Shrimp Hut

I pass this place often in the evening, on my way from work to home, yet I’ve just never stopped. Why? Mostly because I try not to eat deep-​fried stuff… it’s just too delicious. Today though… it’s PI DAY! And that calls for a celebration, evidently of the deep-​fried nature (I make the rules up as I go).
I walked in and saw bright, freshly painted walls, a checkerboard floor, 7 yellow chairs, and a small bullet resistant glass window. During the 10 minutes I waited for my food to be freshly fried, I chatted with another customer. The lady told me she’s been going to Shrimp Hut for 30, maybe 40 years and it was still the same family. She said she’d followed them «all over town» (there are other locations). She also said the only shrimp she’d had that was better was AT LEAST 30 years ago, at a place that wouldn’t serve blacks… so she’d only been there once, when her white coworkers brought her for lunch & threatened to leave if she wasn’t served «My how times have changed…» Then her order was ready and we said good-​bye.
I had the perch & shrimp lunch special. For under $ 6 (including tax) I received a small lemonade, crinkle fries, 2 breaded pieces of perch, 3 medium+ battered shrimp, 2 pieces of white bread (not restaurant grade… softer), and an assortment of condiments (hot sauce, cocktail sauce, mustard, ketchup). It was SO GOOD! Really hot & fresh and this was the real shock: not greasy despite being fried. The shrimp were tasty and not tough with just the right amount of batter. Breading on the perch was light and not overcooked.
The loan employee I interacted with greeted me, was polite, and answered my questions. Several desserts and side dishes are available as well as whiting, catfish, oysters, and frog legs.
There’s no place to eat-​in so be prepared to have a car picnic or find a park… there’s decent green space at the corner of 23^rd & New Jersey with benches and lots of grass, and there are picnic tables in front of the Oaks Academy charter school (23^rd & Broadway-​ish).