The Crab Cooker

The Crab Cooker
The original Crab Cooker building as seen from Newport Blvd in 2007
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Restaurant information
Established1951[1]
Owner(s)Jim Wasko[2]
Previous owner(s)Bob Roubian
Food typeSeafood Restaurants
Street addressCorner of 22nd & Newport Blvd[3]
CityNewport Beach
StateCalifornia
Postal/ZIP Code92663
CountryUnited States
Coordinates33°36′36″N 117°55′41″W / 33.6100°N 117.9281°W / 33.6100; -117.9281
ReservationsNo
Other locationsTustin, California (1992)
Websitewww.crabcooker.com
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The Crab Cooker is a popular Southern California restaurant specializing in seafood that is located at 22nd Street and Newport Boulevard in Newport Beach on the Balboa Peninsula. In 1969, Venture Magazine rated it as one of the top two restaurants in the world.[4]

The restaurant is known for its Manhattan-style clam chowder, skewers of scallops, crab and lobster entrees, oysters, crab and shrimp cocktail, salmon fillet and other fresh fish.[5]

  1. ^ "History". Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Davis, Hillary (December 27, 2019). "Newport Beach's landmark Crab Cooker draws closer to reopening". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ "Grub Guide". OC Weekly. August 2, 2007. Archived from the original on November 29, 2019.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference OCMetro was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Reger, John (June 13, 2007). "RESTAURANT REVIEW: The Crab Cooker will reel you in". Daily Pilot.