Jessica Junker and Tony Misenor split their time between Florida and Stillwater.

Jessica Junker and Tony Misenor, the owners of D.J.’s Clam Shack and No-Neck Tony’s in downtown Stillwater. (Courtesy of Jessica Junker)

Now the couple who own No-Neck Tony’s in downtown Stillwater are bringing a piece of Key West to the St. Croix River Valley.

Their fast-casual seafood restaurant, D.J.’s Clam Shack, opens Friday, Oct. 11, at 221 E. Myrtle St., right next to their bar at 231 E. Myrtle St.

D.J.’s Clam Shack, which opened on Duval Street in Key West in 2009, has three locations in Florida and four in New York. Stillwater will be the restaurant’s first foray into the Midwest, Junker said.

“D.J.’s had just always been a favorite, and we thought it would be cool to have something like that in our hometown,” Junker said. “I love the fact that you can get really amazing food without feeling like you have to dress up and have a ‘fine-dining’ experience. It’s a more casual place.”

D.J.’s Clam Shack, which has twice been featured on Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” is known for its seafood, particularly its Maine lobster rolls, conch fritters, Mahi Mahi tacos and the garlic-steamed Middle Neck clams.

“Favorite item on the menu? I probably would have to say the steamed clams and the garlic butter,” Junker said.

D.J.’s Clam Shack has six tables for patrons who want to dine in, Junker said. Patrons also can take their food to go.

The restaurant doesn’t have a liquor license, but patrons can order at the counter and then take their food over to No-Neck Tony’s next door for “dinner and a cocktail,” Junker said. Patrons at No Neck Tony’s also can order from D.J.’s via a QR code on their phone, or via an electronic ordering kiosk.

No-Neck Tony’s — named for Misenor — opened in 2011. “My husband is Italian, and friends and family always used to joke that he didn’t have a neck,” she said. “It just kind of stuck.”

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One room in DJ’s Clam Shack is devoted to the Nuestra Señora de Atocha, which is considered the “world’s most valuable shipwreck,” Junker said. Her parents, Jim and Deb Junker, the former owners of Junker Sanitation Services, were among the initial investors, along with Johnny Carson, in the quest to find the Spanish galleon, which sunk to the bottom of the sea off the coast of Key West during a hurricane in 1622. It was recovered in 1985 and had treasures totaling more than $450 million, Junker said.

“We will have a TV running with the ‘National Geographic’ special on the find, and newspaper and magazine articles and pictures of the emeralds, the Queen’s jewelry and family pics of our journey in the process,” she said. “It’s just something neat to look at while munching on some good seafood.”

D.J.’s Clam Shack will be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.