Chowder
Ted's
The place
Chowder Ted's is a small, homey seafood fixture on Heckscher Drive — shrimp baskets, fish sandwiches, and beer on tap for the boat-ramp crowd. ★4.6 across 1,000+ reviews and no website, because the river is the address.
Heckscher Drive runs along the north bank of the St. Johns where Jacksonville stops feeling like a city — boat ramps, fish camps, and the ferry to Mayport. Chowder Ted's has been the food stop on that stretch for years: shrimp baskets, fish sandwiches, chowder that earns the name on the sign, and cold beer on tap.
The room is small and homey, the crowd is fishermen and families who just crossed on the ferry, and the ★4.6 across more than 1,000 reviews is the kind of rating a seafood shack only gets by frying to order. There's no website — this is a place you learn about from someone who just ate there, which is now us telling you.
What to expect
Order at the counter, grab a table, food comes fast. Shrimp baskets and the namesake chowder are the staples. Pairs perfectly with the Mayport ferry crossing or a day at Huguenot Park. Beer on tap. Check hours before a long drive out — river institutions keep their own schedule.
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