. "We had heard that H n J and Boiling Crab's owners or businesses were related, and had always wanted to try what our Cali friends were raving about. We were stoked to see that it had come to town, and with such great reviews in such a short period of time, so we had to give it a try.\n\nFirst, our seafood resume:\nSemi-regulars at Hot n' Juicy, which is great but crowded and long waits, and terrible parking. Crawfish, of course, is their mainstay.\nThen Cajun Crawfish (now defunct), which we also liked a lot; at least the takeover addressed the accessibility issues.\nCrab Corner near St. Viator's, which was also very good, but not the same style as the above-mentioned.\nShucks, Joe's, not bad not great.\n\nWhen you're eating seafood, you're getting dirty, and the tables were plain and adequately spaced apart for that purpose. There are TVs everywhere, and we the Saints game on. Kids (and adults) can scribble on the walls, and mark their territories. \n\nWe ordered dungeness crab, shrimp, and crawfish, so we could give a more well rounded analysis. We had a single ordered delayed for some reason, but otherwise the food came out in a timely fashion. Water for $.25 was kinda lame. (I wonder if you brought your own cup if they'd charge you? ;) ) The crab was very good, fresh, and flavorful. The appropriate tools were provided (crackers, picks) for crabbing. The shrimp was of a good size, tasty, and lended itself well to the She Bang sauce. Your fingers and hands are going to smell for hours, just embrace it and dig in. The crawfish were a little disappointing, and didn't taste as fresh as H n J. \n\nKids ate chicken and fries. Fries are essential for sauce dipping. We also ordered gumbo, without rice. Definitely get it with rice, and there wasn't much to it alone.\n\nCrab: 5 stars\ncrawfish: 2\nshrimp 5"^^ . "1"^^ . "4"^^ . . "2012-01-14T00:00:00"^^ . "0"^^ . . "0"^^ .