These Shore seafood boils are packed with flavor, but don't forget the bib

Since the pandemic, Mike Braun has made eating at home and spending time with loved ones a priority at Boiling Point, his Point Pleasant Beach restaurant.

The family-owned restaurant, which has been open for three summers, aims to provide a low-stress way to offer prepared seafood boils to customers, Braun said.

The basic boil, which serves two, is The Mermaid, with potatoes, sweet corn, spicy andouille sausage, onions and jumbo shrimp, lemon and seasoning ($50). The Triton adds six clams and six mussels ($66).

The restaurant’s seafood boils are takeout only. Customers who order the boils will receive a one-time use pot featuring an attached QR code with directions.

In addition to the cooking equipment, the to-go bag comes with a seasoning packet. Customers can choose from traditional, spicy cajun, lemon garlic, or Barnegat Bay, a blend of celery salt and mustard seed. Braun recommended cooking the seafood with Sauvignon blanc.

Beside seafood boils, the restaurant offers a snow crab bucket, crab cakes, and crab macaroni and cheese balls. It's open April through September, then reopens around November or December. The Boiling Point also caters parties, special events and holiday celebrations.

Hours are 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, and 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays. If customers need a last-minute boil on another day, they can call to ask, Braun said.

"(We are) flexible with serving the community," he said.

Go : 500 Washington Ave. Unit 6, Point Pleasant Beach; 732-202-6664, the-boilingpoint.com.

Here are more seafood boils to try at the Shore.

Bum Rogers Crab House and Tavern

This restaurant is known for its seafood boils, including options like their “famous garlic crabs” and whole steamed lobsters. The Jersey Shore Thing, a staple on the menu, has both the garlic crabs and lobster, along with shrimp, corn and red bliss potatoes (market price).

The boils are paired with bibs, so customers can keep their clothes spotless as they dig in.

Go : 2207 Central Ave., Seaside Park; 732-830-2770, bumrogerstavern.com.

Point Lobster Bar & Grille

This seafood and Portuguese restaurant is the home of the The Point Lobster Bake. The boil comes with 1¼-pound lobster, served with old bay butter potatoes and Jersey corn ($30).

Go : 521 Arnold Ave, Point Pleasant Beach; 732-295-1500, pointlobsterbarandgrill.com.

Seacrab Bar & Boil

Opened in 2020, Seacrab has a rustic and comfortable atmosphere. Patrons can create their own boil by choosing from lobsters, crawfish, crab and more.

Seacrab allso serves “signature buckets” that range from $33.95 to $178.95. The customer has three categories to customize: the catch, the sauce and the "heat." You can add ramen noodles, garlic broccoli or more to the boil.

Go : 25 S. Main St., Neptune; 732-361-6148, info@theseacrab.com, theseacrab.com/about.

Terrace Tavern

This family-owned business, which opened in 1986, provides seafood and live entertainment. One menu item is the Our Famous Steam Pot (market price), which comes with shrimp, mussels, clams, corn, potatoes, sausage, a choice of crab, a choice of butter and garlic bread.

Terrace Tavern has six boil options with plenty of seafood choices to mix and match.

Go : 13201 Long Beach Blvd., Beach Haven; 609 492 9751, terry@terracetavernlbi.com, https://terracetavernlbi.com/about/.

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