SARATOGA SPRINGS>> Hattie’s™ Restaurant located at 45 Phila Street will be holding it’s annual Crawfish Festival on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25.

This year, the offerings will include, Fresh crawfish by the pound, Hattie’s™ famous fried chicken, sausage and okra gumbo and peel and eat shrimp.  Hattie’s has the Capital districts largest selection of Louisiana beers to chose from and will also be featuring their Fresh Fruit Mojitos, Hurricanes and Firewater Punch made with Cherry Moonshine.  The Garland Nelson Ensemble will once again provide entertainment in Hattie’s™ courtyard.  The event is open to the public and fun for all ages.

“ We look forward to this day every year,” says Hattie’s™ chef and owner Jasper Alexander.  Alexander has the crawfish flown in fresh from a Louisiana company he has been doing business with for years.  “They have the freshest product and are wonderful to work with.  They love that we do this event “up North.”

Hattie’s™ Crawfish Festival takes place on

Monday May 25^th

11:00am-4:00pm

No reservations. Call 584.4790 for more details

Hattie’s™ Restaurant is open for dinner 7 days a week 5pm-10pm. Serving Brunch Saturday and Sunday 9am-2pm.

Hattie’s™ Chicken Shack in Wilton is open 7 days a week 11am-10pm

Hattie's™ has been a Saratoga institution since 1938.  In addition to Hattie’s™ original restaurant on Phila Street in Saratoga Springs, the Alexander’s also operate Hattie’s Track Shack at the Saratoga Race Course and a quick service restaurant; Hattie’s™ Chicken Shack in Wilton New York.  The restaurant has achieved national recognition with features in The New York Times, Gourmet Magazine, Food and Wine, National Geographic, USA Today and other prominent publications. In 2006, Hattie’s™ Restaurant was featured on the Food Networks’ Throwdown! with Bobby Flay.   Hattie’s™ has recently been ranked among the best fried chicken in the U.S. by Food and Wine and One of America’s best fried chicken spots by MSN.

www.hattiesrestaurant.com and www.hattieschickenshacks.com