With the Shrimp Shack Seafood Kitchen under renovation at southeast Beach Boulevard and San Pablo Road, the city is reviewing sign permits for the restaurant.
Southeastern Lighting Solutions is the contractor for the seven sign permits for “Shrimp Shack” estimated at $19,200.
The applications comprise permits for a ground sign and for six wall signs at the restaurant at 14440 Beach Blvd.
The city issued a permit May 14 for an exterior and interior remodel of the 3,307-square-foot building at a project cost of $750,000. The property’s construction site is fenced.
Vantage Contracting Inc. of Jacksonville is the contractor.
The fast-food structure was built in 2002 as KFC.
The site is at Intracoastal Plaza anchored by Publix Super Markets Inc. Le Petit Paris French Cafe opened nearby in the space that was Hakka Kitchen, House of Leaf & Bean and originally a Taco Bell built in 1997.
MyShrimpShack.com says the 14440 Beach Blvd. site is temporarily closed and under renovation, with a new look coming in 2025. The building was gutted.
“An all-new look is coming to our Jacksonville Beach location! We’re so excited to bring some fresh flavor to our amazing Jax Beach patrons. Please pardon our dust!”
Shrimp Shack owners Nader and Fadi Abosini bought the Beach Boulevard property from KFC Corp. for $425,000 in November 2014.
The site says the brothers, Nate and Fred, “found their recipe for success in Shrimp Shack.”
The first opened at 646 Blanding Blvd. in Orange Park.
“Our family has been in the seafood restaurant business for generations starting with our father’s first restaurant and market in the early nineties,” says the site.
“In 1996, our family opened our first seafood restaurant on the Westside of Jacksonville where we learned all about creating the perfect atmosphere with the right kind of service to enjoy fresh and delicious seafood,” it says.
“When we set off to start our own place, we knew we could offer the same level of service and quality of a sit-down restaurant, but in a faster, more approachable environment. In 2010, we opened the first Shrimp Shack in Orange Park, Florida.”
The Orange Park restaurant opens at 11 a.m. daily, closing at 9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 10 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
The menu includes appetizers, salads, sandwiches, dinners, combos, desserts, kids meals, side orders and beverages.
Dinners, starting at $13, include shrimp, scallops, fish and chicken strips.
Nate Abosini, listed as the owner on the permit permission to obtain permits, has not responded to an email for comment.