Joe's Crab Shack: Joe's Crab Shack trying to lease more of Daytona Beach Pier; Boardwalk businesses balk

DAYTONA BEACH - Joe's Crab Shack, the seafood restaurant that's been perched over the ocean for the past seven years, is hoping to lease out more of the city-owned pier.Since the Texas-based chain restaurant opened on the Daytona Beach Pier in June 2012, it has leased the middle of the nearly 100-year-old wooden span. Now the eatery known for its crab buckets and steam pots filled with mussels, lobster claws and shrimp is looking to expand and take over most of the western [...]