Restaurants

CAPTAIN CATOCTIN’S GETS FUN NEW NAME

The Maryland-style crab house is under construction in downtown Leesburg.

Loudoun seafood lovers have been eagerly awaiting the opening of the new Captain Catoctin’s Crab House & Garden in downtown Leesburg. But it turns out, the restaurant has changed its name — for a tongue twister that’s even more fun to say.

The Maryland-style crab house coming to 14 Loudoun Street SE is now officially known as Captain Catoctin’s Crabs & Concoctions, putting an emphasis on the food and drinks rather than the location.

Captain Catoctin’s is the brainchild of Loudoun County residents Dave Miller and Nils Schnibbe. We reached out to them to ask about the name change. Apparently, Dave loves alliteration and rhymes (we do too), and they felt the name was more fun (we do too).

No official date for when the restaurant will open — they have hit a few delays. (Starting a restaurant is hard work with lots of unexpected hiccups.) But area crab lovers are keeping the faith and patiently waiting for Captain Catoctin’s to open its doors.

1 Comment
  1. Jim A. 7 years ago

    I’m really looking forward to the opening, but expecting it to be crowded for a long time.
    The local crab houses have issues I hope CCC&C can avoid: Lowry’s was great at one point but they started charging for large crabs and you got small crabs- I believe they just got a little too cocky. Their servers are usually very nice though.
    Captain Ma’s is just way too expensive and is really not set up like a crab restaurant with small tables that get overcrowded and you feel like you are smothering.
    I’ve stopped going to both those places and gone back to Blue Ridge Seafood, which is a long drive so I’m really looking forward to the new place.

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