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SoCalGal 03-02-2025 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 2412753)
Your wife has very good taste, Alaskan King Crab Legs are as good as it gets.
Eaton’s Beach Sandbar & Grill (15790 SE 134th Ave, Weirsdale, FL 32195), about 15 miles southeast of The Villages. This waterfront spot on Lake Weir specializes in Floribbean cuisine and regularly offers Alaskan King Crab legs. (Stupid website Attention Required! | Cloudflare)

The King Crab restaurant serves no King Crab. Go figure. https://kingcrab-usa.com/

Kelevision 03-02-2025 08:53 AM
Consider yourself extremely lucky to have ever found a place to offer all you can eat King crab legs but you’ll find plenty of all you can eat snow crab options. King crab legs are extremely expensive.

retiredguy123 03-02-2025 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by SoCalGal (Post 2412947)
Eaton’s Beach Sandbar & Grill (15790 SE 134th Ave, Weirsdale, FL 32195), about 15 miles southeast of The Villages. This waterfront spot on Lake Weir specializes in Floribbean cuisine and regularly offers Alaskan King Crab legs. (Stupid website Attention Required! | Cloudflare)

The King Crab restaurant serves no King Crab. Go figure. https://kingcrab-usa.com/
According to the manager at Eaton's Beach, they don't sell any crab legs, king crab or snow crab.

Kelcat 03-02-2025 09:13 AM
We are from Williamsburg area also. Loved going for all u can eat AKC.

MandoMan 03-02-2025 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Arbud (Post 2412689)
Super lame thread here.
My wifes birthday is 3/18. Her favorite meal in the world is Alaskan king crab legs.
There is a restaurant outside of Williamsburg VA that has a buffet with all you can eat AKC legs. Is there a place even as far away as Ocala (not going to Tampa or Orlando) that has an all you can eat buffet of these things. I feel I should say in my wifes defense that she is not 300lbs, just loves this when we can find it. Thank you, Bud
Ichiban Buffet on 441 near Taveres had them yesterday (Saturday) at noon. You could call and ask when they have them. There are a couple similar Asian buffets in Ocala.

Bay Kid 03-02-2025 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe (Post 2412773)
Right after Chesapeake blues properly steamed in natty bo with JO #2.
Nothing better than Chesapeake Bay crabs!

Skip 03-02-2025 10:11 AM
Just search for it
 
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Originally Posted by Arbud (Post 2412689)
Super lame thread here.
Her favorite meal in the world is Alaskan king crab legs.
Thank you, Bud
Just use The Villages Gourmet Club's SEARCH ENGINE.
Enter "King Crab" in Section 4c, (you can limit the distance too in Section 3a), then hit SEARCH.
Their website has 23 restaurants that mention King Crab.
Easy peasy! Wonderful resource!

Skip

retiredguy123 03-02-2025 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Skip (Post 2413003)
Just use The Villages Gourmet Club's SEARCH ENGINE.
Enter "King Crab" in Section 4c, (you can limit the distance too in Section 3a), then hit SEARCH.
Their website has 23 restaurants that mention King Crab.
Easy peasy! Wonderful resource!

Skip
I agree that is a good source of restaurant information. However, when you search "king crab" the only restaurant within 20 miles of The Villages is the Lighthouse. But they don't sell king crab legs. They sell snow crab legs.

CoachKandSportsguy 03-02-2025 10:26 AM
The Crazy Crab Jarvis Creek - Food Menu

The Alaskan

A full size Alaskan king crab, body and legs attached, I have a picture somewhere, though as much as that is my favorite crustacean above all else, the price was in the hundreds. .

jimhoward 03-02-2025 03:52 PM
I think it’s a given that the price will be in the hundreds. The legs alone bought online are $75/lb or more. And 1lb isn’t much given the weight of the shell. Figure at least double that in a restaurant.

retiredguy123 03-02-2025 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by jimhoward (Post 2413069)
I think it’s a given that the price will be in the hundreds. The legs alone bought online are $75/lb or more. And 1lb isn’t much given the weight of the shell. Figure at least double that in a restaurant.
Much cheaper at Sam's Club, about $18 to $30 per pound. BJ's has them for $35 per pound. I think that no matter what seafood you buy from Alaska, it will be frozen, not fresh. I have had them. I used to heat them up, but I found that they taste better to just thaw them and eat them cold.

CoachKandSportsguy 03-02-2025 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2413072)
Much cheaper at Sam's Club, about $18 to $30 per pound. BJ's has them for $35 per pound. I think that no matter what seafood you buy from Alaska, it will be frozen, not fresh. I have had them. I used to heat them up, but I found that they taste better to just thaw them and eat them cold.
cheapest place up here in MA is $50+, excluding Sam's, BJs, etc.

Looks like we will be joining some of these big box retailers after we relocate, hopefully soon!

Stu from NYC 03-02-2025 05:07 PM
Go to Alaska preferably after the winter

jimhoward 03-02-2025 06:18 PM
I thought the king crab they sold in big box stores was southern king crab (from South America). Do they sell Alaskan king crab for low prices too?

Pairadocs 03-02-2025 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by MandoMan (Post 2412970)
Ichiban Buffet on 441 near Taveres had them yesterday (Saturday) at noon. You could call and ask when they have them. There are a couple similar Asian buffets in Ocala.
We have also found king, not snow, at Ichiban on last visit (4-5 weeks ago). They were huge king legs, had a basket with shell crackers on the buffet, but we joked they were probably not sourced in USA/Alaska waters.

Stone crab claws as a sweet alternative are fantastic when in season we go often, several great places on the Gulf without driving south, so close !


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