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The Crab Shop
About The Crab Shop
Parkgate seafood shop and eatery at Dollarton Landing Plaza serving fish and chips plus fresh wild catch with roots dating back to 1961.
Crab is the anchor of the menu at The Crab Shop, a seafood restaurant at 2455 Dollarton Hwy in North Vancouver's Parkgate neighbourhood, in a format that blends a retail seafood counter with a place to sit down and eat. That combination suits customers who want to compare buying fresh seafood to take home against ordering a cooked plate on the spot. This kind of shop-and-eat setup is fairly common among coastal seafood businesses, where the same product moves in two directions, out the door in a bag or onto a table for lunch.
A seafood-focused menu built around crab typically extends into other shellfish and finfish depending on the season and what is available that week, since seafood supply shifts throughout the year in a way that a standard restaurant menu built around meat and produce usually does not. Ordering at a counter-style seafood restaurant often means checking a board or asking staff what came in most recently rather than working from a fixed printed menu, and that day-to-day variation is part of the draw rather than a drawback. Parkgate sits close enough to the water that a seafood-specific restaurant fits naturally into the surrounding area.
Mount Seymour and Deep Cove sit on either side of Parkgate, where outdoor recreation is woven into daily routines, and stopping for seafood after time on the water or on nearby trails fits naturally into that pattern. Dollarton Hwy runs along this part of the North Shore on the way toward Deep Cove, putting a seafood counter within easy reach of anyone already making that drive. A seafood-focused business may adjust its hours around seasonal supply, so a glance at the restaurant's website ahead of a visit can help avoid a wasted trip.
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