Crazy Crab Harbour Town offers southern seafood favorites served in a waterfront, nautical-themed setting with outdoor seating.
The Crazy Crab menu is derived from Lowcountry recipes, and each entree is individually prepared to order. The Alaskan Snow Crab Legs are the best on the Island, winning local awards for multiple years. Plenty of family entertainment is just outside the front door, with the Harbour Town Lighthouse, a massive playground, live music in the summer, and amazing views of Calibogue Sound. The Crazy Crab bar provides a cozy atmosphere to relax after a round of golf at one of the prestigious Sea Pines golf courses.
A Crazy Bit of History:
In the late 1800s, 18-year-old Simpson Vanderhorst Toomer arrived on Hilton Head Island on a schooner with huge, majestic sails to learn the oyster trade. Simpson found the island rich in natural resources, and in 1902 started the S. V. Toomer Seafood Company, where The Crazy Crab Jarvis Creek now resides.
In the 1900s, an acre of land sold for a mere 50¢. He paid native Islander, Amelia White, $500 – extravagant for his time – for the deed to this acre because this is where the river came in close to the land at a very low sea level—the perfect site for a successful oyster steaming and shucking business. Toomer had a large clientele and shipped oysters as far away as England. In the 1940s, the great hurricane blew down his wooden shucking structure. He rebuilt and continued to prosper.
Open: Daily, 11 AM–9 PM
