?> {"id":575,"date":"2009-06-20T19:38:34","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T23:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/?p=575"},"modified":"2009-08-03T20:03:05","modified_gmt":"2009-08-04T00:03:05","slug":"seattle-day-1-the-crab-pot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/2009\/06\/seattle-day-1-the-crab-pot\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Day 1 – The Crab Pot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After watching the fishes being tossed around at Pike Place Market and seeing all the beautiful seafood on display, we knew that we had to have some before we left Seattle. Even though we would be going to Alaska where seafood is notoriously abundant, we figured that any seafood served on the cruise ship would have to be frozen since they load up on supplies at the beginning of the cruise. My sister suggested going to The Crab Pot, a loud and boisterous touristy restaurant on a pier next to Puget Sound. Instead of plates, you receive a wooden cutting board and a wooden mallet. Patrons wear lobster bibs around their necks and whack away happily at crabs, smashing the shells to extract the meat inside. It\u2019s kitschy but also a lot of fun.<\/p>\n
We had a large group with us so the wait was long, about an hour, but luckily we were able to score a bar table in the back while we waited. I guess the purpose of these tables are for people who just want to have drinks and a few snacks but don\u2019t want to get any of the famous crab pots. The only food available in the bar room are appetizers for sharing. We ordered a few pitchers of local beers and some steamed mussels and fried calamari to nibble on while we waited for our table in the dining room. Unfortunately, the food took forever to come out and we actually were seated in the main room before we got our appetizers. We had to notify our waitress that we had already ordered and paid for appetizers in the bar room, and by the time they brought them out, everything was cold. The fried calamari were rubbery and not crispy – these were pretty bad.<\/p>\n
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