With fresh seafood, cold craft beer and a place for kids to play,brwe have a crush on crustacean purveyor Craft & Crab. Thebr10,000-square-foot restaurant is situated along the ever busybrHighway 121 in Colleyville, but you'll feel like you're in a NewbrEngland crab house as you feast upon crabs and other seafoodbr(and non-seafood) bites.br
You might expect sophistication and elegance at a Colleyvillebrseafood spot, but Craft & Crab is different. Instead, the spacebrexudes a family-friendly, laid-back vibe. It's a destination wherebryour whole crew can enjoy a good meal and have some fun,brfrom the boat-themed playground for kids to the corn hole,brlife-size Jenga and swings at the bar for adults.br
The restaurant aims to revive family mealtimes, whenbreveryone gathers around the table and digs in. When you orderbrfamily-style portions, expect a pile of seafood to be dumpedbron your paper covered table. The hunger busting FriedbrFisherman one of the many family feasts on the menu is abrheaping helping of oysters, shrimp, redfish or catfish servedbrwith fries and hushpuppies. Pick your feast, then pick frombr150 varieties of craft beer or one of the restaurant's specialty cocktails (we're partial to the banana cream rum Mai Tai)brto wash it all down.
Don't have your brood with you? Order an individualbrentrée, which is uniquely served on a disposable palmbrcontainer made from fallen palm leaves. It's a coolbrCaribbean influence just like the sounds of Bob Marleybrdrifting through the air and the coconut margarita thatbrbeckoned us from the bar.br
On our lunch visit, we dove into the fried shrimpbrbasket after devouring a satisfying house salad. Therebrare shrimp and then there are the titans that comebrforth from Craft & Crab's kitchen. These mammoth,brlightly battered beauties will fill you right up. We alsobrpolished off the steak fries and small dish of coleslaw,brwhich made nice accompaniments to the shrimp. Thebrmenu is seafood skewed but offers plenty for landbrlovers, too, from rotisserie chicken and barbecue porkbrto corn dogs and mac and cheese for the kids.br
Whether you grab a spot on the massive patio orbrenjoy your feast in the dining room, there's not a badbrseat in the house. Inside, every wall is plastered withbrHDTVs, so you can grab a pint of craft suds and not missbra minute of college football.br
For the quintessential crab house experience withoutbrventuring far from the bubble, Craft & Crab is the placebrto go. Be sure to put it on your (galvanized) bucket listbrthis month.
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CRAFT & CRABbr
5120 S. Highway 121brColleyvillebr682.738.3666 CraftAndCrab.com