Yes THAT Sandusky Posted April 22, 2016 #1 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Hi! I'm going on an RCCL Southbound cruise beginning May 27. I would love to find a great place in one of the ports to have a crab meal. I don't care if it's a nice table service restaurant or if there is a local place with just a walk up window, as long as it's fresh and delicious. Actually, I thought I had read about a place that serves only crab at a walk up window, but now can't find that info anywhere. Here is a list of my ports: Seward Juneau Skagway Icy Strait Point/Hoonah Ketchikan Thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseonthebrain Posted April 22, 2016 #2 Share Posted April 22, 2016 I want to know too!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougH Posted April 22, 2016 #3 Share Posted April 22, 2016 I'm not a crab person but I'm sure you will get lots of recommendations for Tracys Crab Shack in Juneau. Started out as a dockside food truck and last year expanded into a store front. Pretty sure she has a website if you do a search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted April 22, 2016 #4 Share Posted April 22, 2016 (edited) Icy Strait...(Hoonah). Walk or take the shuttle into town (about a mile or so nice walk along the water front). Go to "The Office Bar" along the waterfront in town. Owner steams those delicious, huge fresh Dungenous Crabs right out front. Wonderful to sit at the bar with a plate of fresh steamed crab (one is all you need ;)) and a draft beer. :D Edited April 22, 2016 by island lady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LenLovesCruising! Posted April 22, 2016 #5 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Tracy's Crab shack is the Best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlxo Posted April 22, 2016 #6 Share Posted April 22, 2016 (edited) Tracy is the most popular... but it's been discussed that cruise season is "out of season" for Alaskan crabs. Thus you are getting FROZEN crab you may be able to get at a local grocer. For LIVE Alaskan crab.... head to Vancouver's premium Chinese restaurants. Need to 6 to 10 of you to complete the monsters. Fried? Spiced? Ginger? Garlic? Baked? The Chinese restaurants can do all of the above with a single crab. You can even pose with your meal before it's cooked. http://www.followmefoodie.com/2014/04/dynasty-seafood-restaurant-alaskan-king-crab-dinner-vancouver/ Live is much better than frozen... Edited April 22, 2016 by xlxo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gottagoacruzn Posted April 22, 2016 #7 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Hi, will agree with those who said to eat at Tracy's crab shack. It may not look like much, but its well worth it. When they take your order, they ask your name, then when your order is ready, they come around an ask, "Lisa from Michigan." The same about the Office Bar in Icy Straight, they got good food. Its nothing fancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putterdude Posted April 23, 2016 #8 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I would bet that Tracy's sells more crab meals then anyone in Alaska....if not then she is in the top 3....note the new location. Then there is the Skagway Fish Company which is always good and has had total rebuild due to a fire. http://www.kingcrabshack.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowPrincess Posted April 23, 2016 #9 Share Posted April 23, 2016 The OP specifically wants "fresh". That eliminates Tracy's, doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zqvol Posted April 23, 2016 #10 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Hi! I'm going on an RCCL Southbound cruise beginning May 27. I would love to find a great place in one of the ports to have a crab meal. I don't care if it's a nice table service restaurant or if there is a local place with just a walk up window, as long as it's fresh and delicious. Actually, I thought I had read about a place that serves only crab at a walk up window, but now can't find that info anywhere. Here is a list of my ports: Seward Juneau Skagway Icy Strait Point/Hoonah Ketchikan Thanks so much! You will NOT find any fresh crab, it is all frozen, as they are not in season during the cruise season. You can find crab right on the pier in Juneau. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowPrincess Posted April 23, 2016 #11 Share Posted April 23, 2016 You will NOT find any fresh crab, it is all frozen, as they are not in season during the cruise season. You can find crab right on the pier in Juneau. Isn't Dungeness in season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old As Dirt Mom Posted April 23, 2016 #12 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Isn't Dungeness in season? Yes, Dungeness crab is harvested in the summer, King crab in the winter. That's my understanding, anyway:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glaciers Posted April 23, 2016 #13 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Yes, Dungeness crab is harvested in the summer, King crab in the winter. That's my understanding, anyway:) This is correct. The king crab you get here is most likely the same stuff you can buy in your local grocery store, it's all frozen this time of year. The local places do know how to cook it though so it's usually very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putterdude Posted April 23, 2016 #14 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Isn't Dungeness in season? Yes, and IMO Dungeness is a vastly superior product. That said crab is one of those things that does not freeze well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSecondSister Posted April 23, 2016 #15 Share Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) Yes, Dungeness crab is harvested in the summer, King crab in the winter. That's my understanding, anyway:) Dungeness crab season in SE Alaska is around June 15 - August 15, and the fall season is around Oct. 1 to end of November. Not sure of the exact dates for 2016. Regardless if fresh or frozen, I love the food at Tracy's Crab Shack. Full of flavor. From our trip in July 2014: https://twocruisingsisters.wordpress.com/2014/07/17/juneau-eats/ Edited April 23, 2016 by TheSecondSister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old As Dirt Mom Posted April 23, 2016 #16 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Dungeness crab season in SE Alaska is around June 15 - August 15, and the fall season is around Oct. 1 to end of November. Not sure of the exact dates for 2016. Regardless if fresh or frozen, I love the food at Tracy's Crab Shack. Full of flavor. From our trip in July 2014: https://twocruisingsisters.wordpress.com/2014/07/17/juneau-eats/ The people who work there are really nice and quite cute, too:) Look at that hunky guy, I mean big chunky crab, in your photo:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaspersmommy Posted April 23, 2016 #17 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Dungeness crab season in SE Alaska is around June 15 - August 15, and the fall season is around Oct. 1 to end of November. Not sure of the exact dates for 2016. Regardless if fresh or frozen, I love the food at Tracy's Crab Shack. Full of flavor. From our trip in July 2014: https://twocruisingsisters.wordpress.com/2014/07/17/juneau-eats/ We'll be in Icy Strait Point the third week of May. Early - yes, but the price was right. :D We were looking forward to having crab again at The Office, we've enjoyed it so much in the past. Now I see that's before Dungeness crab is in season! Does anyone know if they serve any crab that early in the year... even if it's frozen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowPrincess Posted April 23, 2016 #18 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I'm not sure what the requirements are to qualify for "personal use" but on this link, it looks like Dungeness for "personal use" is available year-round http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=PersonalUsebyAreaSoutheastdungenesscrab.regs Buy a pot, rent a boat, do whatever licensing is required? (Mostly just kidding but it would be a meal you'd never forget :) ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glaciers Posted April 23, 2016 #19 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Buy a pot, rent a boat, do whatever licensing is required? (Mostly just kidding but it would be a meal you'd never forget :) ) My wife went to high school in Juneau and told me about her and her friends going out and doing exactly this. They’d go out with a cooker onboard, pull up a Dungeness, pop it in the boiling water and be eating within minutes. Sounded like a neat experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowPrincess Posted April 23, 2016 #20 Share Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) Glaciers, that sounds wonderful -- thanks for sharing that memory! :) We enjoy doing non-traditional things on vacation and still smile about our Dungeness cooked over a campfire dinner :) (before I developed an allergy to crab :( ) Edited April 23, 2016 by CowPrincess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlxo Posted April 24, 2016 #21 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Yes, and IMO Dungeness is a vastly superior product. That said crab is one of those things that does not freeze well.I prefer the Alaskan King crab.... the premium price supports it. Perhaps it's because my King crab was never frozen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putterdude Posted April 24, 2016 #22 Share Posted April 24, 2016 I prefer the Alaskan King crab.... the premium price supports it. Perhaps it's because my King crab was never frozen. Did you have in Alaska or down here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlxo Posted April 25, 2016 #23 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Did you have in Alaska or down here?I had King crab at Tracy's crab shack and Annabelle's in Ketchikan. Live crab was served in Sea Harbour, Congee House, Sun Sui Wah, and Kirin. I think another factor is King Crab is easier to dig into. Dungeness has me fighting through the shells.... making it messier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putterdude Posted April 25, 2016 #24 Share Posted April 25, 2016 I had King crab at Tracy's crab shack and Annabelle's in Ketchikan. Live crab was served in Sea Harbour, Congee House, Sun Sui Wah, and Kirin. I think another factor is King Crab is easier to dig into. Dungeness has me fighting through the shells.... making it messier. Then the Alaska King Crab you had was frozen, Alaska King Crab is a cold weather fishery harvested in the months of October thru January. While food is a subjective topic, the premium price you mention has nothing to do with the quality of the crab. In the case of AKC it is a very short season and a crab that is very expensive to harvest. On the the other hand Dungeness crab is a much less expensive fishery to harvest and is available from Alaska to California and even in the cooler Atlantic areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted April 25, 2016 #25 Share Posted April 25, 2016 (edited) I like how the Office Bar in Hoonah (Icy Strait) breaks open the Dungenous crab for you for ease of eating. Yummss!! Fresh, steamed same day, and in season for our cruise in August. Edited April 25, 2016 by island lady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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