Wed 12 PM – 10 PM · Thu–Sat 12 PM – 11 PM · Sun 12 PM – 10 PM

Hours
Mon closed · Tue–Wed 12 PM – 10 PM · Thu–Sat 12 PM – 11 PM · Sun 12 PM – 10 PM
Happy hour Tue–Fri · 3–6 PM
Phone
386-222-CRAB (2722)
Address
909 SR 19 N, Palatka, FL
Order online
◆ Cajun seafood boils ◆ Oyster bar ◆ Full bar & cocktails ◆ Locally owned in Palatka
Opening Saturday, October 3 · then Happy Hour Mon–Fri, Oyster Day Tuesdays, Shuck Yeah Thursdays, Fishbowl Fridays The weekly lineup →
Why Crabby Ben's

More than a plate of shrimp

Palatka has plenty of fried fish. We're bringing something different — a proper Cajun boil, a real oyster bar, and a room built for gathering.

01

Boils done right

Crab, shrimp, crawfish, corn, sausage and potatoes — your seafood, your flavor, your heat, boiled to order.

02

A real bar

Cold beer, rum punch, hurricanes, and fishbowl cocktails. Good drinks, good vibes — the way a night out should feel.

03

Built for the table

Family-size buckets made for sharing, celebrating, and getting your hands a little messy with the people you love.

04

Rooted in Putnam

A local dream, built right here in Palatka — for the community that raised us and the neighbors we can't wait to feed.

No substitutions, no regrets

Signature combos

Every boil comes with corn, potatoes & sausage. Pick your heat, pick your flavor — we'll do the rest.

The Captain — snow crab legs, shrimp and sausage with corn

The Captain

Snow crab, shrimp & sausage.

$38.95
The First Mate — blue crab, shrimp and crawfish boil

The First Mate

Blue crab, shrimp & crawfish.

$36.95
The Crabby Feast — snow crab, lobster tail, shrimp and mussels

The Crabby Feast

Snow crab, lobster tail, shrimp, mussels & sausage.

$49.95
The Family Bucket — a loaded boil of crab, shrimp, crawfish, clams and mussels

The Family Bucket

Snow crab, blue crab, shrimp, crawfish, clams, mussels & sausage.

$79.95
Heating the pot…
Every table here starts the same way.
Your seafood.
Your flavor.
Your heat.
Fresh off the boil — the spread
And then there's the cold side.
Chilled.
Shucked to order.
Gone.
The cold side, weekly
Oyster Day · Tuesdaysall-day specials on all oysters
Shuck Yeah Thursdays · 6–9 PMlive music · monthly oyster-eating contest
See the raw bar
Meanwhile, behind the bar…
Friday has a ritual here.
The pour.
The works.
Fishbowl Fridays.
Fishbowl Fridaysoversized cocktails — built to share, or not
See the bar
Make it a ritual

The weekly lineup

Some nights deserve a standing reservation.

Iced lime cocktail
Mon–Fri · 3–6 PM

Happy Hour

Specials on oysters, appetizers, draft beer, house wine, margaritas, well drinks & rum punch.

Raw oysters on the half shell with lemon and cocktail sauce
Tuesdays

Oyster Day

All-day specials on all oysters — raw, steamed, and chargrilled.

Chargrilled oysters topped with garlic butter and parmesan
Thursdays · 6–9 PM

Shuck Yeah Thursdays

Fresh oysters, live music, and a monthly oyster-eating contest. #ShuckYeahAtCrabbyBens

Oversized blue cocktail with ice
Fridays

Fishbowl Fridays

Oversized fishbowl cocktails, built to share — or not.

Behind the bar: draft, domestic & imported beer, rum punch, hurricanes, house margaritas, and the Crabby Ben's Punch.

Inside Crabby Ben's

Take a look around

Hand-painted murals, a new bar, and a room built for long tables — from day one to opening day. Swipe through.

The bar — butcher-block counter, rope pendant lights, stocked shelves and the fish mural behindThe bar
Navy tufted corner booths against a wave-painted wall, with a long wooden tableThe booths
The front entrance under a lime-green porch roof with lime posts and railingsThe front porch
The end of the bar beside a white line-drawn fish mural and a navy-framed pass-through windowEnd of the bar
The porch walkway with lime posts, cable railings and steps up from the parking lotOut front
The entry ramp with lime railings and a black handrail, looking out over the parking lotRamp & railings
The building at 909 SR 19 N, Palatka before renovation — day oneBefore — day one
Renovation in progress — coral murals going up on the dining room wallsInterior redesign
Hand-painted coral murals in the dining roomDining room murals
Walkthrough
The entry taking shape — fish and shell murals around the doorway and pass-through windowThe entry takes shape
Coral and fish mural detail painted beside the brickCoral & fish
Large hand-painted fish muralThe big fish
Twin seahorse murals flanking a lime-green columnSeahorses at the door
The finished bar — wood-wrapped counter, pendant lights and mural backdropThe bar takes shape
The building repainted — fresh blue-gray walls with lime trim and a striped parking lotFresh paint outside
We're hiring

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Servers, bartenders, hosts, cooks, dishwashers and shift leads. Apply online in about three minutes.

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Visit soon

Address
909 SR 19 N
Palatka, FL 32177
Status
Open — come hungry
Hours
Mon closed · Tue–Wed 12 PM – 10 PM · Thu–Sat 12 PM – 11 PM · Sun 12 PM – 10 PM
Happy hour Tue–Fri · 3–6 PM
Email
eat@crabbybens.com
Phone
386-222-CRAB (2722)
Call 386-222-CRAB (2722)