4/20/2010

I don't hand out 5 stars very easily, but this place deserves it! I would give it six if I could!



I just tried it tonight and I had to run back home and review it while the crab juice was still on my lips! Somehow I have missed this place despite it's prime location on Lady Bird Lake. I was bemoaning to my coworkers that I hadn't found much good seafood (you can only eat Long John Silvers so often) in this town. I mean we are land locked, where are you going to get fresh seafood. Well at Joe's Crab Shack is where! I hear people talking about "local" food all time. Well it doesn't get more local than this! The crabs get fished (crabbed?) straight out of Lady Bird Lake! I didn't get to see it, but my waiter said they scoop them out straight out of the water every morning. It makes a difference! Succulent, drippy with juicy crabby flavor. Mmmmm. I chased them down with some clams they dug up specially that morning (no I didn't find any pearls :( ).



Before I left I got my niece this hilarious Joe's Crab Shack t-shirt that says "I got crabs." She is 14! That will just be too funny, all the kids are going to think "Jessie keeps pet crabs? cool!" I can't wait to give it to her.



I will definitely be back, this is THE place to get seafood in Austin.



@Jessica S. yeah the conga lines are great! Rudy's BBQ has better ones on their Salsa nights but these were good too.