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Shaw's Crab House Chicago
Cuisine: American, Seafood
Price Range: $$$
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Supposedly, legendary lover Casanova ate 50 raw oysters every morning as an aphrodisiac. Shaw's Crab House has been the authority on the briny bivalves with the sexy rep for years with its annual... Read More
Supposedly, legendary lover Casanova ate 50 raw oysters every morning as an aphrodisiac. Shaw's Crab House has been the authority on the briny bivalves with the sexy rep for years with its annual Oyster Festival - the best shucking time of the year. Shaw's celebrates it's 31st Annual Oyster Fest from Oct. 1-31, 2019 at both the Chicago and Schaumburg locations. It's a month filled with new oyster-centric dishes, fried chicken and oyster roast dinners, oyster happy hours, and roaming shuckers. During October on Wednesdays In the Oyster Bar, enjoy rare boutique oysters presented and shucked tableside.
Shaw's offers plenty of other choices when you open the menu: lobster, sushi, King crab, and a boatload of seasonal swimmers from Atlantic Yellowfin tuna to Ecuadorian Mahi Mahi. Enjoy bubbles by the glass, a sturdy Manhattan and desserts big enough to share. The ambiance is warm, woody and retro.
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EXPERT TIPS BY:
Jacky Runice
Chicago Local Expert
- Best Restaurants for Fall: "Come for live blues music Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday night from 7-10 pm in the Shaw's Chicago Oyster Bar."
- Seafood: "Choose to dine in the casual oyster bar or the polished main dining room with wood paneling and globe lighting."
- Recommended as Best Restaurants for Fall Because: Shaw's is great year-round but autumn brings its annual oyster fest and won't a steamy bowl of chowder do a body good?
- Best for Seafood Because: Shaw's Crab House has been reeling in seafood fans for decades and never disappoints.