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Where to Find Perfect Crawfish in Austin

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Right now is the beginning of crawfish season in Texas. And now, many restaurants are already offering crawfish boils and crawfish dishes. This means it’s time to seek out spicy mudbug boils with potatoes, sausage, and corn, special crawfish dishes like etouffee or po’ boys, or even live freshwater crustaceans by the pound to boil on your own.

Here is Eater’s guide to Austin’s best bets for the seasonal tradition. This means regular crawfish boils from Shoal Creek Saloon, pickups from Stuffed Cajun Meat Market, Viet-Cajun takes from Mandala Kitchen & Bar, and plenty of crawfish etouffee.

Remember: prime crawfish season tends to run from March through May, though boils sometimes still happen in February and June. Perfect those peeling skills now.

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Whitestone Brewery

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The Liberty Hill location of the brewery has an April boil on the calendar. On deck will be pre-orderable pounds of crawfish for $11 per pound through Monday, April 24, and then it’ll be $12 per pound through the event date on Saturday, April 29. Place ordersonlinefor timed pickup slots.

Abby's Crab Shack

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The Texas seafood mini-chain restaurant operates one location in the Austin area. On deck are crawfish boils with varying sauces and spice levels or crawfish by the pound. Takeout orders can be placedonlineor over the phone; the restaurants offer indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Happyrito Seafood

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The Cedar Park Vietnamese-Cajun restaurant offers Cajun crawfish boils available in varying pound packs. Takeout orders can be placedonline; the restaurant is open for indoor dine-in services.

Stuffed Cajun Meat Market

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Currently, the Anderson Mill-adjacent meat market is selling boiled crawfish by the pound. Pickup orders can be placedonline. If you want to boil your own crawfish, the Anderson Mill-adjacent meat market is your best bet. The storeis accepting online ordersfor live mudbugs with a 48-hour advanced notice.

Kasian Boil

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The far north Cajun and Asian seafood restaurant’s menu includes crawfish boils, plus there are crawfish fries, mac and cheese, and fried rice.Order onlinefor pickups. The restaurant is open for dine-in service with outdoor seating available.

Crawfish Shack & Oyster Bar

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The Cajun seafood spot is offering two pounds of boiled crawfish along with corn, potatoes, sausage, and mushrooms, plus other mudbug dishes like fried crawfish, etouffee, and po’ boys. There are alsolive or frozen crawfish optionsavailable depending on sources. Takeout orders can be placedonline. The restaurant is open for dine-in service with outdoor areas.

Infamous Brewing Company

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The Hudson Bend brewery’s下一個crawfish boilwill be done by a New Orleans chef. It takes place on Saturday, May 13 from 2 to 5 p.m.

The Boat

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Though the Stonelake Office Park restaurant isn’t actually on the water, it still serves up pounds of boiled crawfish with sides, as well as crawfish po’ boys, crawfish/shrimp etouffee, fried crawfish tails, and more.

Celis Brewery

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The North Austin brewery is hostingweekly crawfish boilsevery Sunday by Lazo’s Crawfish, through the end of May from 1 to 4 p.m. with mudbugs, corn, and potatoes.

Oakwood BBQ & Beer Garden

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The North Lamar barbecue spot’scrawfish boilstake place every weekend through late May from noon to 5 p.m., along with smoked meats, beer, and live music.

Le Bleu

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The Vietnamese restaurant isofferingViet-Cajun crawfish at the moment. There are two-pound orders available for pickups placedonline. The restaurant is open for indoor and outdoor dining.

Waterloo Ice House Burnet Road

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Waterloo Ice House’s annual crawfish crawl — where each of its locations will host a crawfish boil throughout the season — is back. On deck will be all-you-can-eat crawfish, drink specials, jazz bands, and more. The北沙洲溪位置”s boiltakes place on Saturday, May 13 starting at noon.

Waterloo Ice House

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Waterloo Ice House’s annual crawfish crawl — where each of its locations will host a crawfish boil throughout the season — is back. On deck will be all-you-can-eat crawfish, drink specials, jazz bands, and more. TheWest Austin location’s boiltakes place on Saturday, April 29 starting at noon.

Quality Seafood Market

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The seafood market isselling preordersof pounds of live crawfish for curbside pickups. A $75 deposit is required. The market is open for dine-in service.

Tweedy's Bar

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The newer campus bar is hostinga crawfish boilwith Crawfish Breaux on Sunday, April 30 starting at 2 p.m. Also on deck will be a live Cajun band.

Progress Coffee + Beer

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The returning coffee shop is hostingweekly crawfish boilswith East Side Boilers on Saturdays in April. The mudbug plates are free with the purchase of two drinks. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Olamaie

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道瓊斯指數ntown Southern restaurant is hosting a crawfish boil featuring all of its restaurants (Olamaie, Little Ola’s Biscuits, and Maie Day) on Sunday, May 7. There will be four different types of crawfish boils, plus bread, cocktails, popsicles, and more.Ticketsare $35 for adults and $15 for kids; partial ticket sales will go towards Good Work Austin. It runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Shoal Creek Saloon

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The Cajun sports bar is selling both crawfish by the pound, for dine-in services. Check itsFacebook pagefor updates. There are other crawfish-filled dishes too, which are availableto-goas well, from boudin balls to queso. The bar is open for dine-in service, with patio areas.

Skinny's Off Track Bar

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The Central East Austin bar isnow hosting weekly Saturday crawfish boils後購買的飲料和酒吧on Instagram, typically from noon until everything is gone. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

The Rustic Tap

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Crawfish company Orgeron Crawfish ishosting Sunday boilsat the West Sixth bar. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Nickel City

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The Central East Austin bar ishosting a crawfish boilwith a DJ. It takes place on Sunday, April 23 starting at 1 p.m.

Lit Lounge

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Kasian Boil is hosting itsthree-year anniversary partyat the downtown bar with an all-you-can-eat crawfish boil withticketsat $25. It takes place on Sunday, April 23 starting at 2 p.m.; there will be drink specials and DJ sets.

Latchkey

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The East Austin bar’sweekly crawfish boiltakes place on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. courtesy of East Side Boilers.

Native Bar & Cafe

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Crawfish company Orgeron Crawfish ishosting monthly boils on the final Saturday of each monthat the East Austin venue space.

Big Easy Bar and Grill

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The East Austin bar’s South Austin food truck serves up the best of Louisiana with hot-boiled crawfish and shrimp, alongside potatoes, corn, and smoked sausage. Or, go for the crawfish cakes or popcorn crawfish. Pickup orders can be placedonline.

The Cavalier

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The East Austin Bar ishosting multiple crawfish boilsfrom March into May withWillie’s Crawfish. Mudbugs by the pound will be available starting at 3 p.m. on each event date until everything is sold out. It takes place on Saturdays on April 22, May 6, and May 20.

Half Step

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道瓊斯指數ntown bar’scrawfish boilincludes $7 all-you-can-eat mudbugs, live bands, cold drinks, and more. It takes place on Sunday, April 23 starting at 3 p.m.

Mandala Kitchen & Bar

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The South Lamar Chinese and Vietnamese restaurant offers crawfish fried rice. Pickup orders can be placed online, and there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

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Hi Sign Brewing

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The brewery is hostinga crawfish boilwith its on-site truck Norte Tacos on Saturday, April 22. It starts at 11 a.m. with three-pound platters of mudbugs, potatoes, and sausages at $24. There’s also live music and a DJ.

Blue Owl Brewing

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The East Austin sour beer brewery is teaming up with food delivery service Pot2platefor a crawfish boilon Saturday, April 22 from noon to 5 p.m. On deck’s Viet-Cajun crawfish, shrimp, and raw oysters.

Shore Raw Bar & Grill

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The West Oak Hill seafood restaurant has two crawfish options: an etouffee and a po’ boy. To-go orders can be placedonline; the restaurant is open for dine-in services with outdoor areas.

Copperhead Club

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Crawfish company Orgeron Crawfish ishosting monthly boils on the first Saturday of each monthat the East Riverside bar.

Deckhand Oyster Bar & Seafood

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Both locations (the other in Round Rock) of the seafood restaurant offer up multiple crawfish dishes. The restaurants are also offering boiled spicy crawfish available by the pound. Pickup orders can be placed in person or over the phone. The restaurant is open for dine-in services.

Habana Restaurant

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南奧斯丁古巴餐廳hostinga boilwith HooDoo Crawfish on Sunday, April 30. Crawfish plates will be $22, plus there will be margarita and mojito specials. It starts at noon.

Cypress Grill

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The New Orleans restaurant is offering a whole bunch of crawfish specials on its menu, such as fried crawfish platters, eggrolls, popcorn, po’ boys, and more. Takeout orders can be placedonline; the restaurant is open for dine-in service, and there is outdoor service. Then there are thetwice-weekly crawfish boilsavailable on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 4:30 p.m., with three-pound or one-pound platters including corn and potatoes). Preorders can be placedonlineor over the phone.

Catfish Parlour South

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The Southern seafood restaurant offerscrawfish and seafood gumbo crawfish specials, as well as other crawfish dishes. The restaurant is open for indoor dine-in services.

Waterloo Ice House

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Waterloo Ice House’s annual crawfish crawl — where each of its locations will host a crawfish boil throughout the season — is back. On deck will be all-you-can-eat crawfish, drink specials, jazz bands, and more. TheCircle C location’sboiltakes place on Saturday, May 20 starting at noon.

Evangeline Cafe

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TheCajun restaurant’s full of crawfish options from the crawfish evangeline to etouffee to fried mudbugs. The restaurant is open for dine-in services.

Last Stand Brewing Company

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The South Austin brewery is co-hosting its crawfish boil with Moontower Saloon on Sunday, April 23 from 2 to 5 p.m.Preorders will be available eventually.

Armadillo Den

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Popular crawfish shopLetz Geaux Boilwill be hosting crawfish boils at the far south Austin bar every weekend day. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Waterloo Ice House Southpark Meadows

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Waterloo Ice House’s annual crawfish crawl — where each of its locations will host a crawfish boil throughout the season — is back. On deck will be all-you-can-eat crawfish, drink specials, jazz bands, and more. TheSouth Park Meadows location’s boiltakes place on Saturday, May 6 from noon to 3 p.m.

Vista Brewing

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The Driftwood brewery’s crawfish boil takes place on Saturday, April 29 with food from noon to 3 p.m., plus live music from 2 to 4 p.m. and all-day drinks.RSVP onlinefor free entry tickets.

Mudbugs - A Cajun Joint

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The Buda seafood restaurant has several Cajun crawfish dishes including po’ boys, étouffée, and more.To-gois available; there is indoor dine-in service.

Whitestone Brewery

The Liberty Hill location of the brewery has an April boil on the calendar. On deck will be pre-orderable pounds of crawfish for $11 per pound through Monday, April 24, and then it’ll be $12 per pound through the event date on Saturday, April 29. Place ordersonlinefor timed pickup slots.

Abby's Crab Shack

The Texas seafood mini-chain restaurant operates one location in the Austin area. On deck are crawfish boils with varying sauces and spice levels or crawfish by the pound. Takeout orders can be placedonlineor over the phone; the restaurants offer indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Happyrito Seafood

The Cedar Park Vietnamese-Cajun restaurant offers Cajun crawfish boils available in varying pound packs. Takeout orders can be placedonline; the restaurant is open for indoor dine-in services.

Stuffed Cajun Meat Market

Currently, the Anderson Mill-adjacent meat market is selling boiled crawfish by the pound. Pickup orders can be placedonline. If you want to boil your own crawfish, the Anderson Mill-adjacent meat market is your best bet. The storeis accepting online ordersfor live mudbugs with a 48-hour advanced notice.

Kasian Boil

The far north Cajun and Asian seafood restaurant’s menu includes crawfish boils, plus there are crawfish fries, mac and cheese, and fried rice.Order onlinefor pickups. The restaurant is open for dine-in service with outdoor seating available.

Crawfish Shack & Oyster Bar

The Cajun seafood spot is offering two pounds of boiled crawfish along with corn, potatoes, sausage, and mushrooms, plus other mudbug dishes like fried crawfish, etouffee, and po’ boys. There are alsolive or frozen crawfish optionsavailable depending on sources. Takeout orders can be placedonline. The restaurant is open for dine-in service with outdoor areas.

Infamous Brewing Company

The Hudson Bend brewery’s下一個crawfish boilwill be done by a New Orleans chef. It takes place on Saturday, May 13 from 2 to 5 p.m.

The Boat

Though the Stonelake Office Park restaurant isn’t actually on the water, it still serves up pounds of boiled crawfish with sides, as well as crawfish po’ boys, crawfish/shrimp etouffee, fried crawfish tails, and more.

Celis Brewery

The North Austin brewery is hostingweekly crawfish boilsevery Sunday by Lazo’s Crawfish, through the end of May from 1 to 4 p.m. with mudbugs, corn, and potatoes.

Oakwood BBQ & Beer Garden

The North Lamar barbecue spot’scrawfish boilstake place every weekend through late May from noon to 5 p.m., along with smoked meats, beer, and live music.

Le Bleu

The Vietnamese restaurant isofferingViet-Cajun crawfish at the moment. There are two-pound orders available for pickups placedonline. The restaurant is open for indoor and outdoor dining.

Waterloo Ice House Burnet Road

Waterloo Ice House’s annual crawfish crawl — where each of its locations will host a crawfish boil throughout the season — is back. On deck will be all-you-can-eat crawfish, drink specials, jazz bands, and more. The北沙洲溪位置”s boiltakes place on Saturday, May 13 starting at noon.

Waterloo Ice House

Waterloo Ice House’s annual crawfish crawl — where each of its locations will host a crawfish boil throughout the season — is back. On deck will be all-you-can-eat crawfish, drink specials, jazz bands, and more. TheWest Austin location’s boiltakes place on Saturday, April 29 starting at noon.

Quality Seafood Market

The seafood market isselling preordersof pounds of live crawfish for curbside pickups. A $75 deposit is required. The market is open for dine-in service.

Tweedy's Bar

The newer campus bar is hostinga crawfish boilwith Crawfish Breaux on Sunday, April 30 starting at 2 p.m. Also on deck will be a live Cajun band.

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Progress Coffee + Beer

The returning coffee shop is hostingweekly crawfish boilswith East Side Boilers on Saturdays in April. The mudbug plates are free with the purchase of two drinks. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Olamaie

道瓊斯指數ntown Southern restaurant is hosting a crawfish boil featuring all of its restaurants (Olamaie, Little Ola’s Biscuits, and Maie Day) on Sunday, May 7. There will be four different types of crawfish boils, plus bread, cocktails, popsicles, and more.Ticketsare $35 for adults and $15 for kids; partial ticket sales will go towards Good Work Austin. It runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Shoal Creek Saloon

The Cajun sports bar is selling both crawfish by the pound, for dine-in services. Check itsFacebook pagefor updates. There are other crawfish-filled dishes too, which are availableto-goas well, from boudin balls to queso. The bar is open for dine-in service, with patio areas.

Skinny's Off Track Bar

The Central East Austin bar isnow hosting weekly Saturday crawfish boils後購買的飲料和酒吧on Instagram, typically from noon until everything is gone. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

The Rustic Tap

Crawfish company Orgeron Crawfish ishosting Sunday boilsat the West Sixth bar. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Nickel City

The Central East Austin bar ishosting a crawfish boilwith a DJ. It takes place on Sunday, April 23 starting at 1 p.m.

Lit Lounge

Kasian Boil is hosting itsthree-year anniversary partyat the downtown bar with an all-you-can-eat crawfish boil withticketsat $25. It takes place on Sunday, April 23 starting at 2 p.m.; there will be drink specials and DJ sets.

Latchkey

The East Austin bar’sweekly crawfish boiltakes place on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. courtesy of East Side Boilers.

Native Bar & Cafe

Crawfish company Orgeron Crawfish ishosting monthly boils on the final Saturday of each monthat the East Austin venue space.

Big Easy Bar and Grill

The East Austin bar’s South Austin food truck serves up the best of Louisiana with hot-boiled crawfish and shrimp, alongside potatoes, corn, and smoked sausage. Or, go for the crawfish cakes or popcorn crawfish. Pickup orders can be placedonline.

The Cavalier

The East Austin Bar ishosting multiple crawfish boilsfrom March into May withWillie’s Crawfish. Mudbugs by the pound will be available starting at 3 p.m. on each event date until everything is sold out. It takes place on Saturdays on April 22, May 6, and May 20.

Half Step

道瓊斯指數ntown bar’scrawfish boilincludes $7 all-you-can-eat mudbugs, live bands, cold drinks, and more. It takes place on Sunday, April 23 starting at 3 p.m.

Mandala Kitchen & Bar

The South Lamar Chinese and Vietnamese restaurant offers crawfish fried rice. Pickup orders can be placed online, and there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Crawfish from Mandala
Crawfish from Mandala
Mandala/Facebook

Hi Sign Brewing

The brewery is hostinga crawfish boilwith its on-site truck Norte Tacos on Saturday, April 22. It starts at 11 a.m. with three-pound platters of mudbugs, potatoes, and sausages at $24. There’s also live music and a DJ.

Blue Owl Brewing

The East Austin sour beer brewery is teaming up with food delivery service Pot2platefor a crawfish boilon Saturday, April 22 from noon to 5 p.m. On deck’s Viet-Cajun crawfish, shrimp, and raw oysters.

Shore Raw Bar & Grill

The West Oak Hill seafood restaurant has two crawfish options: an etouffee and a po’ boy. To-go orders can be placedonline; the restaurant is open for dine-in services with outdoor areas.

Copperhead Club

Crawfish company Orgeron Crawfish ishosting monthly boils on the first Saturday of each monthat the East Riverside bar.

Deckhand Oyster Bar & Seafood

Both locations (the other in Round Rock) of the seafood restaurant offer up multiple crawfish dishes. The restaurants are also offering boiled spicy crawfish available by the pound. Pickup orders can be placed in person or over the phone. The restaurant is open for dine-in services.

Habana Restaurant

南奧斯丁古巴餐廳hostinga boilwith HooDoo Crawfish on Sunday, April 30. Crawfish plates will be $22, plus there will be margarita and mojito specials. It starts at noon.

Cypress Grill

The New Orleans restaurant is offering a whole bunch of crawfish specials on its menu, such as fried crawfish platters, eggrolls, popcorn, po’ boys, and more. Takeout orders can be placedonline; the restaurant is open for dine-in service, and there is outdoor service. Then there are thetwice-weekly crawfish boilsavailable on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 4:30 p.m., with three-pound or one-pound platters including corn and potatoes). Preorders can be placedonlineor over the phone.

Catfish Parlour South

The Southern seafood restaurant offerscrawfish and seafood gumbo crawfish specials, as well as other crawfish dishes. The restaurant is open for indoor dine-in services.

Waterloo Ice House

Waterloo Ice House’s annual crawfish crawl — where each of its locations will host a crawfish boil throughout the season — is back. On deck will be all-you-can-eat crawfish, drink specials, jazz bands, and more. TheCircle C location’sboiltakes place on Saturday, May 20 starting at noon.

Evangeline Cafe

TheCajun restaurant’s full of crawfish options from the crawfish evangeline to etouffee to fried mudbugs. The restaurant is open for dine-in services.

Last Stand Brewing Company

The South Austin brewery is co-hosting its crawfish boil with Moontower Saloon on Sunday, April 23 from 2 to 5 p.m.Preorders will be available eventually.

Armadillo Den

Popular crawfish shopLetz Geaux Boilwill be hosting crawfish boils at the far south Austin bar every weekend day. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Waterloo Ice House Southpark Meadows

Waterloo Ice House’s annual crawfish crawl — where each of its locations will host a crawfish boil throughout the season — is back. On deck will be all-you-can-eat crawfish, drink specials, jazz bands, and more. TheSouth Park Meadows location’s boiltakes place on Saturday, May 6 from noon to 3 p.m.

Vista Brewing

The Driftwood brewery’s crawfish boil takes place on Saturday, April 29 with food from noon to 3 p.m., plus live music from 2 to 4 p.m. and all-day drinks.RSVP onlinefor free entry tickets.

Mudbugs - A Cajun Joint

The Buda seafood restaurant has several Cajun crawfish dishes including po’ boys, étouffée, and more.To-gois available; there is indoor dine-in service.

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