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Shack</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Bossier_City_September_2015_09_(Joe%27s_Crab_Shack).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Bossier_City_September_2015_09_%28Joe%27s_Crab_Shack%29.jpg/220px-Bossier_City_September_2015_09_%28Joe%27s_Crab_Shack%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Bossier_City_September_2015_09_%28Joe%27s_Crab_Shack%29.jpg/330px-Bossier_City_September_2015_09_%28Joe%27s_Crab_Shack%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Bossier_City_September_2015_09_%28Joe%27s_Crab_Shack%29.jpg/440px-Bossier_City_September_2015_09_%28Joe%27s_Crab_Shack%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">A Joe's Crab Shack branch at the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Boardwalk" title="Louisiana Boardwalk">Louisiana Boardwalk</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bossier_City,_Louisiana" title="Bossier City, Louisiana">Bossier City, Louisiana</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Wholly owned subsidiary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Restaurants" class="mw-redirect" title="Restaurants">Restaurants</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1991<span class="noprint">; 33 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1991</span>)</span> in <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality">Houston, Texas</div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of locations</div></th><td class="infobox-data">28</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data">Landry’s Restaurant, Inc.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://joescrabshack.com">joescrabshack<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Joe's Crab Shack</b> is an American chain of beach-themed seafood <a href="/wiki/Casual_dining_restaurant" class="mw-redirect" title="Casual dining restaurant">casual dining restaurants</a>. Founded in <a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston, Texas</a>, the restaurant now operates locations all across the United States. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe%27s_Crab_Shack&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JoesCrabShack.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/JoesCrabShack.jpg/220px-JoesCrabShack.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/JoesCrabShack.jpg/330px-JoesCrabShack.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/JoesCrabShack.jpg/440px-JoesCrabShack.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption>A Joe's Crab Shack branch in <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a>. The building was initially a <a href="/wiki/Rowing_club" title="Rowing club">rowing club</a> and was later converted into the restaurant.</figcaption></figure> <p>Joe's Crab Shack opened its first location in Houston, Texas, in 1991. <a href="/wiki/Landry%27s,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Landry's, Inc.">Landry's Restaurants, Inc.</a>, purchased the original Joe's in Houston in early 1994 to convert it into a Landry's Restaurant. By 1995 the chain had grown to three locations in Houston and one in Dallas.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 17, 2006, Joe's was sold to <a href="/wiki/J.H._Whitney_%26_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="J.H. Whitney & Company">J.H. Whitney & Company</a>, a privately held company, operating as JCS Holdings, LLC. The sales price was $192 million including the assumption of liabilities of $225 million.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>JCS Holdings changed their name to Ignite Restaurant Group in April 2009 and operated the 130 existing Joe's and 26 Brickhouse Tavern and Tap restaurants. Ignite Restaurant Group went public in 2012. <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company was headquartered on Westpark Drive near the <a href="/wiki/Westchase_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Westchase District">Westchase District</a> of Houston.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In March 2016, the Joe's location in <a href="/wiki/Roseville,_MN" class="mw-redirect" title="Roseville, MN">Roseville, MN</a>, was criticized for including a photo of the Texas execution by hanging of Joseph Burleson, a black man convicted of murder, as table decor. The photo included a cartoon bubble reading "All I said was that I didn't like the gumbo." The use of the photo was condemned by the NAACP and the city of Roseville. A spokesman for Joe's Crab Shack apologized.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This restaurant along with others has since been closed when Ignite Restaurant Group filed bankruptcy in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ignite Restaurant Group filed for bankruptcy protection on June 6, 2017, and was re-acquired by Landry's, Inc., in August 2017 at bankruptcy auction for $57 million.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2017, the chain closed 40 locations in several states amid bankruptcy proceedings as Landry's prepared to take over.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Landry's has plans to re-focus the chain, and then to grow it again. </p><p>As of May 2021, the chain operated 44 locations in 18 states. </p><p>As of November 2023, the chain had decreased its operations to 30 locations in 12 states. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe%27s_Crab_Shack&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_seafood_restaurants" title="List of seafood 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