City Market, Inc

City Market, Inc The Golden Isles oldest wholesale-retail seafood business and last shrimp packing facility/dock for over 75 years!

1508 Gloucester St. City Market, Inc.

Brunswick, Georgia 31520

Monday-Saturday 8:30-6:00 represents a rich tradition of family involvement in the wholesale and retail seafood business. Since 1948 we have selected only the finest and most succulent shrimp in the sea. In fact, City Market is the seafood supplier of choice for many of Georgia's finest restaurants. Our reputation and our fresh shrimp have been the foundation for our long

-standing success. If you are looking for a seafood supplier for your business or home, City Market is the only choice for the best seafood.

Since I ran out of existing boats to post every day, I will start posting old boats and photos from the Brunswick once a...
08/30/2026

Since I ran out of existing boats to post every day, I will start posting old boats and photos from the Brunswick once a week. These are all from different time periods between the 1940s and 1990s. I don’t know as much about all of these but if anyone has anything of add please comment! Most of these photos came from Mr. Johnny Cross!

The Seahorse was built on the City Market Dock property, not sure what ever happened to her.

Miss Suzanne in Brunswick, owned my Johnny Cross Sr. at this time!

Miss Martin which I believe was later the Miss Suzann!

The Morning Star owned by Captain Robert Earl Knight. I think this boat is still around up in North Carolina.

The Cobia, which is one of the sister boats to the Bernice II. She was built a few years after the Bernice and was dismantled in the early 2000s.

The Miss Rhonda II, captain Mac Lipthratt

1940s Brunswick.

In front of Saint Simon’s lighthouse after a blessing of the fleet in the 1980s

The Bernice II working in St Andrews sound in the 1990s!

We are excited to announce that Captain Red’s City Market Brand Seasoning is officially here!After nearly 80 years in th...
08/22/2026

We are excited to announce that Captain Red’s City Market Brand Seasoning is officially here!

After nearly 80 years in the seafood business, we figured it was about time we put our name on a seasoning of our own!

Captain Red’s City Market Brand Seasoning is perfect for seafood, chicken, vegetables, popcorn, and just about anything else you can think of. We might be a little biased, but this stuff is hard to beat!

Come by City Market and grab some the next time you’re in the store and look out for other products to come!

The boat of the day: The Bernice II was built right here on the south end of the property where City Market Dock stands ...
08/20/2026

The boat of the day:

The Bernice II was built right here on the south end of the property where City Market Dock stands today by J. E. “Ed” Royall Jr. in 1944. She was built to replace the original Bernice, which was lost while working during World War II.

Ed Royall owned a company called Brunswick Towing and Marine Co. Right next door was Brunswick Marine, which was torn down during the war. The lumber from that building was used to build the Bernice II, along with two other boats around the same time—the Inca and a third boat whose name I can’t seem to remember. Both of those boats are gone and have been for decades.

The story goes that Ed Royall would build his boats, launch them, and if they floated, he would keep them. If they sank, he would scrap them.

The Bernice II obviously floated—and she’s still floating more than 80 years later.

In her early years, before becoming a shrimp boat, the Bernice II was used for work around Brunswick. She was involved in the construction of the original Sidney Lanier Bridge, the Jekyll Island Causeway, a ferry before the Jekyll Causeway, and work around the Brunswick shipyard around WWII.

Ed eventually sold the Bernice II to Leo Ross, who had also been his business partner at one time. Leo converted her into a shrimp boat and ran her along with his sons, Andy and Leo Ross.

In their early years, Leo Jr. and Andy would take the Bernice II down to New Smyrna Beach, following the shrimp. Back home, she became especially well known for sh*****ng St. Andrews Sound while most of the boats at the time fished St. Simons Sound.

Andy ran her for much of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. His brother Leo mostly cares for her these days, and today she is more of a show boat than a working shrimp boat.
But she is truly a piece of Brunswick history that not enough people know about. I’m trying to change that!

There isn’t a piece of fiberglass anywhere on her. She is still an old wooden boat, built from cedar and constructed right here on the Brunswick waterfront during World War II.

In 1975, there were 311 registered boats on the Brunswick waterfront.
Today, from that old fleet, there is one left.one. And it’s the Bernice II

Today’s boat of the day: The WarriorThe Warrior is one of those Today’s Boat of the Day: The Warrior was built in Savann...
08/20/2026

Today’s boat of the day: The Warrior

The Warrior is one of those Today’s Boat of the Day: The Warrior was built in Savannah in 1972 by Richard Lee and was named the Roger Boy, after Richard’s son. During those early years she worked out of Hilton Head, beginning a career that would eventually bring her down the coast and make her a familiar boat here in Brunswick. Captain Thurman Kern brought her here and renamed the Roger Boy the Red Tomato, where she continued sh*****ng today! Then, about 12 years ago, John Tyre bought the Red Tomato from Thurman and named her the Warrior. John has been around fishing practically his entire life. He started fishing when he was about ten years old with his father. He has had many boats over the years and now has the Warrior. A UGA and NOAA oral-history project even sat down with John aboard the Warrior to record his story and the history of the boat. She, along with the Dora F II are the two boats that come and go about every day. She is a good producer with a good captain and we look forward to many more years of seeing her come and go!

Today, I wanted pause our Boat of the Day posts to remember someone who was as much a part of City Market’s history as a...
08/18/2026

Today, I wanted pause our Boat of the Day posts to remember someone who was as much a part of City Market’s history as any boat that ever tied up at our dock. We are saddened to share the passing of Miss Ollie Mae Hillary, who died today at the age of 93, marking the loss of a member of the first generation of City Market. Ollie Mae began working here in the mid-1960s and quickly became part of our family. She was one of the first to peel and devein shrimp for City Market, sitting on wooden shrimp crates and peeling for Sea Island. That early work helped establish a tradition we still carry on today. Her role extended far beyond the market. She helped at the Georgia Fry House, cleaned Red’s home and offices, cared for his four daughters, and even cooked for family gatherings like Georgia-Florida weekends—Even occasionally serving Vince Dooley and Herschel Walker at Red’s house. Over the years, she remained a constant presence through four generations of the Stanford family, helping raise children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Ollie Mae continued working into her 80s and still stopped by in recent years to peel shrimp. Even when she wasn’t here, she stayed closely connected—calling to check on the family, asking about the market, and often knowing what was happening before we did. She would request things like fish, tomato plants, or a garden rake (though we’re still not sure who was using it). Sharp and engaged even at 93, she remained one of the most informed voices around City Market.
For more than 60 years, she witnessed every change here—through generations, employees, and seasons of both good and hard times—yet remained one of the constants that made this place feel like home.
Ollie Mae wasn’t just someone who worked here. She became part of City Market itself.
We will miss her calls, her stories, and the way she always kept us in line. Thank you, Miss Ollie Mae, for a lifetime of love, work, and devotion to City Market and our family.

Today’s Boat of the Day: The Dora F II The Dora F II, originally named the Miss Jackie, was built in 1980 for Mr. Jack B...
08/18/2026

Today’s Boat of the Day: The Dora F II

The Dora F II, originally named the Miss Jackie, was built in 1980 for Mr. Jack Brown of Darien, Georgia. For more than 40 years, she spent nearly her entire working life in Darien, unloading shrimp and becoming a familiar sight along the waterfront. The Brown family owned the Miss Jackie until the late 2010s, when she was purchased by Charlie Williamson and renamed the Sea to Sea. A cool part of her story is the fact that she is actually sunk and been brought back up! Charlie kept her docked outside his office in downtown Darien, where she was one of the few shrimp boats you could see on the left-hand side as you crossed the bridge into town. In 2024, after Johnny Bennett lost the original Dora F, a boat he had worked aboard for around 50 years, Johnny and his grandson Jonathan purchased the former Miss Jackie as a replacement. They brought her down to City Market Dock in Brunswick, renovated her, and gave her a fitting new name — Dora F II. After spending half a century on the Dora F, there probably wasn’t any question what Johnny was going to call his next boat!
The Dora F II has lived up to the name well. Johnny and Jonathan continue to fish her regularly today, keeping another piece of Georgia’s sh*****ng history alive.
You may also recognize her as the shrimp boat we take over to Sea Island for our Shrimp Boat Lowcountry Boils throughout the summer! The old Miss Jackie has found a whole new life as the Dora F II, and we hope Johnny gets another 50 years out of her!

Boat of the Day: The Joann B. She’s part time to Brunswick but one of the biggest producers! The Joann B. was built in 1...
08/14/2026

Boat of the Day: The Joann B.

She’s part time to Brunswick but one of the biggest producers! The Joann B. was built in 1967 by Yacht & Supply Company (RYSCO) for Jimmy Carmady of Beaufort, North Carolina. Nearly 60 years later, she is still working the East Coast under longtime owner and captain Joe Williams. Before the Joann B., Joe owned the Mr. Perry, which was lost after turning over and sinking in Florida with a load of scallops aboard. In 1988, Joe and his brother bought the Joann B. from an insurance company after she had been badly damaged in an explosion. Gas from bottles used for the stove had leaked into the engine room, and when the generator was cranked, the boat exploded. Tragically, Mr. Jimmy was killed. Joe and his brother rebuilt the Joann B., including a new cabin and rigging, and put her back to work. Joe later bought his brother’s share and has owned her ever since. Joe has fished the Joann B. all along the East Coast and began bringing her to Georgia shortly after buying her. In 1989, she started docking at Brent Thomas’s dock on St. Simons Island, beginning a connection with the Georgia coast that has lasted for more than 35 years. The Joann B. has had her share of close calls. In 2023, she nearly sank offshore of St. Simons, but Joe saved her and later had the entire bottom of the boat redone. And she is far from retired. After leaving Brunswick just a few weeks ago, Joe headed north and still takes the Joann B. all the way to Nantucket to flounder fish. After nearly four decades together, countless trips up and down the East Coast, an explosion, major rebuilds, and a near sinking, Joe and the Joann B. are still fishing. When asked how long he plans to keep going, Joe put it about as perfectly as anyone could: He wants him and the Joann B. to quit at the same time! Captain Joe Williams and the Joann B are legendary for sure!

Today’s boat: The Captain Snapper, this is one I haven’t talked about as much but she has been at City Market Dock since...
08/13/2026

Today’s boat: The Captain Snapper, this is one I haven’t talked about as much but she has been at City Market Dock since the 1990s! Her story began in Calabash North Carolina in 1976 when Billy Cox had her built as the Miss Calabash. Sometime in the 1980s she made her way to Brent Thomas’ dock on Saint Simons island (Yes there were shrimp docks on Saint simons!) At that time she was owned by Captain David Garcia and named the Miss Lubo after his wife. She actually sunk at Brents Dock and Bubba Daniels ended up with her and named her the Captain Snapper after his son Snapper Daniels. David Marsh owned her at one time and Bubba Daniels ended back up with her and eventually traded her for his legendary boat the Miss Tina, but eventually ended back up with her in the early 2000s. He jokes that he’s owned her 10 times! He sold her again in 2007 to her current owner Bubba Austin who still has her today!

Today’s boat: The Little Lloyd, She is the second-oldest boat in the City Market fleet. She was built in St. Augustine, ...
08/12/2026

Today’s boat: The Little Lloyd, She is the second-oldest boat in the City Market fleet. She was built in St. Augustine, Florida, by Captain Angelo Provenas in 1951 and was originally named the Melina F., alongside her sister boat, the Venus. She fished out of St. Augustine for years before making her way north to Darien sometime in the 1970s. Lloyd Crum bought her in the early 1990s and renamed her the Little Lloyd to go along with his other boat, the Fran and Lloyd. She remained in the Crum family for decades and was captained through the years by several familiar names, including Marcus McCall, Joseph Faucett, and David Marsh. Lloyd eventually sold the boat to his son Bubba Crum, who owned her until she was sold to David Santa Cruz this past year. David now captains her, and she still docks and unloads right here in Brunswick at City Market After decades of sh*****ng from St. Augustine to the Georgia coast, the Little Lloyd is still working today — and she’s without a doubt one of the toughest boats around! I am currently in contact with a couple of museums in St. Augustine that may have some photos and more info on her which I will share as soon as I get it!

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1508 Gloucester Street
Brunswick, GA
31520

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Monday 8:30am - 6pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 6pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 6pm
Thursday 8:30am - 6pm
Friday 8:30am - 6pm
Saturday 8:30am - 6pm

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