2025 Centurion Award winner

Joe's Stone Crab

Best Seafood Institution in Miami · Miami, FL

Restaurant · Miami, FL · Since 1913

The overview

Older than the city of Miami Beach

Joe's Stone Crab has been a Miami Beach institution since 1913, the restaurant that turned the Florida stone crab into a delicacy. Every winter season the vast, white-jacketed dining room serves chilled claws with mustard sauce, hash browns, creamed spinach, and Key lime pie to a famously no-reservations crowd.

Family-run for over a century, Joe's is an authentic piece of old Miami Beach — a seafood temple whose ritual (and its wait) is as much the draw as the crab itself.

The public record

What reviewers already knew.

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Public-record snapshot as of July 2026. Live ratings are always current on each platform.

The verification

Why this business cleared the bar.

Selection is by the published criteria, evaluated on public evidence. Joe's Stone Crab cleared every one.

  • Years in operation. Operating in Miami since 1913 — 112 years of continuous business.
  • Sustained online presence. An established local institution with a consistent public footprint — listings, coverage, and word of mouth in Miami.
  • Established customer track record. A deep public track record: Miami has kept Joe's Stone Crab busy for 112 years.
  • Liked by customers and the community. Genuinely beloved by Miami regulars and visitors alike — a bona fide community favorite.
  • Recognition in the local community. Named best seafood institution in Miami for 2025 for stone crabs and key lime pie served since 1913, before Miami Beach was even a city.

The full verification report — the specific data behind this award — is held by the business. The exact thresholds stay internal so the bar can’t be gamed. Read the methodology.

Award record

2025

Best Seafood Institution in Miami Miami, FL · Awarded under the 2025 evaluation

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Visit Joe's Stone Crab

Location11 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139
In business since1913
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Facts at a glance

The sourceable record.

Clean, checkable facts about Joe's Stone Crab — for readers, search engines, and answer tools alike.

Legal / trading name
Joe's Stone Crab
Category
Restaurant
Founded
1913, Miami, FL
Location
Miami, FL
Centurion Award
Best Seafood Institution in Miami — 2025
Record last verified
July 2026

A signal you can check.

This is a dated award record, published by The Centurion Awards after Joe's Stone Crab cleared the 2025 evaluation for its market and category. It was not bought, voted on, or sponsored — the criteria are public, only winners are published, and an award that stops holding up is revoked, not quietly removed. Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. For everything else — hours, bookings, live reviews — go straight to the business itself.

Quick answers

Frequently asked questions.

What is Joe's Stone Crab?

Founded in 1913, Joe's predates the city of Miami Beach itself and made the stone crab a Florida icon.

Is Joe's Stone Crab award-winning?

Yes — Joe's Stone Crab is the 2025 Centurion Award winner for Best Seafood Institution in Miami, a verified, criteria-based award. Named best seafood institution in Miami for 2025 for stone crabs and key lime pie served since 1913, before Miami Beach was even a city.

Where is Joe's Stone Crab?

Joe's Stone Crab is in Miami, FL.

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