In the comments yesterday, a reader asked about Ham’s Seafood. He had never ventured in and wondered what it is all about.
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Ham’s is a great find! It is both a restaurant and a fish market. In my opinion, it smells like a fish market, so I have never stayed for the restaurant part. I have a sensitive sniffer. My friends that go love it though.
One of my favorite recipes (A shrimp and orzo dish) requires a good many peeled and deveined shrimp. As much as I love shrimp, I do not love peeling or deveining raw shrimp. Ham’s Seafood will peel and devein them FOR YOU. This is one of the greatest services offered in Florence. I do generally call ahead and give them my order, but if you just want shrimp still in the shell you can drop in anytime. (Currently medium shrimp are $9.16 a pound tax included and large are $12.22 a pound tax included.) That is only a little more than we pay in Charleston to get them straight off the boat.
This business has been around as long as I can remember. I remember my mom dragging me there when she had to run errands. She did always buy me a coca-cola for going with her… and the can always smelled a little fishy!
Get your pots and pans out, check out my favorite recipe and swing by Ham’s for the shrimp!
2215 W Palmetto St
Florence, SC 29501-4045
(843) 662-0111
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thanks, flossip. i’ll have to give ham’s a try. nice to know they’ve been around a while.
This is one of our fave recipes, too!
Hams is good stuff! You will smell like grease when you leave…