![Sunset on Lake Pontchartrain. [Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonnyc/5024578290/in/photostream/">flickr / jonny c</a>] Kent Burgess](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/TUxWKMeQmwT28AqPF9oQKjel6D8=/0x0:499x374/2420x1613/filters:focal(0x0:499x374):format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/39068896/thebluecrab919.0.jpg)
The summer's hottest opening that was put on hold like a Sprint Customer has finally sprung back to life as The Blue Crab. Now set to open in November, hybrid seafood market/restaurant/boat dock will be lead by Sid-Mar's owner, Kent Burgess as chef/operator.
According to project developer Nick Asprodites, The Blue Crab will feature picnic tables set up for boiled seafood on the first floor. The upstairs will have the restaurant and a deck overlooking the marina. The plan is to "bring back the feelings of the Bruning's, Fitzgerald's days," so expect a family friendly fried-fish throwback with a great view. Since Burgess' own family has been cooking seafood on the lakefront for decades, he seems a pretty perfect fit.
The 4,600-square-foot restaurant was formerly known as Dukes on the Basin until Chef Duke LoCicero became unaffiliated with the project.
· Kent Burgess to Lead The Blue Crab [Nola.com]
· All Duke's on the Basin Coverage [EaterNOLA]
