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Soft shell crabs: Where to go?

3 posts · May 12, 1998 to May 18, 1998

Charles D.The Internet Access Company, Inc.May 12, 1998
 Someone wrote:
 >I was in Wild Harvest over the weekend.. they had fresh soft shell
 >crabs... $3.79 apiece!! I didn't think they showed up this early... but
 >this wonderful season is upon us!!
 >
 >The tastiest ones I've had so far were at Legal Seafood... although a
 >bit expensive (2 for around $16)..
 >
 >Wondering if anyone had any favorite dining spots where these can be
 >had, preferably in the Boston area, and what method they're prepared by?

 Cafe Luna in Brookline had them on the menu when I was there a long
 time ago, I ordered them, but they were out.  :-(  Nothing much
 appealed, so I ordered a pizza, and was prepared to be unhappy.

 Well, their pizza was soooo good, it turned around the experience
 for me.

 Chuck Demas
 Needham, Mass.
Joe P.MediaOne -=- Northeast RegionMay 13, 1998
 A H. wrote:
 >
 > I was in Wild Harvest over the weekend.. they had fresh soft shell
 > crabs... $3.79 apiece!! I didn't think they showed up this early... but
 > this wonderful season is upon us!!
 >
 > The tastiest ones I've had so far were at Legal Seafood... although a
 > bit expensive (2 for around $16)..
 >
 > Wondering if anyone had any favorite dining spots where these can be
 > had, preferably in the Boston area, and what method they're prepared by?
 >
 > Thanks,
 >
 > Art
 Hana Sushi in on Mass ave in N. Cambridge has excellent SSC Maki.
 East Coast Grill in Inman square has some delicious ones for appetizers.

 -Joe Prosser
Thomas L.Harvard Faculty of Arts and SciencesMay 18, 1998
 Had a soft-shell crab appetizer--billed on the menu as a salad--at
 Cambridge's Blue Room (Kendall Square) last Friday night.  Essentially it
 was one crab with a corn-meal crust on a bed of arugula with a nicely
 seasoned lemon-based dressing on the side.  A bit steep at $12, but
 delicious nonetheless.

 Someone wrote:

 > I was in Wild Harvest over the weekend.. they had fresh soft shell
 > crabs... $3.79 apiece!! I didn't think they showed up this early... but
 > this wonderful season is upon us!!
 >
 > The tastiest ones I've had so far were at Legal Seafood... although a
 > bit expensive (2 for around $16)..
 >
 > Wondering if anyone had any favorite dining spots where these can be
 > had, preferably in the Boston area, and what method they're prepared by?
 >
 > Thanks,
 >
 > Art
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