The Kickin' Crab

The Kickin' Crab

Exterior of the Costa Mesa, California location
Company type	Private
Industry	Foodservice
Founded	2010
Number of locations	23 (3 upcoming) (2024)
Area served	Southwestern United States
Owner	Jan Nguyen[1]
Website	thekickincrab.com

The Kickin' Crab is an American restaurant serving food from Cajun cuisine. It was founded in 2010 and has 23 restaurants mainly in the Southwestern United States.

History

The restaurant was established in 2010 by Jan Nguyen, who had previously founded many other restaurant concepts.[1][2] It opened its first location in Arizona in June 2023, in Chandler.[3]

Menu

For starters, the restaurant offers oysters, buffalo wings, chicken tenders, fish and chips, shrimp wonton, popcorn shrimp, edamame, french fries, sweet potato fries, calamari, fish tacos, coconut sea snails, garlic noodles, clam chowder, and gumbo. Its main course consists of scampi, fettuccine Alfredo, tilapia, trout, shrimp, lobster, and king crab legs. Sides include steamed broccoli, pita, and red rice.[4][5][6][7]

Customers eat with their hands and are provided bibs to ensure food does not accidentally stain their clothes. The tables are covered in butcher paper.[8][9]

Locations

As of 2024, The Kickin' Crab has 23 locations, with three upcoming. Of those 23, seventeen are in California, with most of them being in the southern part of the state. The other six consist of four in Texas, and two in Chandler, Arizona, and St. Louis, Missouri. Soon-to-be-opened locations will result in the chain's expansion to the Eastern U.S. in Atlanta, Georgia.[4]

See also

• The Boiling Crab

References

1. Carter, Brian W. (April 5, 2017). "Kickin' Crab Is Open!". Los Angeles Sentinel. Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
2. "Overview". M&D Regional Center. Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
3. Harter, Jess (June 27, 2023). "California-based The Kickin Crab makes AZ debut in Chandler". Mouth by Southwest. Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
4. "Official website". Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
5. Shindler, Merrill (February 9, 2016). "Restaurant review: Selection and servings are bountiful at The Kickin' Crab in Rowland Heights". San Gabriel Valley Tribune. Archived from the original on November 7, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
6. Hamby, Taylor (September 20, 2016). "100 Favorite Dishes, #24: Garlic Noodles at the Kickin' Crab – OC Weekly". OC Weekly. Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
7. Suen, Mabel (December 22, 2020). "The Kickin' Crab's Cajun-Inspired Cuisine, Seafood Boils Available for Pickup in Olivette". Ladue News. Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
8. "Kickin' Crab opening in Buena Park". The Orange County Register. July 21, 2015. Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
9. Johnson, Brad (September 2, 2020). "Best thing I ate: Bucket of crawfish, shrimp and crabs to-go". The Orange County Register. Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.

External links

• Official website