Catch and Release: Giant Shrimp Returns | Local News | The Daily News

Oct 15, 2024

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Visitors to Seawall Boulevard in Galveston will notice the reappearance of a familiar island icon, the giant shrimp statue that graces the top of Nick’s Kitchen & Beach Bar.

The massive fiberglass crustacean, which was damaged by the battering winds of Hurricane Beryl in July, has spent the past months being repaired at J.P. Fiberglass Repairs in La Marque and made its triumphant return to the restaurant’s rooftop Friday.

— Stuart Villanueva

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