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The Crab Barrack
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Nearby attractions
5 Points South Fountain - The Storyteller by Frank Fleming
20th St S, Birmingham, AL 35205
Birmingham Festival Theatre
1901 1/2 11th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
Birmingham Public Library Southside Branch
1814 11th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
Vulcan Park and Museum
1701 Valley View Dr, Birmingham, AL 35209
University of Alabama at Birmingham Administration Building
701 20th St S, Birmingham, AL 35233
Virginia Samford Theatre
1116 26th St S, Birmingham, AL 35205
Nearby restaurants
Surin West
1918 11th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
The Original Pancake House
1931 11th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
IKKO Japanese Ramen and Sushi
1909 11th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
Chez Fonfon
2007 11th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
Mellow Mushroom Birmingham
1200 20th St S Ste 100, Birmingham, AL 35205
T-Bone's Authentic Philly Style Cheesesteaks And Hoagies
1017 20th St S, Birmingham, AL 35205, United States
Bay Leaf Modern Indian Cuisine & Bar - 5 Points
1024 20th St S Unit 101, Birmingham, AL 35205
Highlands Bar & Grill
2011 11th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
SLIDE Cafe
1025 20th St S, Birmingham, AL 35205
Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q
1908 11th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
Nearby hotels
Homewood Suites by Hilton Birmingham Downtown Near UAB
1016 20th St S, Birmingham, AL 35205
Hotel Indigo Birmingham Five Points S - Uab by IHG
1023 20th St S, Birmingham, AL 35205
Hassinger Daniels Guest House
2028 Highland Ave, Birmingham, AL 35205, United States
Birmingham Tree House
1309 19th St S, Birmingham, AL 35205
Hilton Birmingham Downtown at UAB
808 20th St S, Birmingham, AL 35205
Residence Inn by Marriott Birmingham Downtown at UAB
821 20th St S, Birmingham, AL 35205
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The Crab Barrack

1108 20th St S, Birmingham, AL 35205
3.9(87)
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attractions: 5 Points South Fountain - The Storyteller by Frank Fleming, Birmingham Festival Theatre, Birmingham Public Library Southside Branch, Vulcan Park and Museum, University of Alabama at Birmingham Administration Building, Virginia Samford Theatre, restaurants: Surin West, The Original Pancake House, IKKO Japanese Ramen and Sushi, Chez Fonfon, Mellow Mushroom Birmingham, T-Bone's Authentic Philly Style Cheesesteaks And Hoagies, Bay Leaf Modern Indian Cuisine & Bar - 5 Points, Highlands Bar & Grill, SLIDE Cafe, Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q
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Featured dishes

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Whiting Fillet Basket (2)
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Fried Tilapia Basket (4)
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Fried Oyster Basket (10)
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Fried Shrimp (4) & Catfish (2)
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Lb Green Mussels
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1/2 Lb Blue Crab (Seasonal)
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Lb Snow Crab Legs
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Broken Snow Crab 2lb
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1/2 Lb Green Mussels
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Bottle Mountain Juice
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Bottle Dr Pepper
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Bottle Starry
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Coleslaw
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Corn On The Cob (3)
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Potato (3)
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House Spescial Sauce Large
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Cajun Fries
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The Crab Barrack Tasted So Good Combo
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Fried Cheesesticks (6)
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Popcorn Shrimp
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Hush Puppies (10)

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Nearby attractions of The Crab Barrack

5 Points South Fountain - The Storyteller by Frank Fleming

Birmingham Festival Theatre

Birmingham Public Library Southside Branch

Vulcan Park and Museum

University of Alabama at Birmingham Administration Building

Virginia Samford Theatre

5 Points South Fountain - The Storyteller by Frank Fleming

5 Points South Fountain - The Storyteller by Frank Fleming

4.4

(74)

Open until 12:00 AM
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Birmingham Festival Theatre

Birmingham Festival Theatre

4.9

(46)

Open 24 hours
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Birmingham Public Library Southside Branch

Birmingham Public Library Southside Branch

4.1

(15)

Open until 6:00 PM
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Vulcan Park and Museum

Vulcan Park and Museum

4.7

(2.5K)

Open 24 hours
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Things to do nearby

Candlelight: Queen vs. ABBA
Candlelight: Queen vs. ABBA
Sat, Dec 13 • 8:45 PM
2000 Reverend Abraham Woods Junior Boulevard, Birmingham, 35203
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Birmingham, AL Murder Mystery: Solve the case!
Birmingham, AL Murder Mystery: Solve the case!
Mon, Dec 1 • 12:00 AM
1601 6th Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35204, USA, 35204
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The Birmingham Ghost Walk - Hotels Churches and Riots Tour
The Birmingham Ghost Walk - Hotels Churches and Riots Tour
Wed, Dec 10 • 2:00 AM
219 20th Street North Suite A, Birmingham, 35203
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Nearby restaurants of The Crab Barrack

Surin West

The Original Pancake House

IKKO Japanese Ramen and Sushi

Chez Fonfon

Mellow Mushroom Birmingham

T-Bone's Authentic Philly Style Cheesesteaks And Hoagies

Bay Leaf Modern Indian Cuisine & Bar - 5 Points

Highlands Bar & Grill

SLIDE Cafe

Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q

Surin West

Surin West

4.4

(960)

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The Original Pancake House

The Original Pancake House

4.5

(1.3K)

$

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IKKO Japanese Ramen and Sushi

IKKO Japanese Ramen and Sushi

4.4

(860)

$$

Open until 10:00 PM
Click for details
Chez Fonfon

Chez Fonfon

4.8

(475)

$$$

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TJ StewartTJ Stewart
The place was empty and this should’ve been my heads up of what was to come. My server was awesome. She was polite, not knowledgeable, but sweet. We only stayed for her then quickly realized she didnt know anything about the menu then volunteered info that she has only had one thing on the menu!!! it’s says a lot when an employee won’t eat somewhere. she had genuine knowledge about a single item on the menu. The place had one table besides us and i found out why. In addition, this was the smallest “pound” of crawfish i’ve received in my life.. My food was horrible. I got the wings and a pound of crawfish. The crawfish was extremely over cooked and bland beyond belief. The wings were fried to a crisp and doused heavily in lemon pepper seasoning. We ate one crawfish each then asked for checks. We took care of our server but will never be back. Worse crawfish ever. The fact that the building was empty now makes sense. Don’t go waste your money here. I brought the food home in an attempt to season and salvage. literally cooking on my stove and adding seasoning… but it’s about to simply go in the trash.
Ashley WitterAshley Witter
We came in town for a weekend sporting event. My son really wanted crab legs. We were considering a few restaurants in the area, but the employees at our hotel recommended this place. When we arrived, I'm not going to lie it was a little questionable with no one there on a Saturday night. This is prime example of never judging by the looks because this place was amazing. Hands down, the best crab legs we have ever had. That is saying alot especially with being from the coast and my spouse from Louisiana. I got the manger special with mild cajun seasoning, my spouse and son got the 2lb broken crab leg special with medium cajun seasoning that was listed on the hostess stand, and we got sushi. The service was great. I wish I got her name. She was very attentive and sweet. The restaurant did end up getting busier throughout the night. The prices were very reasonable, especially for the amount of food we got. The locals did not disappoint with this recommendation. If we are ever in this area again, we will definitely be back! 10 out of 10.
Taylor HillTaylor Hill
I wanted crab legs for my birthday, and the Crab Barrack did not disappoint! our table started with drinks and the fried calamari, which was delicious. Lightly fried, not greasy, and the meat was tender, not chewy. I ordered a 1/2 pound of crab legs, a lobster tail, and added a boiled egg; all in the garlic butter sauce. It was boiled to perfection! I was able to crack the legs with my hands and pull out solid pieces of meat. The meat was tender and not at all dry. It was the same for the lobster tail. The others at the table ordered fried okra, shrimp, and fish. Everything was delicious and we will definitely be back!!
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The place was empty and this should’ve been my heads up of what was to come. My server was awesome. She was polite, not knowledgeable, but sweet. We only stayed for her then quickly realized she didnt know anything about the menu then volunteered info that she has only had one thing on the menu!!! it’s says a lot when an employee won’t eat somewhere. she had genuine knowledge about a single item on the menu. The place had one table besides us and i found out why. In addition, this was the smallest “pound” of crawfish i’ve received in my life.. My food was horrible. I got the wings and a pound of crawfish. The crawfish was extremely over cooked and bland beyond belief. The wings were fried to a crisp and doused heavily in lemon pepper seasoning. We ate one crawfish each then asked for checks. We took care of our server but will never be back. Worse crawfish ever. The fact that the building was empty now makes sense. Don’t go waste your money here. I brought the food home in an attempt to season and salvage. literally cooking on my stove and adding seasoning… but it’s about to simply go in the trash.
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We came in town for a weekend sporting event. My son really wanted crab legs. We were considering a few restaurants in the area, but the employees at our hotel recommended this place. When we arrived, I'm not going to lie it was a little questionable with no one there on a Saturday night. This is prime example of never judging by the looks because this place was amazing. Hands down, the best crab legs we have ever had. That is saying alot especially with being from the coast and my spouse from Louisiana. I got the manger special with mild cajun seasoning, my spouse and son got the 2lb broken crab leg special with medium cajun seasoning that was listed on the hostess stand, and we got sushi. The service was great. I wish I got her name. She was very attentive and sweet. The restaurant did end up getting busier throughout the night. The prices were very reasonable, especially for the amount of food we got. The locals did not disappoint with this recommendation. If we are ever in this area again, we will definitely be back! 10 out of 10.
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I wanted crab legs for my birthday, and the Crab Barrack did not disappoint! our table started with drinks and the fried calamari, which was delicious. Lightly fried, not greasy, and the meat was tender, not chewy. I ordered a 1/2 pound of crab legs, a lobster tail, and added a boiled egg; all in the garlic butter sauce. It was boiled to perfection! I was able to crack the legs with my hands and pull out solid pieces of meat. The meat was tender and not at all dry. It was the same for the lobster tail. The others at the table ordered fried okra, shrimp, and fish. Everything was delicious and we will definitely be back!!
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3.9
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1.0
2y

My friends and I went here and as soon as we walked in a waitress named Aspen hugged all of us and told us about her family problems, as we ordered she didn’t really let us order she just ordered us a bunch of extra things we didn’t even know. As the food began to come out it was completely random things we didn’t even know and we knew that we did not want them or even order it in the first place . She just kept saying it was whatever because she only made us pay the lunch time price and that’s it, at tryna time she had already printed our receipts out 10 minutes before. We first ordered water and the only word to describe it is quite literally creamy, it was awful. The miso soup was also super thick. We later ordered sprites but since she had already give us the receipt she said it was free and she’ll pay for it out of her pocket, after that she counted in front of us how much would be coming out of her pocket. She kept letting us know that the manager was looking at the computer to see if she had charged us for the dinner price because she claimed lunch ended at 1 o’clock. She touched us throughout and just made us feel very uncomfortable. When she brought the togo boxes she started putting the food away for us when we weren’t even done and even grabbed some of the food with her hand. I asked if I could add a california roll at one point but she said that it was too late because she would have to take all of our tickets back and re split all of our tickets. That already makes zero sense because it’s all you can eat, me adding something shouldn’t effect my friends tickets, and she had already printed our ticket out anyways. As she started cleaning our table up she found my friends ticket where the tip said $2, which was honestly deserved. She proceeded to ask my friend did she really mean to tip this and then said if you need your last $2 you can just keep it. Overall...

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5.0
1y

My husband took me out for a birthday dinner here October 2nd The only place we can get sushi for me and seafood for him (shrimp lobster and crab legs) Luckily they were pretty slow that night.

I wanted to make it known to management that our server was ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. If places had more server's like this young lady we would definitely go out more. She was on it that night there were 3 tables all together she was the server for all of them I WISH I HAD GOTTEN HER NAME

IT WAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHE WAS A YOUNGER LADY HAD LONG BRAIDS I KNOW MANAGERS CAN FIND OUT HER NAME BECAUSE SHE DESERVES Much recognition we never had to ask her for anything she just knew what we needed my husband likes to put lemon on this food and I guess she saw him trying to use the lemon from our glass of water so with out even asking her she just brought out a small cup of lemons to him I know that may not seem like much to some people reading this.But I have been a server over 20 years and little things like that.Make more of a difference than you realize , because it shows me that she was watching us making sure we were okay and had everything we needed (that's what makes a excellent server/waitress)

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THAT AWESOME WAITRESS. YOU MADE MY BIRTHDAY...

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1y

The place was empty and this should’ve been my heads up of what was to come. My server was awesome. She was polite, not knowledgeable, but sweet. We only stayed for her then quickly realized she didnt know anything about the menu then volunteered info that she has only had one thing on the menu!!! it’s says a lot when an employee won’t eat somewhere. she had genuine knowledge about a single item on the menu. The place had one table besides us and i found out why. In addition, this was the smallest “pound” of crawfish i’ve received in my life..

My food was horrible. I got the wings and a pound of crawfish. The crawfish was extremely over cooked and bland beyond belief. The wings were fried to a crisp and doused heavily in lemon pepper seasoning.

We ate one crawfish each then asked for checks. We took care of our server but will never be back. Worse crawfish ever. The fact that the building was empty now makes sense. Don’t go waste your money here. I brought the food home in an attempt to season and salvage. literally cooking on my stove and adding seasoning… but it’s about to simply go...

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