Where To Eat In Port Orange, Florida
It is Saturday, and we are going over Dunlawton Ave. Bridge going home. At the foot of the bridge there is a guy with a big sign, and while we are waiting for a green signal, we read it. It invites to a Grand Opening of a Crab House under the bridge.
And out of the blue my wife turns to me and says she would like to go. She loves seafood, and crabs, but she is not a going out person, so this was sort of unexpected. Anyway, we turn and go under the bridge and here it is, Oyster Bay Crab House at: 65 Dunlawton Ave., Port Orange, FL 32127.(386) 304-0048.
It is only around 1 PM, and there is still plenty of parking.
I ordered Mussels, and Olga had Snow Crab legs. Food was plenty and food was good. Several times we could here people walk in, asking something and leaving after being told that they ran out of something, and that it would be on Tuesday.
Puzzled, we ask the owner, Ingrid McClellan what is so sought for on their menu, that they do not have and will not have until Tuesday. 
Turned out it was about employment applications, which they ran out of. So, no, everything was fine with the menu. We really did not miss anything.
Ingrid and her husband Robert took over this place just recently. There was a gentlemen establishment and before it used to be a seafood restaurant, at one time quite successful, but then it was sold, and eventually lost business…
Restaurants are tricky business. But Ingrid is not new to this business, so I really hope they will be doing well here. She picked an accent and asked us where we were originally from. Turned out her mom is Latvian, and Ingrid used to speak Latvian, but hasn’t had any practice for a very long time. Isn’t it interesting how small the world is?
We left with a good feeling about this old/new venture. Their food is good and their portions are larger than their prices (at least for lunch menu).
Good place to east seafood in Port Orange. We will be back, Ingrid.
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