James Jones, known to his friends as "Bones," has worked at Joe's Stone Crab on Miami Beach for most of his life -- forty-seven years and counting. He worked his way up from bussing tables to being Captain in the dining hall. In a recent conversation for the Miami Beach Visual Memoirs Project, Mr. Jones talked about his career at Joe's and those early days when Jesse Weiss was running the family business and workers had to be off the island by 11 PM.
The Miami Beach Visual Memoirs Project is funded by the Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority.