City Island Seafood Shack
owners fi ght to stay afl oat
They count on you,
So count on us to
keep you going.
The City Island Seafood Shack, located at
2049 Williamsbridge Rd., is open daily from
12 p.m. to 9 p.m. serving fresh fi sh daily delivered
from the Fulton Fish Market.
Photo by Carlotta Mohamed
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BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
When City Island Seafood Shack
was opened for business in Morris
Park earlier this year in March, the
infl ux of customers exceeded the owners’
expectations.
“We were jammed. It was during
Lent,” said Susan Hayes, owner of City
Island Seafood Shack. “We’ve had a
great response from the community
and we thank them so much. They’ve
been friendly and supportive.”
However, since their initial reception,
the seafood joint, located at 2049
Williamsbridge Road, business has
been lagging, according to Hayes.
Now, Hayes and her 15-member
staff are working hard to reach old and
new customers and offer the best quality
service in the Bronx.
“We’re hoping that there will be
more customers during the winter,
which I think is our time since it’s the
holidays,” Hayes said.
A City Island resident for 51 years,
Hayes owns and operates a business
on the island as well, the City Island
Diner.
Hayes and her brother, John McGo-
wen, decided it was time to bring the
taste of City Island to mainland Bronx,
she said.
“There’s plenty of seafood on City
Island and we don’t need anymore
there,” Hayes said. “We thought it
would be a good idea, this way people
wouldn’t have to sit in traffi c or in the
winter when some of the stores are
closed, they can order here because we
deliver.”
Customers can place their orders
via delivery services such as Doordash,
Grub Hub and Uber Eats; on the
weekend, the shack delivers the orders
themselves — a service that is not provided
from City Island to the mainland.
However, Hayes said they encourage
customers to visit the takeout
shack, that has four wooden tables and
benches, where they can sit and have
a good meal in a warm friendly environment.
“It’s cheaper when you come here
and don’t have to pay for delivery services.
It’s a nice atmosphere,” Hayes
said.
The shack offers its delicious signature
dish, a low country boil, that
includes snow crabs, shrimp, clams,
mussels, sausage, corn on the cob, rice
and butter mixed with a special seasoning
boiled together.
Its biggest seller on the menu is
fried jumbo shrimp, along with seasoned
skin-on fries, Hayes said. Other
food items include: salmon, shrimp
scampi, and basket orders.
“We’re trying to emulate City Island
but we also want to do it a little shacky
with some lobster grilled cheese, mac
‘n’ cheese, little crab cakes and crab
cake sandwiches,” Hayes said.
The shack’s seafood dishes have
also been featured at the Bronx Night
Market. Additionally, Hayes has been
working on creating a strong social
media presence for the business, handing
out menu’s and mailings, as well.
They’re also looking forward to
preparing meals for the Feast of the
Seven Fishes, also known as The Eve,
an Italian-American celebration of
Christmas Eve which features a variety
of seafood dishes.
“We thought about expanding the
business but we’ll see how this venture
goes fi rst,” Hayes said. “We gotta
get this one off the ground fi rst.”
City Island Seafood Shack owner, Susan
Hayes. Photo by Carlotta Mohamed
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