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What: These pretty, sweet-tasting crab claws are perhaps Florida’s most sustainable seafood, thanks to a strict harvesting season (roughly Oct. 15-May 15), laws prohibiting fishermen from taking the whole crab, and the crab’s ability to regenerate its claws fully within a year or two. But while Miami has the state’s most famous purveyor of stone crabs, the Keys are ground zero for their harvesting—which means they’re more plentiful and, even better, cheaper down here.

Where: Marathon Key’s Keys Fisheries Market & Marina (3502 Gulf View Ave., Marathon) sources the prized claws to Joe’s Stone Crab in Miami, so you know the product is super fresh. While there’s no tuxedoed waiters here—it’s more like counter service and picnic tables—the prices are low, tables are usually available, and you get to crack claws on the water, a stone’s throw from the boats that haul them in. Bonus: In the parking lot, there’s a sweet second-story glass-fronted bar overlooking the water.

When: Daily, 11am-9pm (Stone crab claws are offered only in season.)

Order: Choose from medium, select, large, or jumbo claws; we went with a half-pound of the “selects” ($10.95, three claws), finding them a perfect appetizer size. The chilled claws are served pre-cracked with a mustard-based dipping sauce, though unusually, you can request the claws hot here—or try the stone crab meat in a chowder ($4.95). This place is rightfully proud of its seafood, so don’t miss its other local favorites, especially the hard-to-come-by golden crab.

Alternatively: Between October and May, you’ll see these claws at lots of seafood-centric restaurants and markets in the Keys, from Fish Tales Market & Eatery (11711 Oceanside Hwy/MM 53, map), also in Marathon, and Key Largo’s Mrs. Mac’s Kitchen (99336 Overseas Hwy/MM 99.4, map) to Key West’s Half Shell Raw Bar (231 Margaret St., map). Prices tend to be a bit higher in Key West.