Metro Atlanta is fortunate to have many places to enjoy boiled crawfish and crawfish dishes. Read on for our listings and please patronize these sponsors and tell them “thanks!” for supporting your LSU Atlanta alumni chapter.
The word we are hearing is that this year's crawfish crop has been slower to develop due to the colder than normal weather in Louisiana. As a result early supply has been less and prices are a bit higher than last year. However, our sources say that the silver lining is that the season will be longer and prices will come down when our crusty friends decide the coast is clear to come out. So look for crawfish season to last all through June and possibly into July this year!
This guide is organized in two sections: An alphabetical listing of who has boiled and live crawfish, followed by restaurants that offer crawfish dishes on their menus. Some will be having special promotions that we will update and share in our free email newsletter during the season.
Boiled and Live Crawfish Sources
Tip: If you are interested in buying live crawfish or want to ensure availability, it is always a good idea to call in advance.
Boudreaux’s Cajun Market & Café
3067A Main Street (Hwy. 120), downtown Duluth * (770-) 861-7950
www.boudreauxscajun.com
Boudreaux’s Cajun Market & Café is your east side connection for live and boiled crawfish. Serving since 2000, Boudreaux's offers a wide array of "Certified Cajun Products" and a 100% money back guarantee on all products and services. During the season, live crawfish and other items are transported from the source in Southwest La. every Thursday PM by owner and bayou native Paul Many. Call Paul for pricing and other info at 770-861-7950.
Friday is "All You Can Eat Boiled Crawfish" day from noon till 8:30 PM. Of course there are other menu offerings featuring crawfish from po boys to etouffee. Don’t forget Boudreaux’s has outdoor live music most Saturday evenings during Spring from 6:30 PM until and feature crawfish and Gulf shrimp. Feel free to bring your own adult refreshments anytime. Our cafe seats 50 and we offer complete catering services for any size group.
Cajun Meat Company
2207 Roswell Rd., (Hwy. 120) Marietta * (770) 321-4300
Chad Treadaway is a West Bank boy who knows his meats and mudbugs. He has crawfish etoufee and dressing ready for take home, as well as deboned chicken with crawfish dressing and frozen La. tails year round. As always, he will boil crawfish on Fridays and Saturdays (he sometimes sells out so call to check) and he can get you live crawfish with advance reservation on Monday for each week. He’ll even make you some crawfish boudin by request. The store is one mile east of the Marietta (Hwy 120) loop in the East Lake Shopping Center. Hours M-F 9- 6:30 Sat. 9-5.
Catering Cajun of Georgia
2409 Shallowford Rd., East Cobb * (678) 237-2256
Catering Cajun of Georgia has been Atlanta’s steady source for catered crawfish boils, boiled bugs by the pound and sales of live crawfish for over 6 years. In fact, Catering Cajun has outgrown its original location and has found a new home in East Cobb at the corner of Trickum and Shallowford near Lassiter High School. Catering boils, BBQs and corporate and private functions is still the focus, but the new store offers refrigerated cases of smoked meats, pre-cooked Cajun specialties and seasonings to take home.
When it comes to crawfish, owner Scott Hayes has been responsible for the demise of so many of the crustaceans that there has to be a “Wanted” poster in da swamp somewhere with his mug on it. Their crawfish comes from Mamou and Bazile, La. The company owns two large boiling rig trailers that handle most of the largest crawfish events in the region, including LSU’s boil on May 8. Whether you want a cooler or sack already boiled, or need sack(s) and seasoning to do it yourself, or would like a crawfish boil catered for 50 to 5,000, call Catering Cajun at 678-237-2256 or Scott Hayes 404-643-2000 (cell).
Henry’s Louisiana Grill
4835 N.Main St, Acworth * (770) 966-1515
There’s no bigger crawfish lover – or LSU fan – in metro Atlanta than chef Henry Chandler, and his Acworth restaurant is a true “destination” for enjoying Louisiana cuisine, including royal treatment of crawfish. Regular items on the menu that contain crawfish are popcorn crawfish appetizer, the seafood fondeaux, etoufee, Cajun sampler, & bayou cakes. However, it’s nearly impossible to bypass Henry's Louisiana OOH LA LA! featuring your choice of oysters, shrimp or crawfish - flash fried and tossed with Tasso, spinach and roasted garlic in Henry's spicy cream sauce and served over angel hair pasta. The dish was named one of the top 50 dishes to drive for by the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Boiled crawfish will be available every Wednesday night during crawfish season. Don't forget to pick your pony in the Crawfish Races that benefits the Ga. Transplant Foundation! Boiled bugs will be sold by the pound and takeout of 5 pounds or 10 pounds; anything over 5 pounds for takeout needs to be ordered 72 hours in advance. You can also order live crawfish by the sack, small amounts, or by the pound. Please contact Page Hoover, kitchen manager, at 770-966-1515 for live and large takeout orders. They prefer cash, and will even lend out a boiling pot and blower. Boil packs will be provided for an extra charge.
Henry’s also sells crawfish theme t-shirts. On a related note (beer and crawfish are perfectly matched) they have an ongoing Abita beer promotion: purchase a 64oz growler of Abita beer for $15.95. You may bring it back at anytime and refill it for $10.95.
Places that Offer Crawfish on the Menu
Atkins Park Tavern
2840 Atlanta Road, Smyrna (Market Village) * (770) 435-1887
Also in Virginia Highlands
Our latest new sponsor Atkins Park Tavern boasts a Louisiana chef, Richard Ryan Hamlin, at their Smyrna location. The menu shows it with a number of bayou style entries. Crawfish fritters and crawfish and tasso pasta are featured appetizers, and their Bayou Seafood Poboy gives you the crawfish option. Tough choice with a muffaletta and Mama’s Louisiana Debris (sloppy roast beef on French bread) also begging you to order them from the page.
Mark your calendar for their annual outdoor crawfish boil taking place Saturday April 24th . More details soon. Let’s get a lot of LSU colors to represent and show the locals how to eat mudbugs!
Copeland’s Famous New Orleans Restaurant and Bar
3 Locations (Buckhead, Cumberland, Kennesaw)
Copeland’s honors the Cajun Crustacean on its menu every day of the year. Favorite meal starters include their tasty crawfish bread (alone worth the trip) and Al’s Cajun popcorn. You can also get crawfish in a fried po boy, crawfish etouffee, crawfish fettucine and on a fried platter. It’s just like home at Copeland’s!
Front Page News
351 Moreland Ave., Little Five Points * (404) 475 -7777
Front Page News has another location on Crescent in midtown, but most LSU fans frequent the Little Five Points location with all the feel of a New Orleans tavern, including an inviting patio that transports you to the French Quarter. The menu features a variety of contemporary American tavern selections with a strong Cajun and Creole influence. Crawfish can be found year round in the Seafood Gumbo, Etouffee, and the Crawfish Salad.
There will be boiled crawfish events coming soon to Little Five Points. Watch for updates in our email newsletter.
Save the Date:
LSU Atlanta Crawfish Boil at “Bayou Allatoona” Sat. May 8
This year’s edition of “Crawfish Craze in Red Clay Country” will be an afternoon to remember. Live music by Zydefunk, lots of food variety, tailgate village, lawn games, and order your platters of crawfish by how many pounds you want to eat!