{"id":201245,"date":"2026-03-22T09:26:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T09:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/201245\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T09:26:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T09:26:35","slug":"whiteys-fish-camp-changes-hands-after-63-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/201245\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitey\u2019s Fish Camp Changes Hands After 63 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After 63 years Whitey\u2019s Fish Camp, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whiteysfishcamp.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Place to Be Since 1963!<\/a>\u201d is moving forward under new ownership. Located at 2032 County Rd 220, Whitey\u2019s is a longstanding institution in the area\u2014in fact, it\u2019s Clay County\u2019s oldest restaurant\u2014and its new owners, the team at Harry\u2019s of America LLC, say not to worry\u2014all the things you love about Whitey\u2019s are staying as they are.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA couple of my partners in Harry\u2019s knew the owners from years ago,\u201d Louis Saig, founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/hookedonharrys.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry\u2019s<\/a>, told What Now on Wednesday. \u201cSo there won\u2019t be any big change. With the menu, we\u2019ve just reformatted it; it still has the good old fry plates. A few adds, a few changes, but still the same food.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jamabalaya, one of the favorites from the Harry\u2019s menu, will be making an appearance, said Saig, along with a She Crab Soup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited about the opportunity. We have such a history in this community, and we\u2019re glad to be a part of it. The family has done a great job all these years, and hopefully we can continue with their legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ownership has officially passed over to the Harry\u2019s team. At the end of the month, Whitey\u2019s will close briefly for a renovation that Saig describes as more of a \u201ctouch-up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The work will include \u201csome very minor touch-ups, a pain refresh, change out of a couple of pieces of equipment,\u201d Saig said in <a href=\"https:\/\/eu.jacksonville.com\/story\/entertainment\/dining\/2026\/03\/18\/clay-county-landmark-whiteys-fish-camp-sold\/89179770007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">coverage<\/a> on Jacksonville.com earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>You can keep up with Whitey\u2019s news by following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reelwhiteysfishcamp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@reelwhiteysfishcamp<\/a> on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After 63 years Whitey\u2019s Fish Camp, \u201cThe Place to Be Since 1963!\u201d is moving forward under new ownership.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-201245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}