Everyone has their own favorite foods when dining out; many prefer to eat seafood dishes such as crab legs out as opposed to preparing them at home. Throughout the Northwest area of Indiana, restaurants showcasing crab legs on the menu range from casual establishments to fine dining facilities.
Lafayette, Indiana is located in the northwestern portion of the state 63 miles from Indianapolis. Restaurants featuring crab legs on the menu can be found throughout the Lafayette area. One restaurant, Mountain Jacks, is situated just east of downtown and offers Alaskan king crab legs as a dinner option all the time. The Hour Time Restaurant also features king crab legs as a dinner but also offers crab legs as a combination meal with a sirloin steak. The Blue Fin Bistro is a sushi bar that also has crab legs available on the dinner menu.
Just shy of ten miles from Gary, the town of Merrillville offers diners a couple of options for crab legs. Two restaurants featuring crab legs on a regular basis are Red Lobster and Joe's Crab Shack. Both establishments are chain restaurants, which helps provide diners with consistent food and service quality. Red Lobster restaurants can be found throughout the United States, and the Merrillville location offers both North Pacific king crab legs and snow crab legs on a daily basis. The Merrillville location of Joe's Crab Shack has Dungeness, snow and king crab legs available every day with options to mix and match various types to create an individualized crab leg dinner.
Not only is Indiamapolis -- known also as simply "Indy: -- the capital of Indiana and the home of the Indianapolis 500 race, it also provides diners various restaurant options. For those looking for crab legs, options such as The Oceanaire Seafood Room, McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant and Kona Jack's provide crab leg dinners on a regular basis. The Oceanaire Seafood Room has locations throughout the United States, and the Indianapolis location has Alaskan red crab legs served with fresh lemon and drawn butter as a dinner entree option. McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants also has locations throughout the country with the Indiana location featuring crab legs on occasion based on availability and time of year. McCormick & Schmick's has an ever-changing menu revised on a daily basis, so calling ahead to inquire about crab leg availability the day you are planning on eating out is advised. Kona Jack's, a combination of a fish market, sushi bar and restaurant, offers Alaskan king crab legs as a dinner entree.
Throughout various parts of Northwest Indiana additional restaurants serving crab legs can be found from the chain restaurant Red Lobster, with 21 locations throughout all of Indiana, to various privately owned eateries. In fact, Beef House Restaurant in Covington offers King Crab legs as a dinner entree, served with melted butter and two side dishes.
