Safe Harbor Seafood Market & Cafe

Safe Harbor Seafood Market
4378 Ocean St # 3,
Atlantic Beach, FL
(904) 246-4911‎

Unfortunately, they do not have a website with their menu posted, but here are their hours of operation:
9:00am to 5:30pm Monday to Thursday
9:00am to 6:00pm Friday and Saturday
Closed Sunday

Checked this place out at about 5 pm on Saturday, May 2, 2009. I have been wanting to go here a while and was excited to finally have the chance to check it out. It's right down the road from Singleton's Seafood Shack (also a great spot) in Mayport. I thought it was a sit-down restaurant, but was pleasantly surprised to find out it is a seafood market and a cafe/counter-order food spot.

We ordered shrimp and octopus ceviche $8 (basically means served cold in a light citrus dressing/marinade) which was mixed with a little cilantro and other spices and served with hot delicious tortilla chips. You get a nice portion and this was super tasty. We also ordered a side of hush puppies 5 for 99 cents and broiled sea scallops $8. All were awesome. For the sea scallops I was expecting just 4 or 5 by themselves but they came on top of a large bed of sauteed string beans and onions.

This place has a lot of charm... being able to walk around the expansive market side while waiting for your number to be called was enjoyable - you can see dozens of large fish on ice spread out. They had several varieties I have never even heard of before like Milk fish and Pompano. There is seating outside and inside to enjoy your food. Outside you can see some people's fresh catch of the day being cleaned and chopped up (the scraps being tossed to patiently waiting pelicans) and gaze at some of the old fishing boats.

They also serve buckets of beer, single beers, wine and wine by the bottle starting at just $11. Some of their other food offerings are fish sandwiches, fried shrimp and french fry platters, fish tacos and crab cakes. Great spot to head to after a day in the sun.

I would definitely go back here again to eat or to bring something fresh home to cook up myself.