Captain Nemo's in the News

Press coverage of Captain Nemo's


Philadelphia Inquirer: Reeling In Customers

Oct. 5, 2007. "The centerpiece of the store is an 11-foot-high, 5,000-gallon cylindrical aquarium - not for sale - housing, among other creatures, the resident Indonesian black-tipped reef sharks. On Tuesday nights at 7, the two growing sharks - they arrived 10 weeks ago at 18 inches and are now approaching 36 - have a feeding ceremony. 'We bring in a guy in a shark suit and sell shark-shaped soft pretzels,' Weintraub said. 'We have a big video screen explaining all about sharks and tropical fish. The music is from Jaws. It's a family event, I think.'"