Let’s face it: Consuming boiled crawfish is a messy enterprise, greatest approached at an off-the-cuff, Cajun-inspired joint that will get its mudbugs straight from the muddy waters of South Louisiana. With crawfish season upon us, it’s time to run down the Houston eating places that do crawfish proper.
However maintain on a minute. First, we’re going to have fun Brennan’s of Houston, which raises the standard crawfish to a celestial eating stage. These in search of a positive eating crawfish expertise (not an oxymoron) can discover it right here throughout this mudbug season. The town’s main Creole/Cajun restaurant guarantees to tickle the tastebuds with crawfish muffins, crawfish enchiladas, grilled pork chop with crawfish, and crawfish with Andouille sausage mac ‘n’ cheese, the normal dish served with an additional dose of crawfish tucked into gooey Southern mac.
And now on to the very best finger licking good crawfish choices round city. These are Houston’s Greatest Crawfish Eating places:
Revelry on Richmond
It’s all the time a celebration at Revelry and crawfish season provides Louisiana-inspired spice to the combination. Get’em each Friday by Sunday till the mudbugs run out at this well-liked watering gap which boasts near 30 beers on faucet. Fridays are crawfish nights when you may order up servings for $6 a pound. The seafood boil runs from 1 to six on Saturdays and on Sundays, it’s all you may eat for $35 from 1 to six pm.
Ragin’ Cajun
Ain’t nothin’ like Luke Mandola’s authentic Louisiana saloon the place the crawfish come from the rice fields of Acadiana. Mandola has been boiling the crustaceans and serving them in buckets since opening subsequent to the railroad observe on Richmond in 1974.
You possibly can’t beat Ragin’ Cajun for the well-known Cajun-style boil, which employs a home recipe of cayenne pepper, black pepper, salt, garlic powder and chili powder.
BB’s Tex-Orleans
This down house favourite boils from 20,000 to 25,000 kilos of crawfish per week for its quite a few places throughout town. At BB’s Tex-Orleans, mudbugs come coated in a spicy crawfish paste with add-ons like dippin’ sauce, melted butter, corn and potatoes. The Heights BB’s has a patio for nice spring days and nights.
Orleans Seafood Kitchen
Orleans Seafood Kitchen has been serving up crawfish together with Hurricanes, Blue Koodo and NOLA Bomb cocktails on this Katy neighborhood restaurant for greater than 13 years. Search for an enlargement of the footprint into Fulshear with a brand new Orleans Seafood Kitchen restaurant set to open there within the spring.
Boil Home
This Heights establishment is owned by Louisiana natives who mixed have been farming and promoting Louisiana crawfish for twenty years. Taking a spin on farm to desk, Boil House touts “pond to your plate,” with contemporary crawfish delivered day by day.
There may be even a drive-thru for decent boiled takeout crawfish. Mudbugs are served Wednesdays by Fridays from 5 to 9 pm and 11 am to 9 pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
The Boot
Three Louisiana brothers are behind this wildly well-liked shabby shack in The Heights the place the Cajun menu retains the joint and its out of doors patio rocking most nights. Whereas crawfish etouffee and crawfish tail poboys are on the The Boot’s menu 12 months spherical, it’s crawfish season now and the mudbugs are delivered day by day from Louisiana for an genuine boil.
Crawfish Cafe
Each The Heights and the Chinatown Crawfish Cafe restaurants are serving up 10 flavors and three flavors of warmth, so you may have your mudbugs as you want ’em. Choices embody Unique Cajun, Kickin’ Cajun, garlic butter, coconut garlic, lemon pepper and Thai basil.
Crawfish Cafe is usually applauded for its viet-cajun selection. In case you’re not within the temper to peel crawfish, there are crawfish eggrolls, crawfish pies and crispy boudin balls.
The Pit Room
We are able to solely guess that the road outdoors of this Montrose space barbecue hotspot on Saturday might need been concerning the boiled crawfish slightly than the barbecue. Crawfish boiled up with mushrooms, andouille sausage, corn, and potatoes is on the The Pit Room’s menu on weekends from midday till the mudbugs run out.
Wild Oats
Along with its ever altering buffet on Sundays, Chris Shepherd’s second restaurant within the Houston Farmers Market is serving up crawfish. Wild Oats is helmed by chef/associate Nick Tremendous. Whereas the buffet gadgets are on the chef’s whims, the boiled crawfish will likely be on the menu by the season. The buffet runs 11 am to three pm.
Pier 6 Seafood + Oyster Home
Chef Joe Cervantez is whipping up a few crawfish specials for the season at Pier 6, together with crawfish pie loaded with bechamel sauce, potatoes, peas and meaty crawfish tails, all bubbly beneath a flaky pastry lid. Additionally tempting are the crawfish empanadas loaded with crawfish tails and pepper jack cheese, swaddled in a crisp, golden shell.
LA Crawfish
With seven LA Crawfish restaurant places unfold throughout Houston, there’s certain to be certainly one of these well-liked Louisiana seafood haunts close by. The Cajun-Asian boiled crawfish is a big hit along with your alternative served with garlic butter, Cajun type, or sizzling and bitter sauces. Don’t let the road on the Richmond LA Crawfish restaurant deter you, it’s definitely worth the wait.
Turkey Leg Hut
These wildly well-liked stuffed turkey legs take a backseat to boiled crawfish at Turkey Leg Hut throughout crawfish season. And right here’s a twist, included within the boiled luggage of crawfish are turkey necks, corn, potatoes and sausage. For no additional cost. Verify with them first concerning the crawfish availability.
Fancy Crawfish
Savoir
For a classy spin on a traditional Cajun crawfish dish, cease by Savoir in The Heights to expertise the blackened gnocchi. topped with contemporary crawfish. The domestically sourced dish is made with a crawfish étouffée, andouille sausage, pickled Fresno peppers and micro greens.
The charming Houston restaurant additionally gives one of many largest wine packages within the space so crawfish will be completely paired this season.
Backstreet Cafe
This well-liked River Oaks hang-out offers a single nod to crawfish season and it’s one: crawfish-stuffed artichoke bottoms. The freshly boiled artichoke is full of a delicious combo of crawfish, mushrooms, Piquillo peppers and lemon butter. It’s yours for $16 at Backstreet Cafe.
