Dining
BY AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN
Pick 2 ($22) includes two items from Lazy J Cajun’s new fried menu with fries and hushpuppies.
Big Couillon ($47) includes two snow crab clusters and 1 pound of jumbo shrimp.
PHOTOS BY AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN COMMUNITY IMPACT
Eatery Lazy J Cajun o ers more than just craw sh
From left, owners Josh and Adam Smith stand in front of Lazy J Cajun.
The brothers recently expanded Lazy J Cajun’s menu, adding fried alligator, frog legs, oysters, shrimp, cat sh, boudin balls and hush puppies. Josh emphasized that Lazy J Cajun’s craw sh are always live and never frozen. “A lot of people out here are like, ‘Are they fro- zen?’,” Josh said. “We almost threw away $4,000 worth of craw sh during the freeze because we thought they were frozen,” Adam said. What’s special about it? The brothers said Lazy J Cajun’s hospitality, authenticity and ambience makes them stand out from other Cajun restaurants in the area. “We make you feel like you’re in your neighbor’s backyard,” Adam said.
Josh and Adam Smith, two brothers from Southeast Texas wanted to bring the Cajun avors they grew up with to the Texas Hill Country. In April 2021, they opened Lazy J Cajun, a fam- ily- and pet-friendly outdoor restaurant located at 6390 FM 1102 in New Braunfels. On the menu Year-round, Lazy J Cajun o ers what they call “TexMeCa” foods, which is a blend of Texan-, Mexican- and Cajun-in uenced food, including pulled pork nachos, Cajunized elote, po-boys, hamburgers, seasonal gumbos, craw sh and more. Although craw sh is seasonal, the Smith brothers are determined to be the “ rst and the last” to o er craw sh each season.
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