Best Crawfish: Crawfish Cafe
With locations from the Heights to Pearland, this sprawling Viet-Cajun empire has gained fans across the city. That’s thanks to the bread-and-butter of its operations: piping hot, butter-soaked crawfish. In peak season, the shops are boiling tens of thousands of pounds weekly. Choose your spice level from mild to reaper, then load ‘em up in house seasonings from garlic butter and Thai basil to kickin’ Cajun before tacking on things like crab and shrimp, turkey neck, and corn and potatoes. You can also get your mudbug fill via cheesy crawfish beignets, crispy crawfish empanadas, crawfish loaded po’boys and Cajun crawfish fried rice.