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There are some marginally acceptable crabcakes to be found in NYC if you need a fix, and I suppose the CP boathouse ones would qualify, maybe a couple of the steakhouses (Del Friscos are ok), and the adulterated ones at Tabla, etc (I don't think things like mango salsa or goan spices really belong with a true crabcake). But all these tend to come up a bit shy of perfection in one way or another. So a few years ago I started ordering delivery from crabcakeexpress.com. You get them the next day, throw them in a pan, and in 5 minutes you have true perfection.
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I enjoy the crabcakes from Acme on Great Jones street, but would smuggle in my own dipping sauce if I could, as I don't enjoy cocktail sauce and their crab seasoning mayo tends to be a bit too salty
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princeofpork
Apr 25, 2010 05:09 PM
Just had the best crab cake I ever had at the Central Park Boathouse. Pure lump crab, amazing
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Central Park Boathouse
Central Park East Drive E 72nd St, New York, NY 10021
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A few days ago I stepped into Westville in the East Village for lunch. I had earlier passed by it several times. I live only a few blocks away. It was always packed to the gills with beautiful people in snug clothing. When I went to Westville for lunch on a weekday it was sparsely populated. I had the crabcake burger. I loved it. I hadn't had a million crabcakes or even a hundred before, but this one was the best that far. Sweet and savory. The crust rightly charred. Now I am not sure if it was all crab meat or crab meat adulterated with bread crumbs. Is there someone else here who has been to Westville and had the crabcake? If so, do you agree with me about the relative superiority of the crabcake there? Am I a consummate or at least a potential crabcake connosieur?
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The crab cake question seems to be a recurring theme. So for the benefit of those who use the search function, I'll also put my vote in for Le Gigot.. I grew up on crab on the Georgia Coast, and I can without hesitation say that le Gigot is beyond any crabcake I have ever seen. ZERO filler-just crab, some red onion, seasoning, bound together with mayonnaise, browned on each side in vegetable oil and finished in the oven. (it was so good I asked for the recipe, they even told me the seasoning, but I don't want to give it all away)
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re: bfgross
I hate to admit it but I have to agree. Went there with my visiting parents last summer and we tried the crab cakes. Very meaty, good flavor and not much filler. Who would have thunk it! My parents are coming back to NYC for Easter and my dad's request is to go back to the Boathouse for crabcakes. Hope they are still as good as last summers.
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jenniebnyc
Mar 15, 2007 04:48 PM
Shelly's. The only place in Manhattan where I found a good one.
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Star Bogs - Westhampton
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Mickey Blue
Mar 15, 2007 11:23 AM
I've had MANY crab cakes in my life, from places through out the city, and the one that I would say is the BEST in the city is the one at PJ Clarkes ( http://www.pjclarkes.com/) .
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princeofpork
Mar 15, 2007 09:54 AM
I have yet to find a trully greay Crab Cake in NYC. I have stopped ordering this $14 appetizer that is usually more corn and breadcrumbs than crab.
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re: princeofpork
i agree...i love crabcakes, but in NYC they are almost always a disappointing waste of money: lots of filler and often a (trage)comically small portion...i was appalled a couple months ago when i ordered a 12 dollar crabcake appetizer and got a single silver dollar-sized crabcake that wasn't even made w/ backfin meat (just stringy claw meat w/ lots of bread and lots of salt - yuck)...for contrast, i just got back from a trip to Virginia where a huge seafood platter included a huge succulent backfin crabcake (in addition to a small mountain of oysters, scallops, a fish filet, and clams, plus two sides -- for 24 dollars)...
but, i'm game to try the P.J.Clarke's one that Mickey mentions below...
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