The Crabby Shack
Seafood restaurant · Crown Heights
613 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Highlights
Crab, lobster & corn chowder, sandwiches, tacos, & frozen drinks
Crab, lobster & corn chowder, sandwiches, tacos, & frozen drinks
"Everything on the menu from these Crown Heights crustacean specialists gets the garlic-butter treatment, so expect big pieces of lobster claw and tail meat on a potato bun, drenched in butter, and flecked with Old Bay. It would be even better on a potato roll, but we’ll let it slide, because they also have a unique Clobster Roll: a bun with crab on one side, and lobster on the other. Get a spread (which includes their crab BLT with crumbled bacon), plus a frozen cocktail, and head to Prospect Park." - willa moore, bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, sonal shah
"Take a cue from the name, and get something (anything) with crab. For a quick and easy meal, go for the overstuffed crab roll seasoned with just a little salt, so you taste pure crabmeat. If you’re willing to get a little messy, the snow crabs in a buttery, sweet-and-spicy sauce are even better. You order at a counter, and there’s lots of seating in the nautical-themed room, which is slightly nicer than a Long John Silver’s. If it’s not February, order one of the four frozen cocktails on tap, and eat in their covered outdoor structure painted with Keith Haring-like squiggles." - kenny yang, bryan kim, nikko duren, hannah albertine, matt tervooren
"A charming, airy, kitschy-in-all-the-right-ways space with a menu that sticks to what it knows best: crab and other crustaceans. The crab roll's garnered a cult following thanks to its hefty helping of crab meat on a perfectly-squishy roll finished with garlic butter. Get it." - katherine lewin
"This in Crown Height has been filling crustacean-related voids in people’s lives since 2014 via a counter in a nautical-themed room that looks slightly nicer than a Long John Silver’s. For a quick and easy meal, get the overstuffed crab roll seasoned with just a little salt. You’ll taste pure crabmeat (as opposed to the lobster roll, which is overwhelmed by old bay and garlic butter). If you’re willing to get a little messy, the snow crabs are even better. We get them as a combo with shrimp submerged in a buttery, sweet-and-spicy sauce. Conveniently, there’s a station set up with self-serve bibs, gloves, and napkins. If it’s not February, order one of the four frozen cocktails on tap, and eat in their covered outdoor structure painted with Keith Haring-like squiggles. " - Kenny Yang
"Cajun restaurants were left scrambling after snow crab season was effectively cancelled in Alaska this fall. Gwen Woods, co-owner of the Crabby Shack, tells the publication that snow crab accounts for some 80 percent of the Crown Heights restaurant's menu. She's reportedly in the process of moving away from snow crab by adding fish and even some meat to the menu." - Luke Fortney
