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If seafood in a bag is your kind of dining experience, rejoice, Ottawa, because that’ll be an option sometime in summer 2017.

Elgin Street’s Fresco Bistro Italiano and Guest Room have closed, and Toronto chain The Captain’s Boil is moving in, the company confirmed Monday. A precise opening date isn’t set yet, but they’re hoping for early summer. Once they do, you’ll be able to, as the company’s slogan goes, “Dine like a Captain, Feast like a Pirate!”

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The “hands-on” eatery experience works something like this: Food is picked, food is cooked, then served in plastic bags. It’s inspired by cajun seafood boil.

The “Only way to eat a seafood boil is with your hands! We don’t provide forks or chopsticks,” the company’s website declares.

The Captain’s Boil has 16 locations, mostly in the Greater Toronto Area.