Joe's Crab Shack Closes Jacksonville Beach Location, Converts to Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. (JAX)

Joe’s Crab Shack is closing its Jacksonville Beach location on January 24, 2026, and converting the site into a Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. restaurant, parent company Landry’s Inc. confirmed. The move reduces Joe’s Crab Shack’s footprint to 14 remaining locations nationwide. Chief Operating Officer Terry Turney stated the transition aims to bring Bubba Gump’s “scratch-made, Southern-style seafood” to the market. Landry’s Inc. did not disclose job impact details but said it would assist displaced employees in securing positions at nearby restaurants. The Beach Boulevard site was one of four Joe’s Crab Shack locations in Florida. Once a chain of 120 restaurants in 2006, Joe’s Crab Shack now operates just 14 outlets after a series of closures, including recent shutdowns in Fort Myers (May 2025) and Bossier City, Louisiana (June 2025). Landry’s Inc., which reacquired Joe’s Crab Shack in 2017 following Ignite Restaurant Group’s bankruptcy, previously owned the brand from 1994 to 2006.