The Crab Cooker
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The Crab Cooker is a popular Southern California
restaurant specializing in seafood
. Located on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, California
.The restaurant is housed in an old branch building of the Bank of America
located at 22nd & Newport Blvd. The logo of the bank prior to its merger with NationsBank
can still be seen embedded in the corner of the building. It was established in 1951, and is considered a local landmark. In 1969, Venture Magazine
rated it as one of the top two restaurants in the world.
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The outside of the restaurant is painted in bright red. Inside the restaurant, the decoration is a pastiche
of unique items ranging from painting by famous artists, theater chandeliers, pots and pans, a wrought-iron gate, nautical equipment – and a giant shark. The restaurant is known for its casual atmosphere, While a favorite local haunt, tourists from around the world visit to sample the cuisine and send one of their post cards
.
paper plates and the iconic fish sign. It is not uncommon to see patrons waiting in lines snaking down the street. In fact, advance staff for then president Richard Nixon
once asked Mr. Roubian to allow the president to be seated for dinner, and Mr. Roubian informed them that the president would have to wait along with rest of the folks (he says any president would have gotten the same treatment).
In the popular show The O.C.
, the restaurant dubbed the Crab Shack is actually The Crab Cooker.
The 1700 square feet (157.9 m²) restaurant is now adjoined by a 9000 square feet (836.1 m²) annex next door. In 1992 a second restaurant was opened in Tustin, California
.
Southern California
Southern California is a megaregion, or megapolitan area, in the southern area of the U.S. state of California. Large urban areas include Greater Los Angeles and Greater San Diego. The urban area stretches along the coast from Ventura through the Southland and Inland Empire to San Diego...
restaurant specializing in seafood
Seafood
Seafood is any form of marine life regarded as food by humans. Seafoods include fish, molluscs , crustaceans , echinoderms . Edible sea plants, such as some seaweeds and microalgae, are also seafood, and are widely eaten around the world, especially in Asia...
. Located on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, California
Newport Beach, California
Newport Beach, incorporated in 1906, is a city in Orange County, California, south of downtown Santa Ana. The population was 85,186 at the 2010 census.The city's median family income and property values consistently place high in national rankings...
.The restaurant is housed in an old branch building of the Bank of America
Bank of America
Bank of America Corporation, an American multinational banking and financial services corporation, is the second largest bank holding company in the United States by assets, and the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by market capitalization. The bank is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina...
located at 22nd & Newport Blvd. The logo of the bank prior to its merger with NationsBank
NationsBank
NationsBank was one of the largest banking corporations in the United States, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1998, it acquired BankAmerica to become Bank of America.-Corporate history:...
can still be seen embedded in the corner of the building. It was established in 1951, and is considered a local landmark. In 1969, Venture Magazine
Venture Magazine
Venture magazine is a business management magazine. It focuses on business best practices. It is used by business leaders to learn from their colleagues'successes and challenges....
rated it as one of the top two restaurants in the world.
History
Originally located at 28th Street and Marina, the restaurant got its start when owner Bob Roubian was offered the opportunity to take over a local fish market in August 1951. Roubian, a carpenter by trade, had helped remodel the market three years earlier and had an interest in fishingFishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....
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The outside of the restaurant is painted in bright red. Inside the restaurant, the decoration is a pastiche
Pastiche
A pastiche is a literary or other artistic genre or technique that is a "hodge-podge" or imitation. The word is also a linguistic term used to describe an early stage in the development of a pidgin language.-Hodge-podge:...
of unique items ranging from painting by famous artists, theater chandeliers, pots and pans, a wrought-iron gate, nautical equipment – and a giant shark. The restaurant is known for its casual atmosphere, While a favorite local haunt, tourists from around the world visit to sample the cuisine and send one of their post cards
Postcard
A postcard or post card is a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended for writing and mailing without an envelope....
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paper plates and the iconic fish sign. It is not uncommon to see patrons waiting in lines snaking down the street. In fact, advance staff for then president Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
once asked Mr. Roubian to allow the president to be seated for dinner, and Mr. Roubian informed them that the president would have to wait along with rest of the folks (he says any president would have gotten the same treatment).
In the popular show The O.C.
The O.C.
The O.C. is an American teen drama television series that originally aired on the Fox television network in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 21, 2007, running a total of four seasons...
, the restaurant dubbed the Crab Shack is actually The Crab Cooker.
The 1700 square feet (157.9 m²) restaurant is now adjoined by a 9000 square feet (836.1 m²) annex next door. In 1992 a second restaurant was opened in Tustin, California
Tustin, California
-Top employers:According to the City's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Tustin had a population of 75,540. The population density was 6,816.7 people per square mile...
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