Chasin' Tails

It's a new place that has just opened. I just got back from dinner and wanted to rave about what a great addition it is to our county.

Settling down to eat blue crabs is a tradition around the Chesapeake. No summer would seem complete without the scent of crab seasoning and cider vinegar wafting in the humid air, as shells are cracked on newspaper or grocery bag lined tables, and cheap beer is consumed.

While, sadly, the tradition is a little less common around D.C. than Baltimore or the Shore, there are still plenty of...

The main event at this sporty, brick-walled watering hole in Greater Arlington (near Falls Church) takes place when robustly seasoned crawfish, boiled in a bag, are dumped on the table, and folks roll up their sleeves and dig in; for those diners not up for messy, hands-on eating, the menu offers other easy-on-the-wallet Cajun-Creole specialties.

With spring and summer comes crawfish season, and several restaurants are getting in on the action early, hosting April crawfish boils or introducing crawfish themed specials around town. Add in the handful of restaurants which serve crawfish year-round, and crustacean lovers have quite a few options to choose from if they want to sample the Louisiana favorite. Here are some events and menu...

Arlington has a big, hot secret. That would be “hot” as in the Cajun spices seasoning the food at Chasin’ Tails, enough to chase away the blues and inspire several steins of chilled beer. In the evening, be advised that by around 6 p.m. the lines start to snake out the door, and since patrons are having a jolly time eating shrimp and gumbo along with drinking beer, the wait might be tedious....

It's a new place that has just opened. I just got back from dinner and wanted to rave about what a great addition it is to our county.