re: Where To Get Raw Shrimp In Orange Beach?

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Not for shrimp I wouldn’t, and I love Joe Patti’s. But they have a weird practice of keeping their shrimp in cold water, rather than on ice. It results in a mushy, waterlogged shrimp imo. But everything else there is fantastic and watching those Asians slicing and dicing those fresh fish is a sight to see.

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That water is ice water and I don’t think those shrimp sit in that water very long. I’ve never noticed mushy shrimp and I go there 1-2 times a week. They sell so much seafood so fast I don’t think those girls have time to pick out ice to weigh your shrimp. Old man Patti wants you in and out of there fast as possible. Him giving those girls hell is funny to me. That old man will get on the customers arse for not sticking their hand up in the air when their number is called. That’s part of the charm to me is Mr. Patti cutting up. That place is busier than a McDonald’s on Saturday night. Speaking of Vietnamese I saw 2 Vietnamese carrying a huge tuna in there the other day. I bet that fished weighed 200 pounds dressed. I think the world record for yellowtail tuna is a little over 400 pounds. I don’t have a clue what that tuna weighed before dressed but it had to have weighed a good bit more than me.