Best Place To Eat With Your Hands

The Boiling Pot

Situated at the mouth of Sixth Street, draining I-35, is this little Cajun joint, which serves all shellfish (no catfish!) and the best gumbo west of New Orleans. They don't believe in utensils at The Boiling Pot, and they let you eat food the way you were made to eat food: with your hands. This place is a hell of a catch - good food, over 70 different types of bottled beer, and, according to one manager, "the best looking waitress in the city." Awwwwww. If that's not enough for you, get outta town.

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