Best of Davidson County: Dispatch readers share where to eat the best seafood

Jill Doss-Raines, The Dispatch

December 1, 2021 at 7:28 AM·3 min read

Lou's Lou's Seafood was voted the best place in Davidson County to eat seafood. Pictured is one of the restaurant's low country seafood boils which includes snow crab legs, shrimp and lobster tail.

Fried, boiled, grilled or sauteed Davidson County residents love a plate of steaming seafood.

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Davidson County residents recently shared in a social media poll their favorite local places to eat seafood. There was a tie for fifth place.

One of the newest seafood restaurants in the county — Lou Lou's Seafood — took top honors. Chef Nailah Curry's mark on the local seafood scene is she brought low country seafood boils to Lexington. Most of the county restaurants serve fried seafood platters.

In the upcoming weeks, we will ask Dispatch readers to tell us about their favorite locally-owned businesses in a variety of categories through posts on social media. We hope to highlight some of our readers’ favorites such as the best lunch spot, the best pizza place, the best women’s clothing boutique and more.

We’ll create a list of the top five (or more if there are ties) based on our readers’ votes and tell you a little more about each business. Check back weekly on The Dispatch Facebook and Twitter page to see which Reader's Choice category we’re highlighting next. Look this week for social media posts asking readers where are the best places to buy Christmas gifts in Davidson County.

Here are the reader's choice results for the best local restaurants to seafood.

Lou Lou's Seafood in Lexington is one of the newest seafood restaurants in Davidson County serving seafood and already considered the best place to eat seafood in the county. (Nov. 29, 2021)

1. Lou Lou's Seafood

Address: 514 N. Main St., Lexington

Business Hours: 4-8 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday; 2-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday

Price Point: $$$

Known For: "I just tried the B combo with only butter. It was delicious! It had a pound of shrimp, a lobster tail and a pound of snow crab. It also had potatoes, sausage, deviled egg and corn. Plenty of food for several people. Yummy! " - Facebook commenter Denise Stewart McLemore

Fried shrimp and scallops are pictured at Skipper's Seafood Restaurant in Thomasville.

2. Skipper's Seafood

Address: 8614 E. U.S. Highway 64, Thomasville

Business Hours: 4-8:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday; 4-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 3-8:30 p.m. Sunday

Price Point: $$

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Known For: "... The salmon over rice & broccoli with the special house sauce, the stuffed salmon w/ Maryland style crab cake stuffing, and the broiled platters are wonderful!!" - Facebook commenter Wendy Everhart Hill

Shrimp scampi is pictured at Ocean View Seafood.

3. Ocean View Seafood

Address: 1803 Cotton Grove Road, Lexington

Business Hours: 4-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 3-9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday

Price Point: $$

Known For: "Love their shrimp and flounder " - Facebook commenter Rhonda Doby

4. Steven's Restaurant

Address: 11154 N. N.C. Highway 150, Lexington, (Arcadia community)

Business Hours: 6-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday

Price Point: $$

Known For: "Flounder and shrimp plate. They are cooked just right and they give you a lot on your plate. " - Facebook commenter Pete Leonard

5a. The Village

Address: 52 N. Main St., Denton

Business Hours: 5 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday

Price Point: $$

Known For: "The Village in Denton, has some awesome seafood." - Facebook commenter Melissa Byerly

5b. Southern Lunch

Address: 26 S. Railroad St., Lexington

Business Hours: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday-Friday

Price Point: $

Known For: Mahi Mahi, salmon, seabass, deviled crab, oysters.

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- Jill Doss-Raines is The Dispatch trending topics and personality profiles senior reporter and is always looking for tips about businesses and entertainment events, secret and new menu items, and interesting people in Davidson County. Contact me at jill.doss-raines@the-dispatch.com and subscribe to us at the-dispatch.com.

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1. Lou Lou's Seafood

2. Skipper's Seafood

3. Ocean View Seafood

4. Steven's Restaurant

5a. The Village

5b. Southern Lunch

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