Once perceived as river beasts, catfish are actually docile creatures, playfully batting yarny kelp and purring when scratched by the hooks of hungry fishermen. Cuddle a tasty catch with today's Groupon: for $9, you get $20 worth of catfish, seafood, and drinks at Ezell's Catfish Cabin in Trussville.

Ezell's Catfish Cabin quiets rumbling stomachs with lunch and dinner menus teeming with palate-pleasing catfish and a bundle of seafood specialties. Cast a net over regular orders of catfish fillets ($10.95), or round up a regular order of whole, Southern-style bone-in catfish ($11.95). Frog legs ($11.95) provide sustenance for more amphibious appetites, and fried oysters ($12.95), fantail shrimp ($11.95), and stuffed crabs ($10.95) keep mitts occupied from starting fights with highly combative cutlery.

Outfitted with wood-paneled walls and a stately stone hearth, Ezell's doles out delectable dishes with the charm of a neighborhood river cabin. Patrons can trade quarters for gumballs with a nonpartisan gumball machine, or pose for pictures under Ezell's mounted moose head.

Reviews

Eighty-seven percent of Urbanspooners recommend Ezell's Catfish Cabin Trussville:

• Wow, I haven't had seafood that good in a long,long time. – J Miles
• Good atmosphere, we go at least once a week. That's a must!! – Eve