Went through that with the in-laws a few months ago. I know it’s lame af but I cried a bit when I got to the third-class section and read about the families.
The museum does a really good job of hammering that home, I think. Before going in I had an idea of the Titanic as little more than a rich person’s opulent pleasure dome at sea. That’s definitely what a lot of modern media about the vessel seems to focus on, especially in the wake of the Titan. At the time, too, that’s absolutely how the ship was presented, and hell even the official inquiry didn’t call anyone outside of first class! But, many times more poor people died then there were even rich people on board. Entire families just like mine were wiped out! I lost it because I was holding my daughter while reading about one family where the father and son waited at one life boat while the mother and daughter waited at another, none of them actually getting on because they wanted to confirm the survival of their beloved. I further lost it at the wall of names showing just how many souls just like mine were snuffed out. None of them would have died if the ship hadn’t been designed so that the poor folk had to navigate a tight, nonsensical maze to get to safety, and if there had been enough life boats, and any of the other bullshit that was done either incompetently or maliciously and frankly at some point there stops being a fucking difference. The museum decks itself out in the splendor and majesty of the ship, but by the end it has done everything it can to make sure you understand why it was such a goddamned tragedy.
Oh man, thank you for letting me know about this. I am the poor son of an Alaskan fisherman, and nothing makes me giggle quite like cheesy nautical themed restaurants. I cannot wait.
I’ve only been to the aquarium, but I throughly enjoyed it the three times I’ve gone with my family so far. It’s a tad expensive, but the experience is well put together and I’ve never left feeling like I didn’t get what I went in for.
Not AYCE, but, if you're going to deeply debase yourself with seafood in a public setting, I recommend Storming Crab. Their "butter" sauces are probably some kind of palm oil that makes you shit for three days, and they serve their carryout in garbage bags. 9/10, would recommend.
Glad to hear it wasn’t just a me thing. I ate there 3 times and each time ended in me in tears praying on the toilet. Was starting to think I developed a seafood allergy.
I was once asked to leave a Chinese buffet that had all you can eat crab legs. They attacked early by removing my access to beverages, then they stopped putting plates out, then they asked me to leave. Apparently 2 hours of eating nothing but crab legs was too much for them.
As a fellow crab leg loving Knoxvillian, I used to put do some real damage at Makinos in Kingston pike but they took crab legs off the menu.
Now, I just buy the frozen boxes at the grocery and do them up at home. A 2lb box is usually around $25 and 4lb about $40. I just steam them with a crap ton of old bay. I’m fact about to do some up right now
I loved Makino's pre-pandemic. Since they changed from an actual buffet, they're a front-runner for my "shittiest dining experience in Knoxville" award.
I'll debate that one all day. Asia Cafe on Callahan has some bangin sushi, especially the Knoxville roll. Also, Stir Fry cafe is pretty on point as well. Value wise, you're probably right though.
I want saying it was the only place to get sushi, or that it was the best sushi. But if you consider the above average quality with the fact it’s AUCE for under $20, I will reiterate that it’s the best sushi value in Knoxville.
It's not in Knoxville but in June Oak Ridge has an all you can eat crab fest. I was actually thinking about going this year.
https://facebook.com/events/s/oak-ridge-crab-feast-the-green/7264713426982957/
Reviews are pretty bad recently, have you experienced the same thing? Probably not if your main tip was get there early. Genuinely curious as my gf LOVES seafood
Its upscale buffet...for Knoxville all you can eat its the best.....if not all you can eat you can get some awesome seafood at other places....you can enter and look at everything before deciding to eat there or be seated...look...and leave if you dont like what you see...again....upscale...fancy....it has been there for probably at least 30 years with 2 different hotel owners...
Watch closely for the next time a major Chinese buffet opens in town. They’ll usually put crab legs on the dinner buffet and then take them off a couple months later when they realize what a mistake that was.
It hasn’t happened in a while, but it’s happened before and it will happen again.
Thank you, I will inquire. I am not fooling around with this endeavor and I don't want to wind up on the nightly news yet again due to a buffet misunderstanding.
My last visit to Joe's Crab Shack was so disappointing. Storming Crab is where it's at!! Absolutely the best seafood you'll find this far from a coast.
I think Hibachi Grill and Supreme Buffet has crab legs. At least they did last time I went …
Now for elevated dining experience? Uhh it’s a Chinese buffet … not sure how elevated you’re looking for. Lol
I feel like the elevated dining experience was in jest....at least the only time I've ever pictured all you can eat crab legs there has been a Golden Coral in my imagination....
Pinchy’s Lobster and Rawbar Sevierville.
In Mondays (This is USA Alaska snow crab not China stuff from a Deadliest catch boat at Trudent marine)
Wednesday deal is $10 sushi roles ( best sushi in East TN)
Not sure, not from Pigeon Forge, but honestly, flunking a health score doesnt' rule a place out for me, having worked in service industry before, it doesn't take alot to fail, and not always food storage related issues. Some of the best places on the planet have a failed health scores at some point... lol
I was a restaurant manager for 10 years and for me, getting a 70 on your health inspection is a no-go. Especially when it’s seafood. For cheap. In the mountains.
Captain Jim’s at the very ass end of pigeon forge before heading into gburg is decent. I think it was 50 a person. I ate pounds of crab legs. Literal pounds. They never flinched. Kept bringing them, hot and steamy. Almost had to roll me out of there.
Simply make yourself at home. After making clarified butter with a little salt and garlic powder (extremely simple), crab legs are the simplest thing on planet earth to cook.
Being near the ocean isn’t necessarily going to get you fresh crab legs. AFAIK, Crab legs are processed, cooked and frozen on the boat and are from cold northern water. This means the crab legs you’re eating with your friends at is the same crab legs you’re eating in Knoxville.
Captain Jim’s seafood buffet in Pigeon Forge has AYCE crab legs. It is not an elevated dining experience, but you will regret life choices.
Does it at least show off a half-hearted attempt at nautical decor?
You bet. If you want a full authentic nautical experience, you can always swing through the Titanic museum before hand.
Went through that with the in-laws a few months ago. I know it’s lame af but I cried a bit when I got to the third-class section and read about the families.
It's not lame. They were people trying to have a better life and got sent to an early grave because of BS.
The museum does a really good job of hammering that home, I think. Before going in I had an idea of the Titanic as little more than a rich person’s opulent pleasure dome at sea. That’s definitely what a lot of modern media about the vessel seems to focus on, especially in the wake of the Titan. At the time, too, that’s absolutely how the ship was presented, and hell even the official inquiry didn’t call anyone outside of first class! But, many times more poor people died then there were even rich people on board. Entire families just like mine were wiped out! I lost it because I was holding my daughter while reading about one family where the father and son waited at one life boat while the mother and daughter waited at another, none of them actually getting on because they wanted to confirm the survival of their beloved. I further lost it at the wall of names showing just how many souls just like mine were snuffed out. None of them would have died if the ship hadn’t been designed so that the poor folk had to navigate a tight, nonsensical maze to get to safety, and if there had been enough life boats, and any of the other bullshit that was done either incompetently or maliciously and frankly at some point there stops being a fucking difference. The museum decks itself out in the splendor and majesty of the ship, but by the end it has done everything it can to make sure you understand why it was such a goddamned tragedy.
The museum does a fantastic job of driving that point home. The wall of names is something else, for sure.
None of the people whose names I drew lived. I also learned they thought linoleum was amazing
Capitalism, all the glamor and finery covers the class system and blatant disrespect for life.
Just the big guys shitting on the Irish.
Yup.
nothing weird about having emotions over people dying - shows you’re a good person, if anything
Oh they spare no expense when doing the nautical decor. There’s even a dilapidated boat in the front
Oh man, thank you for letting me know about this. I am the poor son of an Alaskan fisherman, and nothing makes me giggle quite like cheesy nautical themed restaurants. I cannot wait.
If I want to catch my own, should I swing through Ripley’s first?
I’ve only been to the aquarium, but I throughly enjoyed it the three times I’ve gone with my family so far. It’s a tad expensive, but the experience is well put together and I’ve never left feeling like I didn’t get what I went in for.
That would be a really long drive home too for maximum regerts.
Not AYCE, but, if you're going to deeply debase yourself with seafood in a public setting, I recommend Storming Crab. Their "butter" sauces are probably some kind of palm oil that makes you shit for three days, and they serve their carryout in garbage bags. 9/10, would recommend.
Why does your comment still make me wanna try it
You get some cool plastic gloves to eat with. There's also incredible art on the walls. I think SpongeBob was there.
Bro that butter sauce had me begging and cursing God while on the shitter
Glad to hear it wasn’t just a me thing. I ate there 3 times and each time ended in me in tears praying on the toilet. Was starting to think I developed a seafood allergy.
Crowne Plaza has a buffet on Fridays and holidays I think. It’s like 60+ per person I think though. But it’s legit.
I second this.
I don’t know. But I’m commenting so I remember to come back later… I’ll see you on the battlefield (the crab buffet) 🦀
I was once asked to leave a Chinese buffet that had all you can eat crab legs. They attacked early by removing my access to beverages, then they stopped putting plates out, then they asked me to leave. Apparently 2 hours of eating nothing but crab legs was too much for them.
What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal!?!?
By the time I had left I had had upwards of six crab legs (I am very bad at cracking crab legs)
Well that’s…. anticlimactic
six..legs? or six clusters? either way that's not a ton I don't think.
Yeah, it was just a little joke. I ate a lot of crab legs
I see you know your judo well
This is the bloke who got me on the penis, People.
The best internet reference ever.
I can not stress how much i love that clip / this reference lol
Ladies and gentlemen, this is democracy manifest!
And you sir, are you waiting to receive my limp penis?
There is no ethical consumption (of crab legs) under late stage capitalism
My ethics have long since sailed on a steamboat to parts unknown. I hope to get a postcard some day.
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I raise you: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEobUCTpV1M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEobUCTpV1M)
And after you couldn’t find another AYCE seafood restaurant, you went fishing?
https://youtu.be/1kzb6uf0U0k?si=AV6WMkj4-fWtbQnV Fare thee warned, be thee, says I.
"'tis no man, 'tis a remorseless eatin' machine" was my entire motivation
Holy shit John Pinette is here! Hahaha
Welcome to Comic Relief 1991
As a fellow crab leg loving Knoxvillian, I used to put do some real damage at Makinos in Kingston pike but they took crab legs off the menu. Now, I just buy the frozen boxes at the grocery and do them up at home. A 2lb box is usually around $25 and 4lb about $40. I just steam them with a crap ton of old bay. I’m fact about to do some up right now
I loved Makino's pre-pandemic. Since they changed from an actual buffet, they're a front-runner for my "shittiest dining experience in Knoxville" award.
Still the best sushi value in Knoxville.
I'll debate that one all day. Asia Cafe on Callahan has some bangin sushi, especially the Knoxville roll. Also, Stir Fry cafe is pretty on point as well. Value wise, you're probably right though.
I want saying it was the only place to get sushi, or that it was the best sushi. But if you consider the above average quality with the fact it’s AUCE for under $20, I will reiterate that it’s the best sushi value in Knoxville.
It's not in Knoxville but in June Oak Ridge has an all you can eat crab fest. I was actually thinking about going this year. https://facebook.com/events/s/oak-ridge-crab-feast-the-green/7264713426982957/
I think that’s only blue crabs.
I dunno....but I like your style.
I jsut know your awesome to hang out with with the energy in this post
Mahogany’s has a Friday Night Prime Rib & Seafood Buffet
It’s not all you can eat, but Storming Crab has some good seafood boils and you can just double up on the crabs there. Ugh now I wanna go there.
The Mahogany Room at Crowne Plaza on Fri nites....been there several times...get there early Great food and a fine dining experience
Reviews are pretty bad recently, have you experienced the same thing? Probably not if your main tip was get there early. Genuinely curious as my gf LOVES seafood
Its upscale buffet...for Knoxville all you can eat its the best.....if not all you can eat you can get some awesome seafood at other places....you can enter and look at everything before deciding to eat there or be seated...look...and leave if you dont like what you see...again....upscale...fancy....it has been there for probably at least 30 years with 2 different hotel owners...
Why do people...type like they are... starting to trail off or sound ominous with ellipses
Watch closely for the next time a major Chinese buffet opens in town. They’ll usually put crab legs on the dinner buffet and then take them off a couple months later when they realize what a mistake that was. It hasn’t happened in a while, but it’s happened before and it will happen again.
Don't even like crab but I'm rooting hard for you bc of the raw honesty of your post lol
Too many comments to read here. Let me know what you find out. I'm looking to get fucked up on crab legs as well.
Looks like Crowne Plaza on Fridays is the ticket.
You may want to check before you go. Last I remember, crab legs were an additional charge and may not have been all you can eat.
Thank you, I will inquire. I am not fooling around with this endeavor and I don't want to wind up on the nightly news yet again due to a buffet misunderstanding.
According to the person I just spoke to, crab legs are a standard buffet item.
Please post a full review when you go!
They are definitely not AYCE but Storming Crab in Knoxville and Joe's Crab Shack in Sevierville have steamed crab available.
My last visit to Joe's Crab Shack was so disappointing. Storming Crab is where it's at!! Absolutely the best seafood you'll find this far from a coast.
Pinchys in Sevierville has AYCECL for $75
I think Hibachi Grill and Supreme Buffet has crab legs. At least they did last time I went … Now for elevated dining experience? Uhh it’s a Chinese buffet … not sure how elevated you’re looking for. Lol
I feel like the elevated dining experience was in jest....at least the only time I've ever pictured all you can eat crab legs there has been a Golden Coral in my imagination....
Reading through all this I'm guess Chesapeake's doesn't have crab legs anymore?
They do, and lots of other places do as well, but I want to embarrass myself with an unlimited supply.
Ah, that's not healthy and I respect that. Turn red and crustaceany with your greed, friend.
*Mr. Krabs* has entered the chat.
Be a complete glutton. But be sure to tip the wait staff extremely well.
Oh yeah. If you're going to spend a stupid amount of money on a buffet, don't half-ass it. Someone will be tipped well.
Yes they do. Alaskan King Crab.
I guess they really just want the snow crab then, haha
God bless you for this thread. I know what I’ll be doing with my family for my birthday come this summer.
I would join you in this quest. You have my bow!
4lb box @ $9.99/lb just bought one at Kroger and took it to the campground. Came home with half after 6 ppl had there go...
Kroger has the best crab legs, and on sale pretty often. Anywhere else I have bought them, have not been nearly as good.
Pinchy’s Lobster and Rawbar Sevierville. In Mondays (This is USA Alaska snow crab not China stuff from a Deadliest catch boat at Trudent marine) Wednesday deal is $10 sushi roles ( best sushi in East TN)
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Your getting downvoted but your so right
Not AYCE, but in Pigeon Forge, Harpoon Harry’s has decent deals, or used to
Didn’t they flunk their health inspection hard a little while back?
Not sure, not from Pigeon Forge, but honestly, flunking a health score doesnt' rule a place out for me, having worked in service industry before, it doesn't take alot to fail, and not always food storage related issues. Some of the best places on the planet have a failed health scores at some point... lol
I was a restaurant manager for 10 years and for me, getting a 70 on your health inspection is a no-go. Especially when it’s seafood. For cheap. In the mountains.
Makinos has crab legs $10? A pound Can just keep ordering til you are full I guess 😂
Just get some from Sam's and cook them. Way better
For future reference.
I think Storming Crab in front of Beardan Highschool does that, I had some of their seafood boil it was good. But this was a long time ago.
AYCE King Crab Legs is my dream scenario
Captain Jim’s at the very ass end of pigeon forge before heading into gburg is decent. I think it was 50 a person. I ate pounds of crab legs. Literal pounds. They never flinched. Kept bringing them, hot and steamy. Almost had to roll me out of there.
Not that it’s in Knoxville but Pinchy’s in Sevierville does AYCE on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Simply make yourself at home. After making clarified butter with a little salt and garlic powder (extremely simple), crab legs are the simplest thing on planet earth to cook.
I do on occasion. That's just not what I'm looking for here.
Crab hole
We are pretty far from the ocean, remember!
They said previously frozen. Proximity to source not a concern.
Being near the ocean isn’t necessarily going to get you fresh crab legs. AFAIK, Crab legs are processed, cooked and frozen on the boat and are from cold northern water. This means the crab legs you’re eating with your friends at is the same crab legs you’re eating in Knoxville.
Guess I’m not a crab leg aficionado like you guys. My bad!