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Im honestly surprised they have done as well as they have for so long in my area of the Midwest. They used to advertise ALL the time back in the 80s. They were much newer back then and our options for seafood were much much lower.

Their food was middle of the road. Most people had an item they really liked but most of it was just serviceable. But for our area they were fairly expensive but they still did well.

But all these years later there are more seafood options, better places, better value. A casino opened up that has a killer buffet that always offers really good shrimp, fried and also unbreaded/cold. They offer crab legs, lobster on certain nights, all kinds of good seafood along with the rest of the buffet for cheap pricing.

You can never compete with a casino because they will take a loss on the food just to get you in the door. Im shocked the local red lobster is still open because ever since the casino opened the red lobster parking lot is almost always empty.

I always thought they would die out in the Midwest long ago. And when I was in the Navy on the East Coast where we had real seafood places I honestly dont know how they did business. I guess even when you have good burger places some people still go to McDonalds so I guess it shouldnt be that surprising.