"The Bayou Shack serves the best Cajun-style seafood boils within 20 miles of Austin. Owned by a Vietnamese-American family from Mississippi, this unassuming strip-mall joint has draft beer, lots of screens blasting sports, and a nice covered outdoor patio, making it a prime game-day with classic Cajun sides and fried apps. You can build your own boil with crawfish and several kinds of crab, shrimp, and sausage, or go prix fixe with one of their Shack Sack combos that come with corn and potatoes. There are sauce options of varying spice levels, and most combos are more than enough for two hungry people. Be ready to get down and dirty—each boil comes with bibs and gloves." - Clara Wang
