sooo a few months ago my dad and i went on a trip around the pacific northwest.
first stop: seattle.
my friend diane is from seattle and gave me a really awesome list of places to check out - with info about restaurants' hours, what meals they're good for, and even when their specials are.
the crab pot was on this list (under the lunch category). after doing a bit of googling here's what deducted from this place:
- it's a franchise
- it only has 3 stars on yelp
- man vs food came here. meaning this could go one of two ways - it's either really epic, or a total mistake with food your tummy will hate you for.
- their whole schtick is that they pour a pot of seafood and veggies onto your table and you just eat it with your hands.
Note: we ended up going at 3pm for an "afternoon snack" before our 7pm dinner reservations, and we went to their bellevue location which was out of the city. so swongy successfully avoided crowds (yay!)
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"afternoon snack"
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for $15/person, we were surprised by the amount of seafood we got. (like i said before, this was a pre-dinner so we were being conservative and ordered the smallest seafest) but this was also our first meal and we were still used to chicago prices...so we kind of forgot that well, seafood is going to be MUCH cheaper and better out here.
the food's all boiled in old bay....standard but tastes good. plus, getting to sit outside on the water, enjoying the nice sub 80 degree weather (vs chitown august summer grossness), and $5 pint of their signature lager...not bad at all.
you have to take it for what it is - a local franchise with silly menus and bibs and seafood only served one way* (boiled/on your table). but overall, it's worth checking out. i'm glad we just came here for a snack, because while the food was good, it's not something that you need to spend more money (or room in your stomach) for. a good thing to experience, but not necessarily devote an entire meal to ;)
*jk, you can get a grilled chicken sammy or burger!
