Mighty Crab moving into Texas-side Hopkins site

TEXARKANA, Texas — The Mighty Crab, a Mississippi-based seafood restaurant, will reportedly occupy the Hopkins Icehouse location on Gibson Lane in the coming weeks.

“We are focused on every customer who comes through our doors. We want them to leave impressed by Cajun Seafood and excited to come back again,” their website states.

“We always meet the highest standards of quality and freshness. Our very own creative seasoning combined with our traditional style of cooking offer our customers unique tasting and flavorful dishes that they come back to enjoy,” The Mighty Crab website adds.

Calls to The Mighty Crab’s management were not returned.

Its original location is based in Jackson, Mississippi, according to the website. There is also a location in North Little Rock.

Hopkins owner David Jones told the Gazette last week they will still own the Gibson Lane property.

“The new operators are renting the entire building,” he said. “There will be some redesign to fit the new restaurant and some new equipment will be moved in. The Texas-side Hopkins will continue serving our customers until about mid-September. The new operators will be lining up licenses and permits during that time. They should open the new place about a month after that.”

Jones says all this will have no affect on the original downtown Texarkana location on the Arkansas side as it will continue operations as usual.

“Taking the long view of the finances, we decided this would be the best option,” Jones said. “This will scale back some of my day-today responsibilities. This has nothing to do with COVID and business remains good at both Hopkins locations. I just decided a scale-back at this time made sense.”

The current crew at the Gibson Lane Hopkins will remain in place for the new establishment, Jones said.