Shrimp Dock in Farragut closes its doors
“After many wonderful years, we have made the difficult decision to close our doors,” the note stated. “We are incredibly grateful for your loyal support and all the memories we’ve shared,” it continued. “Thank you for being part of our journey. Please visit one of our other two locations: 5210 Kingston Pike [Bearden] and 321 S. Calderwood St. [Alcoa].”
“Our lease ended on [Wednesday], Dec. 31, and it was the slowest of the three locations,” The Shrimp Dock district manager Lucia Keen said. “We are looking for another third location in Knox County, but we have not found that yet.
“It was a hard decision,” Keen said about closing the store. “We had extended the lease one time already, and the landlord just needed something that was more permanent, a longer lease, than what we wanted to do at that location with our sales.
“He [the landlord] needed security, and it just didn’t make sense for us,” she added.
The Shrimp Dock has been in that Farragut location for 17 years, when founder Phil Dangle, who purchased the original Bearden store from its founder, Capt. Paul Willis, who started the Bearden store in 1993.
Then, Dangle and wife Becky decided to retire and sold The Shrimp Dock on May 9, 2022, to Randy Burleson, who owned former Aubrey’s in Farragut.
“I was 75 years old in January,” Phil Dangel said in 2022. “It’s time to fade away.”
The shops supply fresh fish and seafood, along with cooking instructions, seasonings, soups, dips, spreads, sauces, sides and more to their communities in its market, as well as serve up po’boys and dinner plates in its restaurants.
The locations in Bearden and Alcoa remain open and serving customers. The Bearden location is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday and Saturday; from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday; and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The Alcoa store is open from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Wednesday and Saturday; from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday and Friday; from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
