Red Crab Juicy Seafood opening Thursday in Fredericksburg

A seafood restaurant with 24 locations in the United States and more than 20 additional ones in the works plans to open Thursday in Fredericksburg’s Central Park shopping center.

Red Crab Juicy Seafood took over the restaurant space formerly occupied by Smokey Bones at 1801 Carl D. Silver Parkway. It will be open for dine-in and takeout.

Red Crab Juicy Seafood opened its original location in Florida more than five years ago “with the mission to offer tasty seafood in a friendly, casual, and fun atmosphere,” according to its website. The menu features an array of seafood including blue crabs, lobster tail, crab legs, shrimp, crawfish, clams and mussels.