Toons Bar & Grill Superbowl Crawfish Boil!!

Hello everyone! We will be boiling up the first crawfish of the seaon on Super Bowl Sunday which is February 7th. This will be a great event for all you folks out there who could care less about the big game because we are starting at 1pm! The price is $25 for an all you can eat blowout of Hot Boiled Crawfish, the fixins: Corn, Red potato's, sausage, mushrooms and what ever else we decide to throw in the pot! We will also have Red Beans and Rice included in the deal. Beer specials all day as well. For those of you who have that person you want to bring along but DOES NOT eat crawfish well your in luck! We will also serve the regular menu all day as well! We hope to be out of mudbugs by kickoff so come on out ! Cheers!
Danny

sounds like fun danny, i will note the calender

Hope you can make it Phil!

damn.. wish I could get down to Toons for this, but probably tending a smoker full of pork that day.

the one I went to last year was alot of fun, and really good. Easily one of the best food events I went to last year.

We can finally make it to one of these. Yeah!!!!

Great to meet you folks the other day and glad you can make it!
Danny

An address would be great. We love us some crawfish!

Toon's Bar and Grill
3857 N. SOUTHPORT
CHICAGO, IL 60613
(773) 935-1919

Hey jhawk1!! My wife and I are crawfish fiends and would love to attend this boil or a future boil. Are kids welcome to join in the fun? I've got two sons - ages 5 and 8.

jimswside wrote:the one I went to last year was alot of fun, and really good. Easily one of the best food events I went to last year.

Agreed!

I'm not going to be in town, or else I'd absolutely be there. I about burst from eating crawfish, corn smeared with heads of garlic, sausage, and (fantastically-delicious) mushrooms that were boiled with the crawfish.

Highly recommended.

-Dan

Seamus,
Thanks for posting the address! Yes in the early afternoon kids are welcome, we are a family joint in the afternoon. As it gets closer to game time and if it gets extremely crowded then we would hope you use your judgement as to when to pull the rip cord! My 2 and a half year old will be there early as well! Thanks, Danny

Thanks for the info, Danny. My wife reminded me that she'll be on a ski trip Superbowl weekend. So, we'll have to hit a future crawfish boil. It's good to know kids are welcome early on.

I'm in. Toons' crawfish boil rocks.

Glad you can make it Kenny! With the Saints in the Superbowl this event is picking up steam!! Will be a great afternoon even if people could care less about the game! I will make sure we have plenty of garlic and mushrooms in the pot for ya!!

Any special deals for former NOLA residents ?

Geaux Saints!!

Jen
Tulane '86

jhawk1 wrote:Glad you can make it Kenny! With the Saints in the Superbowl this event is picking up steam!! Will be a great afternoon even if people could care less about the game! I will make sure we have plenty of garlic and mushrooms in the pot for ya!!

boudreaulicious wrote:Any special deals for former NOLA residents ?

$25 for ayce mudbugs is the best deal you can find anywhere in Chicago.

Absolutely! Wasn't questioning it.

jimswside wrote:

boudreaulicious wrote:Any special deals for former NOLA residents ?

$25 for ayce mudbugs is the best deal you can find anywhere in Chicago.

Jen,
I was just contacted by the Tulane Alumni Association in Chicago and I think they are coming 40 strong! $3 Bottles of Miller Products and $4 Abita Amber pints is all the specials we can do. The cost on the bugs is really pricey this early in the season! It will be good and plentiful!!

Do we need to make a res? (I've been in several times but never for this so don't know the protocol...) I just want a spot!!

jhawk1 wrote:Jen,
I was just contacted by the Tulane Alumni Association in Chicago and I think they are coming 40 strong! $3 Bottles of Miller Products and $4 Abita Amber pints is all the specials we can do. The cost on the bugs is really pricey this early in the season! It will be good and plentiful!!

Don't take reservations! Just show up and grab a bucket of crawfish, some newspapers and jump in! If you went to Tulane then you know how this works, alot of communal tables, big smiles, new friends and full bellies! That's about it. When the crawfish run out it runs out! Hope you make it.
Danny

jhawk1 wrote:Don't take reservations! Just show up and grab a bucket of crawfish, some newspapers and jump in! If you went to Tulane then you know how this works, alot of communal tables, big smiles, new friends and full bellies! That's about it. When the crawfish run out it runs out! Hope you make it.
Danny

Can't wait!!!

Oh, Danny. I so wish I could be there. Super Bowl Sunday is a day when folks expect to be fed at my house. Have a great time!

=R=
(U of I grad but Tulane student 1981-1983)

Ronnie wish you could make it a well! Don't worry we will be doing one monthly until our largest blowout of the year the Sunday during Memorial Day weekend! Hope to see you soon for some food and libations!
Danny

ronnie_suburban wrote:(U of I grad but Tulane student 1981-1983)

I was a freshman at Tulane from fall of 82...graduated in 86. Small world!

jhawk1 wrote:Don't worry we will be doing one monthly until our largest blowout of the year the Sunday during Memorial Day weekend! Hope to see you soon for some food and libations!
Danny

This is good news!!! My wife and I plan to make it to one of these, crawfish fiends that we are.

Ok folks! The 250 lbs of live crawfish is being pulled out of the pond NOW! We will pick it up at O'Hare tomorrow morning! The red beans are a simmering and we are going to have a Bash on Sunday afternoon! Hope to see some of ya!! 1 pm Start Superbowl Sunday!

can't wait...haven't had fresh crawfish in a VERY long time!!

jhawk1 wrote:Glad you can make it Kenny! ... I will make sure we have plenty of garlic and mushrooms in the pot for ya!!

excellent. Coming on the early side with another lover of insane garlic quantities, so stock up!

LTH,

Been years since my crawfish loving bride and myself attended a full-on crawfish boil and Toon's mudbug extravaganza really hit the spot. Danny Beck, the consummate host, capped it at 40-people which, with a starting point of 250-lbs of crawfish, worked out to over 6-lbs of crawdaddy's per person, not to mention halved heads of garlic, corn, potatoes and three types of sausage. I'm guessing Toon's broke even, at best, on the event, especially since they knocked the price down $5 for late arrivals as they would not get as many crawfish.

Let the fun begin



Had the pleasure of running into Kenny Z and Elizabeth, good to his word Kenny put a hurt on the garlic, he won't have to worry about vampires for at least a month. Also had the pleasure of meeting the very friendly Beverator.

Elizabeth, Kenny Z



Crawfish were early season, tender, slightly small with a bit of give to the shells, they really absorbed the spicy salty boil mix, delicious. Speaking of delicious absorption, there were three types of sausage, andouille, kielbasa and low-rent hot dogs the hot dogs really drank in the flavorful cooking liquid, the highest and best use for chicken/pork cheapo dogs I've encountered. Mark Janic, who was helping Danny with the boil, a chef had the theory that as the dogs were highly emulsified, an almost airy interior, they absorbed a high percentage of the spicy crawfish infused cooking liquid. Out of season, and I'm guessing frozen, corn was ludicrously luscious as well, talk about greater than the sum of its parts.

Crawfish Boil Hot Dog, Corn



Creamy Red Beans and Rice, made by Annie Beck, rounded out the menu.

Red Beans and Rice with a generous glug of El Yucateco habanero



Danny set up in the back of Toon's, outdoor cooking always a guy magnet.

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Da Beef going in for a Crawdaddy close up



Cooking 250-lbs of crawfish is a messy business.

Danny Beck, owner Toon's



Lets guess which Super Bowl team this happy couple is rooting for.



This young lady put the hurt on a pile of crawdaddy's



Her smile reminds me of the cat who ate the parakeet or, in this case, the pretty girl who ate the crawfish



We had a great time, as evidenced by Ellen's happy smile



Enjoy,
Gary

great pics gary, kind of sorry i missed it.

Ill be at the March one fo' sure.


also looks like Danny knocked it out of the park like usual, if Toons isnt the best bar in the city I dont know what is. congrats.

I knew I shouldn't have opened this post ...as bad as I felt yesterday, looking at these pics I think i feel worse today! Glad everyone had fun--I WILL be there for the next one!