by Richard S. » Sat Jul 04, 2020 10:50 pm
My wife and I ate here on Friday. They have the requisite tables blocked off for social distancing, but otherwise seemed pretty busy.
We had an order of smoked sausage for an appetizer. My wife had a bowl of gumbo and I had an oyster po-boy. They served slices of seafood bread to kick things off (sliced French bread with cheese and what I'm guessing was artificial crab on top).
The smoked sausage was pretty good, although the presentation was slightly odd. It came in a tied-up polystyrene bag, which I assumed is what it was cooked in. A round metal tray came with it as well, for untying the bag and dumping it into the tray. The drawback was that you were left with a greasy bag sitting on the table. The sausage was served with new potatoes (is that term in use around here?) and a piece of corn on the cob. We ordered it with Cajun seasoning, although there were several other flavor options available.
The oyster po-boy was good, although a bit difficult to manage. It was served on a brioche-type bun, which was different. The bun was a bit too small for the sandwich, I thought.
I'll have to admit my wife, who was born and raised in New Orleans, was not a fan of the gumbo. She seemed particularly offended by the fact that it had carrots in it.
We'll go back. Boiled seafood combos seemed to be a centerpiece of the menu, with most featuring crab legs. I have to be in the mood for crab; in most cases it just seems to be too much work for too little payoff.
