Where to get Seafood for Lent on Magazine
For seafood Fridays during Lent, check out these Magazine Street restaurants. Shrimp, crawfish, and other local seafood favorites star in these post-Carnival, Lent-friendly dishes. If you’re craving crawfish in particular, we’ve got you covered with fantastic crawfish dishes (and some crawfish accessories too!).
La Petite Grocery
Like you need an excuse to order the famous blue crab beignets… La Petite Grocery also offers an excellent shrimp and grits and a shellfish stew for your Lenten Fridays.
Slim Goodies
Omelettes don’t need meat to be amazing, especially at Slim Goodies. Indulge in a Les Bon Temps—a fluffy omelette folded over rich crawfish etouffee. Or try a Creole Slammer: that same Slims-made etouffee on top of hashbrowns with two scrambled eggs and a biscuit.
Apolline
Apolline has a special Lenten prix fixe menu for both dinner and brunch featuring the likes of perfectly-fried fish and grits and a pan-seared Gulf snapper over chanterelle mushroom risotto.
Osteria Lupo
This Northern Italian hotspot has an expansive menu of Lent-friendly, seafood-forward dishes including wood-fired oysters, radiatori with Louisiana blue crab, basil, and Parmesan; and Gulf Fish with sun-dried tomato tapenade, Hakurei turnips, and hazelnut
Juan’s Flying Burrito
Juan’s menu features plenty of options starring fat, flavorful Gulf shrimp. From the Surf Punk Burrito and Jerk Shrimp & Mango Salad to Gulf Shrimp Bánh Mì Tacos and the Luau Quesadilla (hold the bacon), you can get your seafood fix in a most delicious way. Throw in a house marg and your Friday is set.
Sukho Thai
At Sukho Thai, you’ll find a slew of amazing seafood dishes, all accented with fresh, spicy Thai flavors. Just a few of their must-try seafood specialties include Three-Flavored whole fish (a spectacular fried masterpiece), Lime-steamed Fish, Seafood Hot Pot, Curried Soft-shell Crab, and Caribbean Pirate (a wok-fired seafood combo bursting with herbs and spicy flavors).
Rum House
Rum house has tons of seafood and vegetarian options like their Red Curry Shrimp “Rundown”—Gulf shrimp, creamy red curry sauce, spinach, mushrooms, and pico de gallo served with coconut mango rice and grilled roti bread—or delicious Lent-friendly tacos.
Red Dog Diner
Red Dog Diner has plenty of meatless dishes as well as the delectable Crusted Crab and Spaghetti – Jumbo lump crab meat, artichoke hearts, lemon garlic butter, wilted spinach, and parmesan tossed with thin spaghetti noodles.
Gris-Gris
Cast iron seared fish – Gris-Gris’ top-selling item – is EAT FIT approved AND a great meat free option! Other meat-free dishes include Shrimp & Gris-Gris Grits, Creole Redfish Courtbouillon, and Flambeaux Shrimp.
Dat Dog
In addition to the Sea Dog (a crispy, beer-battered fried cod with onions, tomatoes, yellow mustard and homemade tartar sauce on a bun), Dat Dog has platters: fried shrimp with a choice of fries, sweet potato fries, tater tots or onion rings or classic Fish ‘n Chips.
Breaux Mart
Fish or shrimp? Breaux Mart’s buffet makes it easy to get your Friday fix and take it to go.
Reginelli’s Pizzeria
No meat? No problem? Reginelli’s has plenty of options, from delicious crawfish pizza to vegetarian showstoppers Amici Gnocchi with mushrooms, spinach, bbq onions and feta.
Joey K’s
Joey K’s has plenty of seafood options: Eggplant Napoleon, Fried Green Tomatoes with Grilled Shrimp, and All-U-Can-Eat Fried Catfish to name just a few.
Saffron
If you haven’t tried it yet, Lent is the perfect time to experience Saffron’s Oyster Bed Roast: a mashup of Louisiana oysters with Indian flavors. There’s also Bombay Shrimp (herb & spice crusted gulf shrimp with a tomato-ginger remoulade), Tamarind shrimp, and a curried seafood gumbo that also highlight this flavor fusion you didn’t know you needed.
The Bower
The Bower offers a frequently-changing menu of tantalizing seafood dishes like a spicy scallop arancini, yellowtail crudo, lobster Cobb salad, crawfish radiatore pasta, and swordfish picante.
Casamento’s
Raw oysters, charbroiled oysters, fried oysters, an oyster loaf… What more do you need? Casamento’s has perfectly-fried, blackened, and boiled Louisiana seafood just when you need it most.
Boulevard American Bistro
Boulevard American Bistro is serving up fresh, delicious seafood options, from pan seared crab cakes with jumbo lump crab meat to delicious fish, oyster and shrimp dishes.
