An Early Harvest Bodes Well For 2019 Crawfish Season

Santa’s sack isn’t the only bundle being met with joy and glee around New Orleans, not among boiled seafood fans.

Sacks of crawfish have been turning up at seafood markets and restaurants, providing an early taste of the full season to come and making crawfish at Christmas a distinct possibility.

“We started getting some here and there back in November,” said Sonya DiCarlo, who with her brothers runs Clesi’s Restaurant and Catering, in Mid-City. “But now it’s so steady, we’ve just added crawfish to the menu daily.”

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