2 restaurants have made Calabash, NC the seafood capital of the world for over 50 years

We begin series of coastal stories from Brunswick County with two of the first, original seafood restaurants to open in the Seafood Capital of the World: Calabash, NC, near the South Carolina line.
Posted 7/11/2022, 10:40:41 PM

RESTAURANT.

>> CALABASH NORTH CAROLINA

OFTEN CONSIDERED THE SEAFOOD

CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. AND IT

ALL STARTED WITH ONE FAMILY

THAT TODAY RUNS TO RESTAURANTS.

LORD WAVING, COME AND ALS.

>> WE THE YEARS 50 YEARS AT

ALLEN'S ESTABLISH 1950, NOW

LITTLE BIT SAYS LOCAL FOOD,

GOOD PEOPLE. THIS YEAR IT BACKS

THE OLD ORIGINAL CALABASH

STARTED

>> SO IN 1940, TIME 2 SISTERS

OPENED THE FIRST TO RESTAURANTS

AND THEIR BROTHER OPEN DALLAS

NAMED FOR HIS WIFE ELLA.

THERE WAS A CINDER BLOCK AND

ANOTHER BROTHER OPENED ANOTHER

RESTAURANT. SO THE FIRST FLOOR

RESTAURANT OWNER, ALL BROTHERS

AND SISTERS JUST KIND OF IN THE

FAMILY OR SOME IN CALABASH EVER

SINCE I LOVE CALABASSAS THE

SEAFOOD CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.

>> BUT IN THE 1980'S, THE

SEAFOOD CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

HAD A POPULATION OF JUST 200

HAD 24 SUPERGRASS, EVERYBODY

WHO LIVED IN TOWN ON TO SEAFOOD

RESTAURANT, THE VERY FIRST

INCLUDED BACKS AND ALLEN SAID,

LOOK, DELICIOUS. I LOVE THOSE

CRAB LIGHTLY BREADED AND FRIED.

AND THAT'S CALABASH SEAFOOD DID

THE SAME WAY AND THEY ARE

CALABASH SEAFOOD, BROTHER AND

SISTER FROM THE FAMILY THAT

STARTED BACK SAINTS FUNDING

SO ROAD DOWN HERE WAS HURT.

AND NOW THE ROAD IS FULL OF

OUT OF STATE PLAY. I MEAN, YOU

CAN LOOK OVER THERE AND SEE ALL

THE DIFFERENT LICENSE PLATES

THERE.

>> PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE

PEOPLE COMING TO KALEB ADAGE

TO EAT SEAFOOD MOST WHEN YOU

SEE FOOD PLATE. BUT HE GOT THE

BALL TO CENTER ON SUNDAY.

THE DAYS ARE 47 WITH

MEMBERSHIP. AND THEY DROVE 90

MILES TO WEED CALABASH SEAFOOD.

I DO IT ALL. AGREED. YOU NOT

PICK THE RIGHT ONE. I GOT THE

CREAM OF THE CROP. YOU TALKING

ABOUT THE SPOUSE OR THE

RESTAURANT OLD. THE WIFE ISSUE.

BUT THE FOOD IS A CLOSE SECOND

FOODS. EXCELLENT. I MEAN, LAND

A SHRIMP AND DELICIOUS

EVERYTHING. THIS RAMP GOING TO

BE FASTER AND CAN WE DO FRESH

CATCHES FISH RIGHT OFF THE

BOAT. THE RECIPES WE KEEP

SAYING THE SAME FROM THE 40'S

AND 50'S AND 60'S MENU. BRING

95 FOR THE FOR A HUGE PLATTER

OF SEAFOOD PRICES HAVE CHANGED

BUT NOT THE SEAFOOD LOT OF

TRADITION. LOT OF HISTORY AND

A LOT OF SEAFOOD RESTAURANT.

IT'S IN THE SEAFOOD CAPITAL OF

THE WORLD. CALABASH ISN'T ALSO

A LITTLE TOWN. THIS A GREAT

VOICE COMING BETWEEN THE FOOD

AND THE PEOPLE LIST.

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