10 Spots For Crawfish That Critics Keep Crushing On

by Gwendolyn Knapp Apr 7, 2014, 8:30am CDT

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by Gwendolyn Knapp Apr 7, 2014, 8:30am CDT

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Crawfish Alert! Mudbug season is finally going full force, and for those who have yet to partake, you'll be happy to know that prices are starting to drop. To celebrate, here's a map of where the critics, including Brett Anderson, Scott Gold and the Un McKnownty Food Critic, keep gobbling up mudbugs. This map includes bars, new restaurants, old favorites, and hidden gems. Happy pinching and peeling, y'all.

More of Critic's Top Boiling Spots
· Perino's Boiling Pot
· Big Fishermen Seafood
· Fisherman's Cove
· Salvo's
· Bucktown Burger & Fish Co.
· Harbor Seafood & Oyster Bar

· 6 New Orleans bars that serve great boiled crawfish [NOLA.com]
· All Crawfish Coverage [-ENOLA-]

Bevi Seafood Co.

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This seafood market/restaurant, opened by Nola native/Peristyle and Southern Yacht Club alum Justin Leblanc and family is currently THE talk of food critics in search of crawfish, now at $3.99/lb berled.

Metairie, LA

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Maple Leaf Bar

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Brett Anderson seems rather obsessed iwth this experimental crawfish boil from Jason Seither, offered every Sunday. Seither is known to include rabbit, boudin, frog legs, pineapple and more strange beasts in the boil. Free with $10 cover charge.

8316 Oak St, New Orleans, LA 70118

(504) 866-9359

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Seither's Seafood

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Jason Seither does a more traditional boil than the one at Maple Leaf at his eponymous seafood market/restaurant out in Harahan.

279 Hickory Ave, Harahan, LA 70123

(504) 738-1116

Cosimos

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Two pounds of crawfish with corn and potatoes at this Quarter haunt will set you back $7.

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1201 Burgundy St, New Orleans, LA 70116

(504) 525-5636

R Bar

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Red Blanchard has manning the pot for the R Bar's FREE Friday boil for over 10 years. But please, leave the man a tip.

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1431 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70116

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Mid-City Yacht Club

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MCYC also does a Friday night boil that starts around 5 p.m. with two pounds setting you back $10. They have a great new outside seating area too.

440 S Saint Patrick St, New Orleans, LA 70119

(504) 483-2517

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JB's Bar & Grill

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Four pounds of crawfish will set you back $13, every Friday starting at about 4 p.m.

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115 Focis St, Metairie, LA 70005

(504) 301-4960

Warehouse Grille

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This Warehouse District bar and grill does boils on Fridays and Sundays around 4 p.m. $15 gets you three pounds of crawfish. And they have over 40 beers on tap, and also do crawfish quesadillas.