Cheap fish can come with a catch. According to a creator who posts as @Retailure, inspectors shut down a Captain D’s in Jacksonville for rodents in July, and the chain still sells a fish meal for $5.99. He opens his video with the other end of the market too, where he says thousands of people heading out to fish fries are “paying $30 for fried fish and potatoes.”
His verdict on that number was blunt. “It is a ransom note,” he says. It is hard to argue that $30 for a plate of fried fish and fries sits comfortably with most family budgets, especially when you add a drink and a tip.
The Jacksonville Closure
Here is what the creator says the Florida records show. Inspectors shut down a Captain D’s in Jacksonville on July 28 after finding rodents. They logged three high severity violations, which he explains is the label for the risks most likely to make a customer sick. It was the second emergency closure in that store’s history…