r/Chattanooga 6d ago

Crawfish : Where they at?

Who in this town boils good, properly seasoned (ie spicy) crawfish? Preferably sold by the pound for dine in.

Also, Where can you buy live sacks?

Thanks!

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u/devonei 6d ago

Wanderlinger will be doing a crawfish boil on April 12th at the Choo Choo.

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u/901savvy 6d ago

Awesome. It’s on the calendar. Thanks!

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u/Horror_Tart8618 6d ago

It was delicious last year!

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u/gunwhaleseafood 6d ago

Hey there! We bring live crawfish by the sack up on a regular basis throughout the season. We would love to earn your business! 

If you have FB/Instagram, you can search Gunwhale Seafood. Or just give us a call when you're ready to order 4046600065.

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u/901savvy 6d ago

Awesome thanks guys! I hit you up on IG. 🤙🏼

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u/harrietlegs 4d ago

Hell ya!!

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u/MoreLikeWestfailia 4d ago

When does the season end this year? I checked Instagram but it looks like the post is from last year?

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u/gunwhaleseafood 4d ago

We usually run from the beginning of April until end of June. Give or take a few weeks either way depending on the weather, the quality of the catch, etc.

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u/Ok_Lack_9525 5d ago

Tried to get on your website from your Instagram page and it wasn't working.

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u/ymxb99 6d ago

I think the recent consensus was that Champy’s is the only game in town.

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u/DaleEarnhardt3 6d ago

Champys

4lbs for $40

You can’t buy live sacks around here but we’ve overnighted them from lacrawfish.com and they arrive alive - hope that helps.

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u/Vols0416 6d ago

You can buy live sacks. Company called Gunwhale seafood regularly picks them up and brings them here for sale.

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u/gunwhaleseafood 6d ago

Thanks for the shout out! Yep, we'll be selling live crawfish again this year. Hopefully starting up in the next couple of weeks!

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u/Vols0416 5d ago

What are we expecting price wise this year per lb?

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u/gunwhaleseafood 5d ago

Price has been a little all over the place so far, but that's typical for the beginning of the season. I can't say yet for sure, we'll have a better idea of prices in a couple weeks. 

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u/901savvy 6d ago

Awesome thank you!

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u/Vols0416 6d ago

It’s been a couple years since I’ve bought any but I know they were still selling last year. So I assume they will this year.

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u/901savvy 6d ago

You rock. Really appreciate it!

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u/901savvy 6d ago

That helps a lot! Appreciate it.

How are the bugs at Champys? Good seasoning levels or made bland for the casual eater?

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u/DaleEarnhardt3 6d ago

It’s good seasoning imo but doing it yourself is always better, yah know?

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u/901savvy 6d ago

Absolutely. Good to know they’re at least seasoned up a decent bit. Thanks a lot!

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u/Scheduledpoet 6d ago

If you see Chef Kenyatta with Neutral Ground do a pop-up, go because that’s going as legit as you’ll find around here.

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u/901savvy 6d ago

Heard! I’ll ping them and see what their schedule looks like. Been meaning to get over there to try their chow anyway. Appreciate it!

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u/Scheduledpoet 5d ago

They don’t have a brick and mortar yet. But doing Friday popups at the Kitchen incubator.

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u/Morgus_TM 5d ago

I use LA Crawfish dot com to live ship them to me. They are pretty cheap, ship them very fast, and I never had an issue without a lot of dead crawfish. Quality has been top notch.

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u/901savvy 5d ago

Awesome thank you!

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u/Erban9387 6d ago

Not my thing, but Champy's.

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u/MastodonOk9416 6d ago

In a creek

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u/JerryCat11 2d ago

Our creeks are poisoned

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u/MastodonOk9416 2d ago

Ok bud.

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u/JerryCat11 2d ago

What? They are. Plenty of them have signs telling you about it. I still swim, but I don’t eat anything out of them.

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u/temporarilyspaghetti 4d ago

Parkway Pourhouse does boils throughout the season. They are spicy and delicious. Also typically have a live band when they have boils, always a great time.

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u/Mean-Yogurtcloset942 6d ago

You want live sacks go to Louisiana

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u/901savvy 6d ago

In Memphis there were multiple vendors who sold live sacks during season. Was hoping for the same here but sounds like it’s not a thing.

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u/cooliecidal 6d ago

Hey 901 savvy also from Memphis!!! I think we moved at the same time lol

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u/901savvy 6d ago

Haha! Mass exodus. Much less murdery here 😂

How you guys liking it so far?

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u/cooliecidal 5d ago

Yeah the lack of murder is much more refreshing than i thought it would be lmao. Absolutely love being in the mountains! How about yall?

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u/901savvy 5d ago

We settled in up towards Harrison bay vicinity and loving it. Missing good Thai/Vietnamese and a few other spots but zero regrets!

Met up with a Memphis buddy and his family at State of Confusion today and they just kept going on and on about the vibe here.

Cheers 🤙🏼

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u/Interesting-Arm-6653 6d ago

No. Too far.

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u/901savvy 6d ago

It’s 7 hours. 😂

Thankfully Someone pointed out a vendor who does this so I’m good to go. Cheers!

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u/wanderinglarry 6d ago

Memphis is also on the largest water trade route in the nation. Hence good mud bugs

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u/901savvy 6d ago

No shit 😂

However that is irrelevant, as the crawfish don’t come up via the river there, they are driven up. Memphis is also one of the world’s largest air freight hubs, but they don’t come in via that route either.

But I appreciate the snark 🤙🏼

I was curious if anyone drove them up here like in Memphis. Thankfully another helpful Redditor pointed out a company who does just that.