Claw craze: Vote for your favorite South Florida spot for stone crabs. Here’s the Sweet 16

Mix up some mustard dip, South Florida, because it’s stone crab season.

Florida’s favorite seafood delicacy is on the menu again, running from Oct. 15 to May 1. So we want to know: Where is your favorite place in South Florida to get stone crab claws?

We asked you to nominate your favorites. And you gave us everything from old reliable spots to hidden gems, ranging from Miami-Dade to Broward County. So now we’ll take these favorites and put them head to head in our weekly poll — and you get to vote for a winner!

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We’ll cut the field in half every week until we crown the internet’s favorite place in South Florida to get stone crabs. Come back and vote every week. The poll is just for fun, totally unscientific and you can vote as many times as you like!

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On to the contestants!

Billy’s Stone Crab: This upscale restaurant and market offers sleek sit-down service, claws by the pound and overnight shipping. 400 North Ocean Dr., Hollywood

Blue Runner Seafood: This seafood truck based in North Miami offers a selection of seafood throughout the year, including ceviche and smoked salmon. 11338 Biscayne Blvd., North Miami

Captain’s Tavern: The late Bill Bowers, who everyone just called “the captain,” turned an old post office into a favorite seafood restaurant with an exhaustive wine list in a casual setting. 9625 S Dixie Hwy., Pinecrest

Catfish Dewey’s: The casual Fort Lauderdale spot has been a favorite of locals since it opened in 1984. 4003 N Andrews Ave., Ft. Lauderdale

Delaware Chicken Farm & Seafood Market: This butcher shop near the Hard Rock Cafe has been a South Florida favorite for fresh seafood and meats since 1951. 4191 State Road 7, Hollywood

FreshCo Fish Market & Grill: The tiny seafood restaurant named the best in all of Florida by “Eat This, Not That” has opened its second location in West Kendall. Original location: 12700 SW 122nd Ave., #113, Kendall. Hammocks location: 11510 SW 147th Ave., west Kendall

Fresh Florida Fisheries: This Red Road seafood market regularly carries a selection of fresh fish and has a full kitchen offering lobster and fish croquetas to conch critters. 2238 SW 57th Ave., West Miami

Fresh Market: With many South Florida locations and an inside track on quality, local seafood, it got several votes from Miami Herald readers.

Garcia’s Seafood Grill & Fish Market: This Miami River family-owned spot is a casual dockside restaurant for sit-down dining, and still offers a fresh, well-stocked market from its own fleet of fishing boats. 398 NW N River Dr., Miami

Golden Rule: The fish market, open since 1943 in Palmetto Bay, was well-loved not just as a market but for its tiki hut which was destroyed by a July 4 fire. But it is being rebuilt and there is still sit-down seating. 17505 S Dixie Hwy., Palmetto Bay

Holy Crab: Holy Crab is a pick-up and delivery service inside the MKT Kitchen in north Coral Gables. They also provide stone crab for the market’s weekend brunch. 1831 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Coral Gables

Joe’s Stone Crab: Open since 1913, Joe’s Stone Crab is a Miami Beach institution, a James Beard Award-winning restaurant known the world over. 11 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

Key Largo Fisheries: The market and cafe, situated right on the marina, brings in fresh catches every day and provides stone crabs to many of South Florida’s restaurants and fish markets. It also ships nationwide. 1313 Ocean Bay Dr., Key Largo

Milam’s Market: The grocery chain has been open since 1984 and has grown to five Miami-area locations, including West Miami, Coconut Grove and Miami Springs.

Stiltsville: This Sunset Harbour restaurant is well known for its fresh seafood and creative dishes, by “Top Chef” couple Janine Booth and Jeff McInnis, overlooking the intracoastal waterway and marina in Miami Beach. 1787 Purdy Ave., Miami Beach

Truluck’s: The local restaurant of the national chain is well-known for its devotion to a fresh selection of seafood, including stone crab claws during the season. 777 Brickell Ave., Brickell