68 Crawfish and Seafood, Houston

Despite its location in Houston, 68 Crawfish and Seafood is a Cajun restaurant through and through. And its menu tells you just as much: sandwiched between grilled, fresh, and fried oysters, you can find options like boiled blue crab and catfish po'boys. But perhaps the telltale sign of the business's stye of cuisine is its large batches of boiled seafood, with crawfish reigning supreme. Often sold by the pound and in quantities big enough to make you believe you're in a bayou outpost or a fourth-grade science lab, its crawfish is touted as always fresh and never frozen. Indeed, it frequently sells the bright-red crustaceans while they're still alive, making the fare at backyard boils almost as tasty as what its own chefs cook up.