2020 Established Shuckin’ Shack as a Uniquely Resilient Franchise. 2021 Is Shaping Up to Be the Brand’s Best Year Yet. 2020 Established Shuckin’ Shack as a Uniquely Resilient Franchise. 2021 Is Shaping Up to Be the Brand’s Best Year Yet. April 13, 2021 · · As the pandemic hit, Shuckin’ Shack doubled down on its key values to stay afloat. Now, its efforts have paid off and the franchise is leveraging a lucrative opportunity to cash in on pent-up demand for sit down restaurants. Shuckin’ Shack, the rapidly growing seafood restaurant franchise with 16 locations across five states, sailed through 2020’s many sink-or-swim tests and kicked off 2021 with some of the brand’s most impressive sales numbers to date. Now, the brand is taking full advantage of a year marked by substantial growth opportunities, as restaurateurs across the country search for winning concepts for the post-pandemic era.