Shuckin’ Shack’s charbroiled oysters can be topped with parmesan cheese, garlic and bacon. Credit: ShuckinShackOysterBar / Facebook

Wesley Chapel’s newest culinary concept is getting ready to open its doors.

Tampa Bay’s debut Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar opens at 25026 Wesley Chapel Blvd. sometime in September, although its original opening date was in August to coincide with National Oyster Day.

The North Carolina-based restaurant is known for its menu of seafood favorites like po’boys, shrimp and grits, lobster grilled cheeses and shrimp, snow crabs, mussels and clams by the dozen or half-pound. Family-style options include its “Low Country Boil” of steamed shrimp, sausage, potatoes and corn and its “Saul T Steam Pot” loaded with oysters, clams, snow crab legs and shrimp.

And since oysters are the star of the show, they can be ordered raw, steamed or charbroiled at Wesley Chapel’s soon-to-open Shuckin’ Shack.

A full menu of specialty cocktails—including raw “oyster shooters”—joins its spread of casual, seafood-heavy fare.

In addition to Wesley Chapel’s upcoming Shuckin’ Shack, there are other locations of the North Carolina-based company opening in downtown Ocala and the greater Space Coast area. Florida’s only Shuckin’ Shack restaurant has been open in Ocala since late 2021.

The opening of Wesley Chapel’s new 4,162 square-foot oyster bar—complete with an outdoor patio—was announced last fall.

According to a press release, Wesley Chapel’s Shuckin’ Shack will be open from 4 p.m.-10 p.m. for the first few weeks of its soft opening phase and will eventually expand its operating hours.

For the latest information on Shuckin’ Shack’s grand opening this fall, head to its Facebook or Instagram, both at @shuckinshackwesleychapel.

UPDATED at 2 p.m. 7/28/23: The company has pushed back its opening until September, according to an updated press release.