Joe’s Stone Crab

The story

Joe Weiss began serving seafood here in 1913, before Miami Beach became a city. The sprawling dining rooms and seasonal stone-crab ritual grew alongside South Florida, attracting generations of politicians, performers, locals and winter visitors.

Why Joe’s Stone Crab is iconic

Joe’s is bound to Miami’s origin story and to a regional ingredient whose popularity the restaurant itself helped create.

Selected by Ernst Aben · Information reviewed July 2026