Yesterday Tobacco Road held their annual crawfish boil and I made the trip for another year of peeling tails and suckin crawfish heads. The weather was beautiful out yesterday, maybe even a little on the warm side but not dreadfully hot like some Miami days can be. This made for easy crawfish consumption. They were really good this year. Lots of nice fatty crawfish in my 2 pound box and they were spicy but the spice didnt overpower the meat. A clean meal this is not. I felt like I needed a shower after dominating my platter o' crawfish but boy were they good. They also had burgers, dogs, and other grill fare. I think the setup this year was great too. Huge "you have to be a total dumbass not to understand" signs let you know where to order and where to pick up and there was never more than a line of a few people. That could also be because the turnout wasnt as great this year. I remember years past where the entire lot would be packed with people. Maybe because it was April 20th, a stoner's holiday? Lots of people partaking in a doobie or two all around the parking lot. Gotta love Tobacco Road for that haha. Anyways, the lack of crowd mustve sucked for the band that was on stage around 5pm because they were basically playing with absolutely no one standing within 20 yards. Oh well, they did play good music anyways. Overall, it was a great excuse to be outside with a big group of friends swilling beers on a gorgeous afternoon in Miami. Im already looking forward to next year. I just wish I didnt have to get up at 4am to catch a flight this morning...ugh.
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Aw... I wasn't even aware about the Crawfish Boil! I would have gone and brought friends! :-( It's hard to get crawfish in Miami!
We were there as well. The crawfish were really spicy IMO(I had forgotten from last year year just how hot they are). I was "forced" to consume several beers. It was a great time. TR always does a good job. I think the place is underrated/underappreciated if that is possible.
I agree about TR being underrated, especially when they do events like the crawfish boil. When they open up the back lot for bands and vendors it is awesome. I never went inside the place yesterday for that matter. I used to love when they held their "Legalize It" party and had 4 different stages of bands going inside and out. Always a good time at TR.
I thought the crawfish were nicely spiced but the ones that were black were LOADED with spice. It started off not so hot and got firey after about the first dozen or so. Also, if you sucked the heads thats where you got a lot of spice that intensified it.
Was a time when I ate those things. Now I look at them and see brightly colored cockroaches. Aaah, living in Florida.
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