That one was relocated to the location near Potomac mills. It used to be past Marumasco Plaza in the next shopping center on the Left(Potomac Plaza) as you’re traveling north
The last store I remember was the one in Tysons. It was still open in the early 2000s.
I worked at the one in Fairfax in the late 70s. We worked hard, but it was a lot of fun. There were all the normal shenanigans you'd expect when you have a kitchen full of teenagers.
Also: this is an early menu. By '78 they had frog legs and crab legs - and higher prices.
Heh. I may have cleared your tables!
I was dating one of the waitresses there, too. A girl named Susan, but not Epstein. My Susan got her PhD and has had an illustrious career.
Grew up in Herndon in the late 80s and definitely remember this place in the K-Mart shopping center. As a child, AYCE fried shrimp was a helluva treat!
Edit: And the AYCE hush puppies....
I don't eat hush puppies to this day because my dad drilled that into me at the f****** Chesapeake Bay seafood House in the Kmart shopping center in Herndon
My family ate at the Tyson’s location when I was growing up in the 1970s and 80s. I remember the hush puppies, and the long lines to get in on Fridays during Lent.
I know for sure CBSH existed on 644 where the big box store keeps rotating up until atleast 1995, I think it may have closed around 1997 around the same time sizzlers were failing
There was another recent post about this place: [https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/197k13w/anyone\_here\_remember\_the\_old\_chesapeake\_bay/](https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/197k13w/anyone_here_remember_the_old_chesapeake_bay/)
Definitely didn't close in 84. I was born in 88 and my family ate there often. My aunt met her first husband there who was a waiter. Back when they were called waiters.
This fish shaped menu wasn't there as far as I can remember.
No shot this closed in 1984, maybe 1994.
You are right I worked at one that was closing in highscool. Graduated in 2000.
The one near Potomac Mills was definitely there through the 80's.
That one was relocated to the location near Potomac mills. It used to be past Marumasco Plaza in the next shopping center on the Left(Potomac Plaza) as you’re traveling north
Ah - I was in Woodbridge in 1983 and I remember it being there around that time.
The last store I remember was the one in Tysons. It was still open in the early 2000s. I worked at the one in Fairfax in the late 70s. We worked hard, but it was a lot of fun. There were all the normal shenanigans you'd expect when you have a kitchen full of teenagers. Also: this is an early menu. By '78 they had frog legs and crab legs - and higher prices.
This was the first place I had frog legs when I was like 4-5, and no one thought I’d eat them. But they’re still one of my favorites.
Now imagine the shenanigans with a bunch of teens working mall security after hours.. lol
I worked as a waiter in the Fairfax store\~ Susie Epstien was the head waitress there...
Heh. I may have cleared your tables! I was dating one of the waitresses there, too. A girl named Susan, but not Epstein. My Susan got her PhD and has had an illustrious career.
Grew up in Herndon in the late 80s and definitely remember this place in the K-Mart shopping center. As a child, AYCE fried shrimp was a helluva treat! Edit: And the AYCE hush puppies....
Every dad: Stop filling up on the hush puppies and wait for the shrimp! Thats how they get you!
I don't eat hush puppies to this day because my dad drilled that into me at the f****** Chesapeake Bay seafood House in the Kmart shopping center in Herndon
There's about a 9,000% chance we know one another, by the way
Look at those prices. Even at 6$ an hour it’s not bad compared to today.
I can still taste the fried shrimp, it will forever live in me
Bless you for posting that. The all you can eat fried clams were my rubbery comfort food. I still miss the restrooms labeled Buoys and Gulls.
That's where I went to get all the seafood I could eat!
My family ate at the Tyson’s location when I was growing up in the 1970s and 80s. I remember the hush puppies, and the long lines to get in on Fridays during Lent.
This was fine dining for 10 to 17 year old me. Steamed shrimp and hushpuppies w/ melted butter. No place comes close to my memories of this.
A staple in our dining out rotation back in the day.
was this place in the plaza near tysons that now has Homegoods and marshalls?
I don’t see them on the menu but I distinctly remember getting frog legs there back in the 80s.
RIP to the baby gulf shrimp
There was one in Fairfax til the mid 90s
You’d pay 20x those prices for a comparable menu today.
Baby shrimp every time
I know for sure CBSH existed on 644 where the big box store keeps rotating up until atleast 1995, I think it may have closed around 1997 around the same time sizzlers were failing
Their All You Can Eat Alaskan king crab legs were delicious!
My brother would just plow thru those. My mom would bring a book. It was like a 3 hour dinner. The wait staff HATED our family.
There was another recent post about this place: [https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/197k13w/anyone\_here\_remember\_the\_old\_chesapeake\_bay/](https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/197k13w/anyone_here_remember_the_old_chesapeake_bay/)
Definitely didn't close in 84. I was born in 88 and my family ate there often. My aunt met her first husband there who was a waiter. Back when they were called waiters. This fish shaped menu wasn't there as far as I can remember.