Perhaps no New Orleans meal is more iconic than the crawfish boil: heaps of spicy crawfish dumped on newspaper-draped tables, with corn and potatoes for garnish.
Always best with a cold beverage, it’s a hands-on party that involves finding the biggest crawfish you can grab, separating the head (sucking on that bit is optional, but tasty), and squeezing out the meat from the tail. You will get messy, and it’s not an activity for anyone who can’t handle their meal staring back at them. If you’re game, though, it’s an experience unlike any other.
This summer, crawfish boils are popping up around Portland faster than you can pull a mudbug from a bayou swamp. If a trip to NOLA isn’t on your list, here are a few places you can snag a mighty fine boil.
