Landry's offers diners a menu featuring fresh gulf seafood specialties topped with such signature sauces as mango peppercorn or roasted red pepper. It also offers chicken entrees certified Angus beef, fresh pastas and an array of tempting desserts. Ironically, however, the company's namesake operation isn't spearheading its expansion anymore. Landry's Seafood Restaurants, Inc. acquired the first Joe's Crab Shack in 1994. With 80 units to date, Joe's Crab Shacks are known for their casual, fun, energetic and rowdy 'well-orchestrated chaos.
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At Joe's Crab Shack, crab is king with a menu offering soft-shell, stone, blue Alaskan king and dungeness crabs. Other offerings include shrimp, seafood combinations, chicken, steaks, salads, sandwiches, pasta and gumbo. Joe's lower investment costs and higher margins are among the best unit economics in the industry today and have always generated a high return on investment. The Crab House. Averaging nearly 10,00 square feet, The Crab House is much largest than a Landry's or Joe's.