Dine and Dish: Crawdaddy's in Downtown Visalia

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Cajun and creole favorites and a lively barroom astatine Crawdaddy's person brought the spice of beingness to Main Street successful downtown Visalia.

"I conscionable wanted to bring a batch of amusive for 1 thing: with large nutrient and large entertainment," says Keith Korsgaden. "Chef Fernando Gonzales is the bosom and psyche of this place."

He's ever putting connected a fiery show.

When halibut is successful season, Chef Fernando carves up the biggest and champion helium tin find.

Keith showed america a 10-ounce chopped of caller halibut retired of Alaska.

"I'm going to lightly breadstuff it," Fernando said. "This has ail and different spices successful it. It's cooked to aureate brownish slowly."

"It's encrusted with pistachio nuts, and it's served with our celebrated citrus food condiment that you are going to sensation present successful a minute," Keith said.

We couldn't hold a afloat infinitesimal earlier trying the halibut.

"Pasta Jambalaya is our fig 1 pasta," Keith said.

Chef Fernando sprinkles a peculiar Cajun seasoning connected immoderate dishes.

"This is blackened chicken, utilized with Fernando's ain Crawdaddy's blackening seasoning," Keith said. "We conscionable enactment this connected the market."

The spice is bully and debased successful salt.

"This is 1 of our apical dishes. This is our grilled calamari," Keith said.

The room is ever popping with action.

"The Acadian shrimp pasta, which is successful a reduced achromatic vino and food sauce," Keith said.

The 2nd level is disposable for gatherings.

Crawdaddy's opened successful 2006.

Keith has sold the spot but the caller proprietor had a request.

"I privation you to support being the look of Crawdaddy's, and I'm much than blessed to oblige due to the fact that I emotion being here," helium said.

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