Dining pick of the week: Hot N Juicy Crawfish

PICK OF THE WEEK:

HOT N JUICY CRAWFISH

4810 W. Spring Mountain Road at south Decatur Boulevard, 891-8889

Looking for something different the next time you dine out? How about some crawfish, crab or shrimp served in a bag at your table that is lined with sheets of plastic and accompanied by rolls of paper towels. Hot N Juicy Crawfish is a typical Louisiana-style seafood restaurant that serves, depending on the season, raw oysters, Dungeness crab, blue crab, king crab, snow crab legs, lobster, clams, shrimp and crawfish. The cooked seafood is available four ways: juicy Cajun, garlic butter, lemon pepper or "hot n juicy special," which is a combination of the other three. And each of those seasonings is available in four levels of spiciness: mild, medium, spicy and extra spicy. Among the extras are corn, potato, sausage, Cajun fries, sweet potato fries, rice and rolls. Other featured menu items are calamari, chicken wings or chicken nugget baskets served with Cajun fries, fried catfish, fried shrimp and etouffee, that unique, spicy Cajun stew traditionally made with crawfish and vegetables served over rice. Seafood is sold by the pound and priced according to daily market availability; baskets start at $6.95. Hot N Juicy Crawfish is open from noon to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and noon to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. -- Jack Bulavsky