Joe's Stone Crab Opened in DC on Wednesday Night

Joe's Stone Crab opened on Wednesday night at 15th and H Streets, Northwest, in the old American Bar Association building that I believe was originally a bank. It looks like a bank inside, and I'm sure the owners of the franchise are counting on making bank. I know they are looking for investors for the DC location, at $50K per. And, obviously, loads of customers to fill the many seats.

The party for 1500 invited guests was generous. To me that means premium brands at the bar and second helpings of Stone Crabs on every plate. Done and done.  As soon as a guest sat down to a table a waiter arrived with a bountiful seafood platter. It also meant a mosh pit. Please don't ask me who was there. Generally, everyone in Washington. Specifically, I can't tell you. Couldn't see the forest from the trees.  I will try to have more about the party tomorrow at washingtonian.com.

My first visit to Joe's Stone Crab was 1977 or 1978. I've stopped in for a meal, with my husband or my son or both of them, every time we've been to Miami since. My son and I, during our cross country drive, checked out Joe's in Las Vegas. I'm happy to have them in DC and I wish them success.