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MENU HIGHLIGHTS:

APPETIZERS
• Coconut Shrimp
• Crab Cakes
• Oysters on the Half Shell

MAIN COURSES
Sea Feasts for Two or More. All served with Andouille sausage, corn on the cob, and red jacket potatoes
• THE COVE — Steamed clams, Pacific mussels, shrimp in the shell
• THE WESTPORT — Dungeness and snow crab, shrimp in the shell, steamed clams, and Pacific mussels
• THE PACIFIC CLAMBAKE — Steamed clams, oysters, Pacific mussels, Dungeness and snow crab, shrimp in the shell, and halibut and salmon skewers
• THE ALASKAN — King crab, Dungeness crab, snow crab, shrimp in the shell, steamed clams, and Pacific mussels

DESSERTS
• Home-Style Strawberry Rhubarb Cake-in-a-Pan served with Ice Cream, for two or more
• Mud Pie with Chocolate Crumb Crust, Mocha Ice Cream, Toasted Almonds, Fudge Sauce, and Whipped Cream

SPECIALTY DRINKS
• Crab Pot Mai Tai
• Summer Hummer
• Cove Martini
BEST OF THE CELLAR:

RED WINE
• Latetita Reserve, Pinot Noir
• Caymus, Cabernet Sauvignon
• Turnbull, Cabernet Sauvignon

WHITE WINE
• Rochioli, Chardonnay
• Luna, Pinot Grigio
• Cakebread, Sauvignon Blanc

Crab Pot Restaurant

<p>A happy family enjoys the bounty of Crab Pot‘s Famous Sea Feast.</p> <p>Photo by Taylor Sherrill / Assistant: Kyle Martin</p>

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Categories:
  • Restaurants
  • Seafood

Essential Information

Street Address 78121 AvenIda La Fonda
La Quinta, CA 92253
US
Phone760-564-7333
Fax760-564-7338

Seafood Feasts and More

The Crab Pot Restaurant and Bar in La Quinta has become a tremendous success in just two years and developed a devoted following of diners who frequent the fun, friendly, delicious family-style seafood restaurant for lunch and dinner.

The Crab Pot brings the popular Northwest custom where folks gather to enjoy the freshly caught bounty of salmon, crab, and steamed shellfish. First launched on Seattle’s historic waterfront by owner Hal Griffith, the La Quinta restaurant, at the corner of Avenida La Fonda and Desert Club Drive, is one of several locations in Washington and at Long Beach, California.

An exhibition kitchen wafts the fragrance of fresh cooked seafood the moment you open the door. Wood plank floors, red-checked tablecloths, nautical décor, and an inviting half-circle bar sets the stage for casual, relaxed dining inside or on the patio with misters, fans and an outdoor fireplace for those cool winter nights.

Sea Feasts for two or more include a variety of fresh seafood, steamed with mouth watering spices and poured out on butcher paper covered tables. Spools of paper towels stand ready as guests are bibbed up and armed with wood mallets and pallets to crack open the crab, shrimp, and shellfish, slurp up the juicy meat, and devour corn on the cob and red potatoes.

Seafood is brought in fresh with daily specials such as Atlantic salmon, Alaskan halibut, Pacific swordfish, Hawaiian Ahi and Mahi Mahi, Baja California seabass, yellowtail, and crab. Besides seafood, The Crab Pot offers great pastas, chicken, baby back ribs, New York steaks, burgers, sandwiches, and salads. New daily lunch specials feature pier-fresh seafood along with regular lunch items.

Your server will likely ask what you want for dessert before taking your food order to prepare the Crab Pot’s special rhubarb cake-in-a-pan served with ice cream.

A choice of wines, beers, and specialty drinks, plus half-off appetizers makes this a perfect spot for happy hour from 3 to 6 p.m., with full-course dining until 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights.

“Gather with friends for a Seafood Feast – one of the Great Northwest’s most delicious traditions.â€

Text by Pamela Bieri

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Additional Information

Description: The Crab Pot Restaurant and Bar, a fun, friendly, and delicious family-style seafood dining concept that was first launched on Seattle’s historic waterfront by owner Hal Griffith, is now in La Quinta.

Great Restaurants: 2010

<p>A happy family enjoys the bounty of Crab Pot‘s Famous Sea Feast.</p> <p>Photo by Taylor Sherrill / Assistant: Kyle Martin</p>

A happy family enjoys the bounty of Crab Pot‘s Famous Sea Feast.

Photo by Taylor Sherrill / Assistant: Kyle Martin

<p>A Crab Pot specialty is its famous Alaskan Sea Feast, a fine dining experience with a bountiful serving of Dungeness crab, snow crab, king crab, clams, mussels, shrimp, Andouille sausage, corn on the cob, and red potatoes. Served with tools — mallet, crab cracker, and fish fork — and a wooden pallet to pound on. You can get down and dirty and clean up with the paper towels on your table. The suggested wine is Crab Pot Chardonnay.</p> <p>Photo by Arthur Coleman / Assistant: Tim Carter • Food Stylist: Roland Bieri</p>

A Crab Pot specialty is its famous Alaskan Sea Feast, a fine dining experience with a bountiful serving of Dungeness crab, snow crab, king crab, clams, mussels, shrimp, Andouille sausage, corn on the cob, and red potatoes. Served with tools — mallet, crab cracker, and fish fork — and a wooden pallet to pound on. You can get down and dirty and clean up with the paper towels on your table. The suggested wine is Crab Pot Chardonnay.

Photo by Arthur Coleman / Assistant: Tim Carter • Food Stylist: Roland Bieri