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| - Oh God. So. I have never been to a Joe's Crab Shack. Though, I've heard stories about it. Mostly from my family. Namely my Mom. Every year around my brother's birthday I get this hour and a half long phone call from my amusing and horrified mother because my brother asks her to go to Joe's Crab Shack for his birthday. It's kind of funny to me. Probably because I don't have to partake in the festive activities. They're in Michigan and our birthdays are two days apart from each other. But I get this phone call and hear a whimper: "HE RODE THE PONY AROUND THE RESTAURANT WITH A PARTY HAT ON." And then I laugh for a solid five minutes and ask her how the fried fish was.
I finally got to try Joe's Crab Shack on my own venture though with sister. Just not in Michigan. Unfortunately there aren't a lot of options around Station Square for fine dining and almost everything was a chain. So it was a toss up between Hooters, the Melting Pot, Houlihans, and this shizzle. Your utensils are presented in buckets. But we weren't going for fancy. Together we split an order of hush puppies, some kind of crab nachos and a side salad (to be healthy, you know). The hush puppies were way more cake like than I remember them supposed to be. Maybe the cornmeal just wasn't moist enough. And there were actual chunks of corn in them, which is a huge mega turn off for me because I hate corn. HATE. Because they are niblets and I'm WEIRD. But I will eat cornbread and other various things made of corn. The crab nachos were made with a mayo like paste. Kind of tasty but also kind of sickening and too heavy.
If we want to talk about sick, that was my drink. I can't remember the name but I remember exactly what it was: Landshark beer with tequila, lemon and hot sauce. The waiter joked saying, "It might be too SPICY for you!" It wasn't too spicy for me. It was just disgusting tasting. While MJ was trying to convince me 'to heal the world' in the background, I realized, you know, I'm not really missing out on anything. We don't actually need a Joe's Crab Shack in New York. This place kind of sucks. At best, it's just another Red Lobster minus those cheesy biscuits.
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