PARK YOU CAN CATCH THAT STREAM ON THE BAND’S YOUTUBE PAGE, STIRRING AT THREE P.M. ALL MONTH
LONG. WE HAVE BEEN TAKING YOU TO
DINE IN THE D AT SOME OF THE
TASTIEST BLACK OWNED RESTAURANTS
AROUND METRO DETROIT AND SEAFOOD
LOVERS. THIS ONE IS FOR YOU.
THEY ARE BRINGING THE CLASSIC
SEAFOOD BOIL TO DETROIT AND
ADDING A TOUCH OF ELEGANCE
OPENING LAST YEAR IN DOWNTOWN
RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE
RENAISSANCE CENTER MICHELLE
OLIVER IS TAKING US TO DINE IN
THE D AT SLOPPY CRAB. WITH THEIR
SIGNATURE DISH BEANS, SEAFOOD
SLATHERED IN A DELICIOUSLY
BUTTERY SAUCE. IT’S NO WONDER
HOW SLOPPY CRAB GOT ITS NAME
CAME UP WITH THE SLOPPY POT
BECAUSE WE DIDN’T WANT TO DO THE
SEAFOOD BOIL BAGS, SO WE DID
SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WE CAME
WITH THE POT. WE KNOW WE HAVE
CORN SHRIMP, A HAVE THE LOBSTER
TAIL IN IT. AND WE’VE GOT A
SPECIAL SLOPPY SAUCE WITH THAT
SEAFOOD LOVER’S DREAM OF A
RESTAURANT IS A DREAM COME TRUE
FOR OWNER MIKE BROWN. STARTED
OUT IN THE CLUB BUSINESS. LIKE I
SAID, I WAS TIRED OF THE CLUB
SCENES. SO I END UP WE END UP
FINDING FINAL BUILDING IN THE
INNER CITY OF A SIX MILE
MCNICHOLS. I WANTED TO FOCUS ON
MORE FOOD. PEOPLE THAT CAN COME
IN WITH THEIR KIDS AND EAT WITH
THIS CHOPS, HIS FIRST RESTAURANT
KNOWN FOR ITS SAUCY LAMB CHOPS
WELL DURING THE PANDEMIC, DID
WELL LIKE WE COULDN’T CONTROL
THE CARRY OUTS. IT WAS CRAZY. I
COULDN’T BELIEVE IT, ALLOWING
THEM TO OPEN UP SLOPPY CRAB IN
2021, RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE
RENAISSANCE CENTER IN DOWNTOWN
DETROIT. WE LOVE IT BECAUSE FOOD
DISTRICT WANT TO FEEL LIKE YOU
AT HOME. LIKE YOU KNOW,
WELCOMING, YOU KNOW, BRIGHT AND
GOOD ENERGY. WE LOVE IT. IT’S
BEAUTIFUL DOWN HERE. WELL THIS
SPREAD LOOKS AMAZING. IT’S
MAKING MY MOUTH WATER, SO LET’S
DIVE INTO THE MENU AND WE’RE
GOING TO START OFF WITH ONE OF
THEIR APPETIZERS. THIS IS THERE
. BANG BANG SHRIMP. IT’S SERVED
IN A NICE COCKTAIL GLASS
FEATURES FRIED SHRIMP COVERED IN
A SPICY A HOLY BANG BANG SAUCE.
ANOTHER GREAT WAY TO START OFF
YOUR MEAL ARE WITH THESE KING
CRAB LEGS, SO THEY HAVE A NICE
DEEP FRY ON THEM, MAKING THEM
CRISPY ON THE OUTSIDE, AND IT’S
SERVED WITH A CAJUN DIPPING
SAUCE. NOW, BEFORE WE GET TO
DINNER, LET’S TALK ABOUT
BREAKFAST. THEY SERVE BRUNCH ON
SUNDAYS, AND THE STEAK AND EGGS
ARE A GREAT OPTION. STEAK IS
SEASONED, CHAR GRILLED AND
COOKED TO YOUR LIKING. IT COMES
WITH YUKON GOLD, POTATOES AND
EGGS DONE YOUR WAY. NOW IF
YOU’RE A FAN OF CRAB CAKES, YOU
HAVE TO CHECK OUT THEIR CRAB
CAKE SANDWICH, SO THEY MAKE
THESE IN HOUSE WITH FRESH JUMBO
LUMP CRAB. THEY ALSO TOP IT WITH
CRISPY FRIED ONIONS. WITH A
LITTLE BIT OF SPICE. THERE’S
THAT CAJUN A OLI ON IT AGAIN.
CORN RELISH, AND IT’S ALL IN A
BRIOCHE BUN AND I CATCHING DISH
IS THIS LOBSTER MAC AND CHEESE
SO THEY HAVE CAVA TOPPY NOODLES
IN A CREAMY THREE CHEESE SAUCE
THAT THEY MAKE IN HOUSE. IT’S
COVERED WITH A LAYER OF CHEESE.
GIVE YOU THAT NICE CRUST, AND
THEN IT’S FINISHED OFF WITH A
FRIED LOBSTER TAIL, AND IT
WOULDN’T BE A SEAFOOD RESTAURANT
WITHOUT FISH AND CHIPS. THIS IS
DONE IN KIND OF A NEW ENGLAND
STYLE WITH NEW ENGLAND COD IN A
BEER BATTER THAT’S TEMPORAL IN
STYLE, SO IT’S LIGHT AND CRISPY
, SERVED WITH THEIR HOUSE MADE
CHIPS, CHARRED LEMON TO SQUEEZE
OVER TOP AND THEIR HOUSE MADE
TARTAR SAUCE AND FINALLY, A
FEAST FOR THE WHOLE TABLE.
THEY’RE SLOPPY POT. IT’S THEIR
TAKE ON A SEAFOOD BOIL. SO FOR
HERE, YOU CAN GET CREATIVE AND
PUT WHATEVER YOU WANT IN IT.
THERE’S KING CRAB, SNOW, CRAB,
LOBSTERS, MUSSELS, SHRIMP. CORN
AND DO WE SAUSAGE? YOU CAN GO
POTATOES, WHATEVER YOU’D LIKE,
AND IT’S ALL IN THEIR SIGNATURE
SLOPPY SAUCE THAT’S BUTTERY,
CAJUN AND ALSO DELICIOUS. WELL
WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL, MICHELLE
MADE YOU HUNGRY. OFFICIALLY
JASON IS GOING FOR THE LAMB
CHOPS AS SOME OF WHAT YOU
BROUGHT IN FOR US. YES THE LAMB
CHOPS ARE WHAT THEY BECAME
FAMOUS FOR. AT THEIR OTHER
ORIGINAL RESTAURANT, THE SLOPPY
CHOPS, BUT THEY ALSO SELL THEM
HERE AS WELL. SO IF YOU REALLY
WANT LAMB CHOPS, BUT EVERYONE
ELSE WANTS SEAFOOD. MAYBE MAYBE
CHECK OUT SLOPPY CRAB, AND THEN
WE HAVE THEIR SLOPPY POT. THIS
IS KIND OF LIKE THEIR SIGNATURE
DISH. NORMALLY, SEAFOOD BOILS
KIND OF COME IN A BAG AND ALL
PILED IN THERE. SO IT’S REALLY
MESSY, BUT THIS IS LIKE AN
ELEGANT VERSION IS WHAT
BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION WITH THE
LITTLE TURN THIS FOR YOU SO YOU
CAN GET A LITTLE EASIER. SO THIS
HAS SNOW CRAB KING CRAB. YOU
HAVE A LOBSTER TAIL HERE. YOU
HAVE SHRIMP. AND I FEEL I DON’T
KNOW IF THEY NORMALLY PUT EGGS
IN THEM. BUT THIS THAT I FEEL
LIKE THAT’S KIND OF SIGNATURE
THAT THERE I’VE HAD. I’VE HAD
OTHER SEAFOOD BOILS BEFORE. THEY
DON’T GENERALLY HAVE THE EGGS.
EGG MIGHT BE DELICIOUS. I THINK
IT WOULD BE REALLY RIGHT AND
THEN, UM, FOR TATTY TO SHOW OFF,
GLUTEN FREE VERSION. THIS IS
THEIR BLACKENED SALMON, AND IT
HAS ASPARAGUS ON IT AS WELL AS
THEIR MASHED POTATOES.
ABSOLUTELY LOVELY. THE
PRESENTATION IS BEAUTIFUL, SUPER
BEAUTIFUL. SUPER, IS IT WERE
THEY LOCATED? SO THEY’RE LOOKING
AT RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM
THE GM RENAISSANCE CENTER. THEY
HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PATIO UPSTAIRS
AS YOU’RE SEEING RIGHT HERE, SO
YOU COULD JUST SEE THE RENSON
KIND OF A UNIQUE VIEW REALLY IN
DOWNTOWN IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT,
THE REAL AT THE HEART OF IT ALL.
NICE NICE LITTLE OUTDOOR SEATING
. VERY NICE. VERY NICE OF ALL
THINGS FOOD RELATED IN METRO
DETROIT, AND YOU WANT RESTAURANT
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