After three years holding down a spot in the Orange Park Mall food court, Two Sisters and A Deviled Crab is packing up the fryers and heading back to the streets.
The Black-owned seafood counter announced Tuesday that it will close its mall location, with the final day of service set for this Saturday. The owners say the brick-and-mortar chapter is ending so they can pivot back to the food truck that started it all, wrapping up a run that began when the sisters grew their mobile operation into a mall counter.
In a social media post thanking customers for three years of support, the team wrote that “the doors may be closing, but our journey is far from over.” As noted by News4JAX, the sisters named Saturday as the last day in the food court and confirmed they plan to return to a food-truck model, though they have not said when regular truck stops will resume.
From truck to counter and back
Two Sisters and A Deviled Crab launched in early 2022 as a food truck from sisters Jo Neishia Johnson and Kiara Simons, who set out to bring Tampa-style deviled crab to the First Coast. According to a profile in FSR, the truck’s early popularity pushed the pair to open a small food-court counter inside Orange Park Mall roughly 15 months after the truck hit the road.
The mall setup let them broaden things beyond the signature deviled crab, adding sides, sandwiches and more seating while keeping the truck in play for events and catering gigs.
Orange Park Mall's shifting retail scene
The move comes as Orange Park Mall continues a broader shake-up under new ownership, with redevelopment plans that include reusing a long-vacant anchor space. A recent long-vacant Sears sale and other leasing moves show the mall is chasing fresh dining and service concepts.
For small operators like Two Sisters and A Deviled Crab, those shifting leases and changing foot-traffic patterns can make the lower overhead and flexibility of a food truck more appealing than a fixed food-court counter.
What's next
The sisters are asking regulars to swing by before the doors close and used their farewell message to thank the patrons who “became family” during their mall run. News4JAX reports they have not shared a timetable for when the truck will return to a steady pop-up schedule.
Fans eager for their next deviled crab fix are being directed to the business’s social channels and the restaurant's website for future pop-up dates and catering availability.
