Star Fish Company Market & Restaurant

08/31/2026

Be sure to visit us this week before the doors close! We will look forward to welcoming you back when we re-open on Monday, September 21st.

08/29/2026

08/28/2026

Our annual closure is coming up fast!
Please note that we will be completely closed from September 7th through September 20th so that our team can rest and recharge.

08/26/2026

National Dog Day 2026

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If your looking for a dog check out out local shelters.

08/24/2026

Fresh Hog Snapper in the market today!! 26.95 lb.

08/22/2026

Good morning from Cortez.

08/22/2026

Did You Know? Stone Crabbers Also Fish for Lobster

Everglades City is proudly known as the Stone Crab Capital of the World, but generations of local commercial fishermen have rarely depended on just one harvest. Making a living on these waters has always required knowledge of the seasons, the fisheries, and the ability to adapt.

This photograph shows the Star Gazer (top), owned by Burt Brown, at Chokoloskee. Built in Fort Myers in 1929 by the Williams brothers, the Star Gazer was one of the few surviving boats from the 1920s that, at the time of this photograph, had “constantly been used by its owner as a fishing boat.”

That same tradition of fishing through multiple seasons continues today.

This recent photograph of the commercial fishing vessel Strictly Business (bottom), out of Everglades City, shows a boat best known for stone crabbing loaded instead with lobster traps as Florida’s commercial spiny lobster season gets underway. The 43-foot Torres was built in Key West and is owned and operated by Captain Shannon Dudley. For many stone crabbers, the end of one fishing season does not mean the end of work on the water, it means preparing for the next fishery.

For generations, fishing families from Chokoloskee and Everglades City have fished the Ten Thousand Islands, Marathon, and the Florida Keys, moving between fisheries as seasons, markets, and opportunities changed. Stone Crab, Lobster, Mackerel, Mullet, Pompano, Blue Crab, Grouper, Shrimp, and other species have all played a role in keeping families on the water.
The knowledge required to make a living from these waters continues to be passed from one generation to the next. For more than a century, the strength of Everglades City’s commercial fishing community has not rested on a single species. It has been built on the knowledge, resilience, and adaptability of the families who continue to make their living on the water.

Visit the Museum of the Everglades to learn more about the history of our fishing industry.
Museum of the Everglades is open Tuesday through Saturday, 9am to 4pm and is located at 105 West Broadway Avenue in Everglades City, Florida. Admission is always free.

08/19/2026

GUYS!!!! We have ready to eat Gulf pink shrimp in the market, come get some. they are cooked to perfection.

: 12306 46th Ave W. Cortez, Fl 34215
: 941-794-1243

08/18/2026

Buy fresh locally caught whole fish @ Star Fish Company Market & Restaurant and then have it scaled right on the spot, is a wonderful way to get dinner ready for home.

Come check out what we have today!

12306 46th Ave W. Cortez, FL 34215
941-794-1243