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We’d Eat dat
outlaws crawfish and shrimp
By: Sandra Nichols
pinch it, peel it, eat it...
It’s that time of the year again, yes sir, I am talking about crawfish
season. Now is the best time to get premium sized crawfish at your local
establishment. A few weeks back my husband and I were invited to go to
dinner with some family at a fairly new establishment in East Texas. Both
of us being born and raised in Louisiana, when we hear of crawfish in Texas
we think “yeah this is not going to be good”. We agreed to meet family
members at “OUTLAWS CRAWFISH and SHRIMP” in Longview.
As soon as we pulled up you could smell the savory crawfish cooking.
Derek and Phaedra opened the establishment on March 2nd, and have
sold out everyday since. We enjoyed the spicy special with 5lbs of crawfish,
1lb of shrimp, corn, potatoes and mushrooms. When I say that the spice
was perfect, I mean it was perfect. We also had some of their boudin and
tamales that were amazing. These East Texans know how to boil some
crawfish.
I spoke with Derek the owner and operator of the location. It is a family
owned and operated establishment and they have high school kids helping
them out with service. When you walk into the rustic tin building you find
many of his stuffed animals hanging or sitting around that either him or
his family members have made trophies. They have an inside and covered
outside seating area along with a fire pit in the back. On the weekends you
can find a fire in the pit and after all is sold everyone just hangs around the
fire and chats and have a good time.
Derek stated that once the season has passed they will remain open
and continue cooking for everyone to come out and relax and have fun. I
personally have not been anywhere recently that you can go have dinner
with family and friends and just relax in the family atmosphere that we
found at this place. If you are ever in the East Texas area I highly recommend
you stop in and take a load off, visit for a while and have some supper with
them. You can find them on facebook at OUTLAWS CRAWFISH and SHRIMP
(Longview, TX).
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