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Crawfish at a restaurant in Baton Rouge

Posted on 2/19/23 at 1:13 pm
Posted by SM6
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Posted on 2/19/23 at 1:13 pm
I have a colleague who will be spending a bit of time in Baton Rouge and Lafayette between now and May. If he is looking for some crawfish (boiled and in a dish like etouffe) what places would you recommend. Appreciate any thoughts y’all might have!
Posted by fallguy_1978
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Posted on 2/19/23 at 1:25 pm to
My favorite restaurant crawfish are at Just Wingin It off of Old Jefferson because they are pretty spicy. It's a bit off the beaten path though (almost to Prairieville). They don't have a lot of other seafood options either.

Check out Heads & Tails off of Perkins too. They'll have more options for other dishes.
Posted by Breauxsif
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Posted on 2/19/23 at 1:52 pm to
There’s a place off of S Acadian and close to Government that serves up spicy options I recall.
Posted by fallguy_1978
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Posted on 2/19/23 at 2:02 pm to
Capital City I think? I've been there a few times but I always forget about that place.
Posted by Rize
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Posted on 2/19/23 at 2:13 pm to
quote:

Capital City I think? I've been there a few times but I always forget about that place.


Had them at Just Wing It last night and they were awesome. Perfect size and peeled perfect. Had them at Willie’s a couple weeks ago and they were terrible.

I’ll give Willie’s another shot but my first time having them after hearing about how good they are was a big disappointment. Tons of mushy hard to peel tiny crawfish that were dead before they boiled them.
Posted by fallguy_1978
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Posted on 2/19/23 at 2:20 pm to
I've had them a few times at Willie's and I wasn't impressed. My go to for a restaurant is Just Wingin It and Randy Montalbano's for pickup. Tramontes does some decent crawfish too for carry out.
Posted by KLSU
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 2/19/23 at 4:13 pm to
Everything I’ve eaten at Just Winging it has been great(which really shocked me) as I only went there to hear someone sing no surprise the crawfish is as well. I’ll have to try it.
This post was edited on 2/19/23 at 4:14 pm
Posted by r3lay3r
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Posted on 2/19/23 at 4:38 pm to
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Check out Heads & Tails off of Perkins


Last I heard they have closed their restaurant to concentrate on catering.
Posted by fallguy_1978
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Posted on 2/19/23 at 4:58 pm to
That sucks. I really liked that place, granted I haven't been since pre Covid.
Posted by armsdealer
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Posted on 2/19/23 at 8:49 pm to
quote:

Check out Heads & Tails off of Perkins


Last I heard they have closed their restaurant to concentrate on catering.


I have their catering every year, they are pretty good.


I am glad to see that other people are having the same experience with Willie's that I do. They just are not good. I usually get downvoted when I say anything negative about that place. Every fricking year my wife gets a $100 gift card to there for Christmas and I dread using it.
Posted by HonoraryCoonass
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Posted on 2/19/23 at 10:53 pm to
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Heads & Tails off of Perkins Last I heard they have closed their restaurant to concentrate on catering.


It’s true. They are gone.
Posted by Eighteen
Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 2/19/23 at 10:58 pm to
quote:

am glad to see that other people are having the same experience with Willie's that I do. They just are not good. I usually get downvoted when I say anything negative about that place. Every fricking year my wife gets a $100 gift card to there for Christmas and I dread using it.


it’s almost the opposite for me, I forget it’s there and every time I go I end up finding something else I like. Seafood potato and the Saintsation Poboy are my go tos…almost every app I’ve gotten there has been great too.

I admit I don’t have their crawfish (or really any restaurant) crawfish often
Posted by tokenasian37
Member since Aug 2007
964 posts
Posted on 2/20/23 at 3:56 am to
quote:

any thoughts y’all might have!


Tell him to get some to-go from LTK Seafood in north BR, pick up some boil corn, potatoes and eggs, boiled neckbones, turkeynecks, & pigfoot.
Posted by fallguy_1978
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Member since Feb 2018
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Posted on 2/20/23 at 7:21 am to
I don't mind the regular menu at Willie's. I just don't care for their crawfish
Posted by LSUDad
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Posted on 2/20/23 at 6:37 pm to
I just picked some up from Tony’s Seafood last night. $5.49/lb boiled. I was down in Pierre Part today . Stopped into Troy Landry (Swamp People) place today. They are starting to pick up what they are catching. One said he went from 5 sacks to 8 in a few days.
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