restaurantThe Profit · Season 8, Episode 7 · Aired September 21, 2021
The Crabby Shack
Brooklyn, New York
It is still up and running.
What happened after
Seafood restaurant ('Women owned - 12 years in business'), Franklin Ave location; offers indoor/outdoor dining, pickup, delivery, and nationwide shipping via Goldbelly.
What happened on the show
The Crabby Shack was a crab restaurant in Brooklyn that two best friends had started, and Marcus was excited about its possibilities, seeing in it, at first glance, the makings of the next great chain. As he dug deeper, though, he uncovered the owners' inner soft spots and insecurities, and the real work of the episode became helping the two women fulfill their potential and take the restaurant to the next level. It was a warmer Profit case, a genuinely promising concept whose ceiling was tied to the founders' confidence as much as to any operational fix. Marcus's approach centered on building the systems a scalable restaurant needs while coaching the owners past the insecurities that held them back. The food and the friendship behind it were real assets, which made the founders' belief in themselves as central to the outcome as the business fundamentals ever were.
After the cameras left
The Crabby Shack is still open. The women owned seafood restaurant, marking around 12 years in business, operates from Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn, offering indoor and outdoor dining, pickup, delivery, and nationwide shipping through a gourmet food marketplace, with a Facebook following in the thousands. We confirmed the live ordering and shipping options directly. The promising restaurant the episode profiled is clearly thriving and has even expanded its reach. Confirmed operating as of 2026, high confidence.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.
What is there now
Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.