This week we went in for the third time, and we discovered something that popped this up from good to astounding. You see, there are 2 sauces, Crackin' Sauce, and Lemon Pepper. Either can be done in mild, medium, or hot, but the way they get to "Hot" Lemon Pepper is actually by adding Crackin' Sauce with all of its garlicky cayenne goodness. "Hot" Lemon Pepper is about the same as Medium Crakin' Sauce (Which is as hot as I'll let Raz go since I like to taste flavors other than cayenne when I'm eating Cajun-inspired foods).

If you're a fan of shrimp and only shrimp, a pound of the little, headless guys cooked up in the hot Lemon Pepper sauce with a couple extra cobs of corn tossed in is a very reasonable meal for 2 people. Not that I would ever steer anyone away from the crab-heavy "Cast a Net" menu, since I absolutely adore crab and Crackin' Crab has a good supplier and excellent handling of said favorite shellfish, so it comes out fabulous and goes well with either of the super buttery sauces.

Also, this location does Cajun Fries far better than the other location in town (which is in itself a reason to come up to the West Side), plus the portions of those or the Sweet Potato Fries are positively gigantic (Im pretty sure that 2 full yams or russets get julienned for a single basket). This is my absolute new favorite place to resolve my not infrequent cravings for shellfish.