Photo Post 22: Repurposed Shrimp Boats in Smyrna GA

A couple of months ago, I spent two hours on a Sunday morning driving around some well-worn corridors in Cobb County, taking some photos for Not Fooling Anybody – all of you should do that – and I was reminded that I had been intending to come by on a Sunday and get some more pics of Dupsie’s, a clothing store on South Cobb that had once been a Shrimp Boats. The building was erected in 1970.

After the Shrimp Boats failed, it remained vacant for a few years before a hi-fi shop called Sound Hound moved in. Sound Hound was here for most of the 1980s, and a barbecue place called Down East was here in the late 1990s. I’m not sure of any other tenants before Dupsie’s moved in.

It was a nice day to drive around and take pictures. Kind of a peaceful and pleasant way to spend a couple of hours just after sunrise, really.

Previously in the Shrimp Boat series:
Overview and Milledgeville GA location
Monterrey (former Buford Hwy, Doraville GA location)
Durham NC location
Gastonia NC location
Rome GA location
Patrick’s Sub Shop (former Collier Rd, Atlanta GA location)
Instaloan (former Lawrenceville Hwy, Decatur GA location)
Ming’s Chinese Restaurant (former Valdosta GA location)
Lancaster SC location
Rock Hill SC locations
El Pollo Dorado (former Sandtown Rd, Marietta GA location)
Sunray and Motor Point (former Tarpon Springs / Orlando locations)

You can see all the restaurants that we have visited for our blog on this map, with links back to the original blog posts. It’s a terrific resource for anybody planning a road trip through the southeast!