Have you ever had seafood boil here in Utah? It’s a pretty rare thing to find this far west of the Mississippi, but it’s a seafood lovers delight. There’s a restaurant in West Valley City serving up Cajun-style seafood boil with a Vietnamese twist, and it’s the most flavorful feast ever. Check out Bucket O’ Crawfish:
Seafood boil is a commonly-found feast on the east coast, but it’s a culinary treat many Utahns have never tried. You’ll find it at Bucket O’ Crawfish in West Valley City.
Pablo Quiroga/Google Address: 1980 West 3500 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84119
This casual-dining restaurant serves seafood boil made to order. Choose your seafood, your flavor, and your heat.
Bucket O’ Crawfish/Google First choose your seafood. Choices include crawfish, shrimp, snow crab, Dungeness crab, clams, or mussels. Then choose your flavor: Cajun, garlic butter, lemon pepper, or crazy mix. Then, tell ’em how hot you like it: mild, medium, hot, or crazy hot.
As you make your way to the dining room, you’ll notice that the tables are all covered with sheets of plastic. You’re about to find out why!
Michael Rae/Google
You’ll also quickly figure out why there’s an entire roll of paper towels on your table.
Yaz/Google
Once they’ve boiled up your meal and sealed it in a bag to keep all that flavor in, they’ll bring it to your table in a bucket.
Nana Smama/Google
Dump out your seafood boil right onto the table to enjoy. Peel your shrimp, crack your crab legs, or remove your oysters or clams from their shells and put them in the bucket, then savor all that flavorful goodness!
MutantTA/Google
There’s no shame in wearing the plastic bib. Sure, you’ll look ridiculous, but this is the messiest dinner you’ll ever dive into.
River Dantes/Google
Less adventurous eaters might want to try a basket instead of a bucket. You’ll find fried shrimp, catfish, and calamari on the menu, as well as Cajun wings and po’ boy sandwiches.
Henry Whetstone/Google
Are you ready to tackle a bucket o’ crawfish? Grab a seafood-loving buddy and visit seven days a week!
Johanna Ortega/Google The restaurant is open Monday through Thursday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday noon to 10 p.m., and Sunday noon to 8:30 p.m.
Have you dined at Bucket O’ Crawfish? We’d love to hear about your dining experience!
Pablo Quiroga/Google
Address: 1980 West 3500 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84119
Bucket O’ Crawfish/Google
First choose your seafood. Choices include crawfish, shrimp, snow crab, Dungeness crab, clams, or mussels. Then choose your flavor: Cajun, garlic butter, lemon pepper, or crazy mix. Then, tell ’em how hot you like it: mild, medium, hot, or crazy hot.
Michael Rae/Google
Yaz/Google
Nana Smama/Google
MutantTA/Google
River Dantes/Google
Henry Whetstone/Google
Johanna Ortega/Google
The restaurant is open Monday through Thursday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday noon to 10 p.m., and Sunday noon to 8:30 p.m.
For more information about Bucket O’ Crawfish, visit its website, and if you’re looking for more tasty seafood in the Salt Lake Valley, head downtown to this unassuming Utah restaurant that has some of the best seafood you’ve ever tried.
OnlyInYourState may earn compensation through affiliate links in this article.
