Captain Curts Crab & Oyster Bar

What Captain Curts Crab & Oyster Bar does

Captain Curt's Crab & Oyster Bar is a privately held, family-owned multi-venue hospitality destination operating as "Captain Curt's Village" on the south end of Siesta Key, Sarasota, Florida, since 1979. The core offering is a full-service seafood restaurant whose signature clam chowder — a proprietary recipe developed by brothers Brett and Brad Steward featuring 2.5x more clams than potatoes — won the 2007 Great Chowder Cook-Off in Newport, Rhode Island. The 14-employee operation bundles seven distinct revenue streams within a single beachfront property: the main seafood restaurant, the Sniki Tiki outdoor bar with live music, a separate walk-up Daiquiri Bar across from the beach, a coffee shop (Captain Curt's Coffee), a premium ice cream shop (Orange Octopus), a gift and souvenir store (Tiki Trading Co.), and on-site bike and kayak rentals.

The business sells direct-to-consumer through walk-in dining and an e-commerce storefront (shop.captaincurts.com) that ships Make-at-Home Chowder Kits, gift cards, and branded merchandise nationwide. Technology is conventional hospitality infrastructure: an informational website, blog content, email newsletter, Google Analytics for visitor tracking, and Google AdSense/DoubleClick for advertising. There is no proprietary technology platform, no mobile application, and no disclosed AI/ML capability.

The customer base is entirely retail, comprising tourists and beach-goers, Sarasota-area locals, families, and nightlife seekers. Pricing is per-visit and per-unit (happy hour drink discounts, $35/2-hour kayak rentals, $15/2-hour bike rentals), with no enterprise contracts, subscription tiers, or B2B channels. The company is wholly owned and operated by the Stewart Family with no external investors or parent company.

Name

Captain Curts Crab & Oyster Bar

Legal name

Captain Curts Crab and Oyster Bar

Website

https://captaincurts.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Captain Curt's is a family-owned multi-venue beachfront hospitality destination on Siesta Key, Florida, operating since 1979 and serving tourists and locals with a seafood restaurant, outdoor tiki bar, coffee shop, ice cream shop, gift shop, kayak/bike rentals, and a nationwide mail-order chowder kit business.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Seafood Restaurant and Hospitality

NAICS

Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars (722515), Fish and Seafood Retailers (44525)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Steakhouses & Seafood Restaurants (THAFACAE)

Keywords

• Seafood restaurant dining
• Outdoor tiki bar
• Clam chowder production
• Beachfront hospitality services
• Live music entertainment venue

Headquarters

HQ city

Sarasota

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Restaurant Dining: Dine-in service at the main seafood restaurant offering full menu including award-winning clam chowder, oysters, crabs, shrimp, and non-seafood options like burgers and prime rib. Operating daily 11am-10:30pm.
2. Bar Sales: Full bar service at the Sniki Tiki Outdoor Bar and Captain Curt's venue, featuring tropical cocktails, daiquiris, craft beers, and wines. The Sniki Tiki operates 11am-midnight daily and includes a Daiquiri Bar across from the beach.
3. Coffee Shop: Full-service coffee shop serving artisanal coffee blends, lattes, and baked goods. Located inside the Tiki Trading Co. gift shop with outdoor seating overlooking the water.
4. Ice Cream Shop: The Orange Octopus Premium Ice Cream Shop offering premium ice cream treats.
5. Gift Shop & Merchandise: Tiki Trading Co. gift and souvenir shop selling Siesta Key memorabilia, apparel, and Captain Curt's branded merchandise.
6. Recreation Rentals: Siesta Key Bike & Kayak service offering kayak and bike rentals for exploring the natural beauty of Siesta Key.
7. Mail-Order Chowder Kits: Make-at-Home Chowder Kits shipped directly to customers, allowing them to prepare the award-winning clam chowder at home. Available through the online store or at the gift shop.
8. Live Entertainment: Live music performances (Friday, Saturday, Sunday nights), karaoke nights (Tuesdays and Thursdays), and events at the Sniki Tiki Bar venue.
9. Gift Cards: Gift cards available for purchase through the online store.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Captain Curt's Village operates a multi-venue beachfront dining and entertainment destination on South Siesta Key, Florida. The core offering is full-service seafood restaurant dining featuring the award-winning 'World's Best' clam chowder (2007 Great Chowder Cook-Off winner), complemented by an outdoor tiki bar, coffee shop, ice cream shop, bike and kayak rentals, a gift shop, and live music/karaoke entertainment. The company also sells mail-order chowder kits and merchandise through an online store.

Product overview

Captain Curt's Village is a multi-venue beachfront destination on Siesta Key, Florida, comprising a unified product portfolio centered on the flagship seafood restaurant (Captain Curt's Crab & Oyster Bar) paired with complementary food, beverage, entertainment, and retail offerings. The core product is the seafood restaurant serving the award-winning World's Best Clam Chowder. Supporting venues include the Sniki Tiki Outdoor Bar (tropical cocktails and live music), Coffee Shop (specialty coffee and pastries), Orange Octopus Ice Cream Shop, Bike & Kayak Rentals, and Tiki Trading Co. Gift Shop. An e-commerce extension (Online Gift Shop & Chowder Express) sells Make-at-Home Chowder Kits and merchandise. The Sniki Tiki Bar provides evening entertainment with live music and karaoke. All venues operate under one family-owned brand established in 1979, sharing the Siesta Key waterfront location at 1200 Old Stickney Point Rd, Sarasota, FL 34242.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Sniki Tiki Bar: Tropical outdoor bar featuring cocktails, daiquiris, and live music entertainment
• Orange Octopus Premium Ice Cream Shop
• Tiki Trading Co.

Products and services

• Captain Curt's Crab & Oyster Bar Restaurant Full-service seafood restaurant offering award-winning clam chowder, fresh oysters, crabs, shrimp, and non-seafood options such as burgers and prime rib, served daily 11am-10:30pm in an Old Florida casual dining atmosphere.
• Sniki Tiki Outdoor Bar

Quantifiable outcome

• Voted The World's Best Clam Chowder at the Great Chowder Cook-Off in Newport, RI
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. National seafood-themed casual dining chain operating in tourist destinations (boardwalks, waterfronts, theme parks) with a shrimp/seafood core menu. A larger incumbent in the seafood-tourist dining space where Captain Curt's Village operates.
• Joe's Crab Shack: Established national seafood chain known for crab-shack-style casual dining with a beach/nautical atmosphere. Directly comparable seafood-casual, family-friendly positioning with bars and tourist-area presence.
• Bonefish Grill: Darden-owned national polished-casual seafood chain focused on fresh fish and a strong bar program. Operates across the US and competes for the same seafood-casual-dining occasion as Captain Curt's Crab & Oyster Bar, albeit at broader scale.
• Captain D's: National seafood-focused chain with a similar brand heritage around "Captain" nautical theming and a seafood core menu. Operates at much higher scale and broader geographic footprint than Captain Curt's but in the same seafood-casual vertical.
• Legal Sea Foods: Long-standing East Coast seafood restaurant chain famous for its clam chowder — a direct comparable on the chowder-product side, where Captain Curt's award-winning "World's Best" chowder is the signature item. Comparable in positioning a seafood restaurant group around a recognized chowder SKUs and chowder kit merchandise.
• Landry's Seafood House: National full-service seafood chain owned by Landry's Inc., frequently located in tourist destinations and waterfronts. Overlaps directly with Captain Curt's positioning as a family-friendly seafood destination with bar and entertainment components.

Regional players

• Big Olaf Creamery: Iconic Siesta Key-area premium ice cream parlor offering homemade ice cream in a tourist-heavy location. Direct peer for Captain Curt's Orange Octopus Ice Cream Shop component, serving the same beach-front tourist ice cream occasion.
• Crab & Fin Restaurant: Speakeasy-style seafood restaurant in Sarasota offering a wide raw bar, seafood-focused menu, and late-night lounge atmosphere. Operates in the same regional Sarasota/Siesta Key dining corridor with an overlapping local and tourist customer base.

Direct peers

• The Old Fish House: Long-running full-service Florida Gulf Coast seafood restaurant on the Marco Island waterfront, offering fresh local seafood, oysters, and a bar program with live music. Comparable family-operated, destination-style seafood dining on the Florida coast.
• Daiquiri Deck Raw Bar: Operates tropical beach bar and seafood restaurants directly in Siesta Key and Anna Maria Island, with a similar tiki/daiquiri concept, tourist-heavy customer base, and live music-driven traffic. Directly comparable neighborhood competitor for both Captain Curt's Crab & Oyster Bar and the Sniki Tiki Bar.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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