There are several options here like Special OMG Combo (crawfish, mussels and shrimp for $31 and the $90 Love Dinner for 2 (king crab, lobster tail, shrimp, corn, egg, potatoes, sausage), perfect for picking up for date-night at home or picnicking at Huron Park.

The English brothers opened this spot with one goal: Make crabs as popular as coney islands in Detroit. Get them in a cluster seafood bag, seasoned with their family’s signature sauce. Add-ons for the bag include turkey necks, oxtails, rice, and smoked wings. Prices start at $18 for a 25-piece crawfish bag or an eight-piece shrimp bag; the $54.99 Everything Bag includes one crab cluster, a lobster tail, four shrimp, eight crawfish and a sausage, and is perfect for sharing.

Detroit Pho & Crab specializes in shelling out Vietnamese seafood in a bag, which includes king crab, snow crab, lobster tail, crawfish, shrimp, mussels, scallops, and clams. They also serve Vietnamese dishes such as pho crab, stir-fried noodles, and vermicelli. Grab a bag (sold by the pound) with a to-go cocktail.

The House of Gumbo will transport you from northwest Detroit to southeast Louisiana with its po’boys, swamp boxes, fried okra, Cajun fries, and, of course, gumbo and seafood boils. Sold by the pound and suitable for takeout, the seafood boils are $19 for a pound of scallops, $20 for a bag of snow crab legs, and $27 for a pound of king crab legs. 

Saucey Crab opened in a Southfield strip mall in 2019 before expanding to northwest Detroit this past January. Bags range from $15 for black or green mussels and crawfish to $41 for king crab, and include corn, potatoes, and chicken sausage. The sauces, named after Detroit’s professional sports teams, range in heat from mild to extra hot. Order a bag to go from Grubhub or UberEats, or dine socially distant in the nautically-themed restaurant in Southfield.

Crab Kitchen has been selling seafood boils by the pound or half-pound since opening in early 2021, and they include Dungeness crab, crawfish, clams, black mussels, among others, or a choice of two seafoods. The restaurant offers add-ons not typical to boils, such as broccoli, zucchini, pasta noodles, and carrots. Online pick-up orders are preferred via crabkitchen.com. Delivery is available via Grubhub, Seamless, and DoorDash; limited indoor dining in this former home to Pizza Hut is available and reservations are recommended.

The previous owner of the downtown Samurai Steakhouse revamped this spot at the start of the pandemic to stand out from the flood of hibachi-style eateries in the area. The Krazy Crab offers boils with shrimp, snow crab legs, clams, mussels, and lobster, along with some of the hibachi favorites and bubble tea from the previous restaurant.

Summer is right around the corner, but there’s no need to wait until Independence Day to head to the Beach. Choose a catch (lobster, jumbo shrimp, crawfish, king crab, mussels or peel & eat shrimp), which is boiled in a blend of Cajun spices, tossed in a house seasoning, and served with red-skinned potatoes, corn, and andouille sausage. Finish it off with one of more than 40 beers and tiki drinks on the patio that overlooks Walled Lake.