What) Giant Crab Gourmet Seafood Buffet would like people to come for its 170-item serve-yourself smorgasbord. But it concedes in its name that most people will know it for its Giant Crab. "Tommy" is 25 feet tall, 35 feet wide and weighs 4.5 tons. He was named for the restaurant's owner. With cartoon eyes, dimpled cheeks and a saucy sailor's cap, he appears to be saluting customers as they enter. "Hope you enjoy tearing off my family's legs!" Tommy is such an overwhelming presence that you may not even notice that the restaurant is flanked by a 50-foot-tall fake lighthouse on one side and a fully rigged life-size fake ship on the other. (1)

    Where) 9597 North Kings Highway    1-843-449-1097

    Why) I like seafood buffets and large outdoor statues.  I guess it's a good thing that most outdoor statues aren't edible.


































Here is the logo for the resaurant we went to. (2)















The food was not that great (considering the price).  Perhaps we should have gone to this other restaurant at 9448 Ocean Highway. (3)







Anyway, we arrived late and the weather was too cold for shorts so we didn't have much patience for pictures.







Here is Tommy in the light of day. (4)