THE TAIL TRAIL: WHERE TO FIND
THE BEST CRAWFISH BROOKSHIRE REPKA’S GROCERY
What started as a 1940s icehouse and convenience store, Repka’s, a member of San Bernard Electric Cooperative, serves Cajun-style cuisine year-round. If you blink, you’ll miss the nondescript building even though it is packed during crawfish season. Wood-paneled walls boast bar swag and autographed headshots of famous diners, including country music star Tim McGraw. Pool tables, vintage arcade games
and a jukebox add to the dive bar vibe, and patron-inscribed dollar bills adorn the ceiling. Plan on trying fried gator, crawfish étouffée and homemade pork cracklings. CROSBY CRAWFISH SHACK
One could argue the Crawfish Shack is Texas’ most popular BYOB boiling pot restaurant. During peak season, loyal patrons lug beer-filled coolers and happily endure 200-person lines to get their hands on Dan Meaux’s
savory mudbugs. During the season (typically January–June), the Crawfish Shack serves more than 6,000 pounds of crawfish daily. The open-air, red steel building exudes a garageparty-meets-sports-bar energy characterized by football memorabilia on the walls and sports on big-screen TVs. Get ready for boiled crawfish, shrimp, snow crab and sausage with corn, potatoes and mushrooms. EL CAMPO PINCHERS BOIL’N POT RESTAURANT
With lakeside dining on a large deck and fresh-daily crawfish from their farm, Pinchers is a cut above your average crawfish shack. Just off U.S. Highway 59 South, the restaurant’s conspicuous yellow facade and
