The Bay State is known for fresh seafood, but typically you won’t find cajun seafood boils in New England. However, that has changed since Holly Crab made it’s way to Boston. This fresh cajun seafood house with two locations, one in Allston and one in Lowell, serves up the best seafood boil in Massachusetts. What’s even better is that you can customize your seafood boil completely, from the seafood to the sauce and the sides. Make sure you come hungry to Holly Crab because there’s a lot of delicious cajun seafood to go around.

Welcome to Holly Crab!

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This cajun seafood restaurant has two locations in the Boston area — one in Allston and one in Lowell.

Holly Crab Boston/Facebook Typically, cajun seafood spots are a west coast norm. Now that Holly Crab has shown up on the east coast, Bostonians can enjoy this spicy and fresh seafood.

While Holly Crab has quite an expansive menu, the seafood boil is the main draw.

Holly Crab Boston/Facebook If you’re feeling hungry, start with a cup of clam chowder or a basket of fried calamari, shrimp, oysters, and more.

The seafood boil at Holly Crab is completely customizable.

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Begin with the type of seafood you want, but remember that it’s always served whole!

Holly Crab Boston/Facebook From there, you can pick what kind of sauce you’d like, the spice level, and your favorite sides.

If you can’t quite decide, choose from a variety of combos of crawfish, snow crab, mussels, and clams.

Holly Crab Boston/Facebook All seafood boils are huge, so make sure you come hungry!

If you’ve never been to a seafood boil before, beware that it can get messy.

Holly Crab Boston/Facebook Seafood boils are typically eaten with plastic gloves, not utensils. Get ready to dive in and chow down on this flavorful cajun seafood boil.

For the best build-your-own cajun seafood boil in Massachusetts, you need to experience Holly Crab for yourself.

Holly Crab Boston/Facebook For more information, you can visit Holly Crab online right here.

Have you ever been to Holly Crab? What kind of seafood boil did you build? How was it? We’d love to hear all about your experience in the comments!

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Typically, cajun seafood spots are a west coast norm. Now that Holly Crab has shown up on the east coast, Bostonians can enjoy this spicy and fresh seafood.

If you’re feeling hungry, start with a cup of clam chowder or a basket of fried calamari, shrimp, oysters, and more.

From there, you can pick what kind of sauce you’d like, the spice level, and your favorite sides.

All seafood boils are huge, so make sure you come hungry!

Seafood boils are typically eaten with plastic gloves, not utensils. Get ready to dive in and chow down on this flavorful cajun seafood boil.

For more information, you can visit Holly Crab online right here.

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Address: 1098 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USAAddress: 16 Merrimack St, Lowell, MA 01852, USA