Food -> Eats FRI, OCT 15 10:55AM by Mary Tutwiler

Frank Randol touts Louisiana seafood in the Windy City

Who needs BP’s millions of restitution money to promote Louisiana seafood when you’ve got Frank Randol?

Randol is best known as a restaurateur and seafood purveyor in Lafayette, but he has connections nationwide and is using those ties to talk about why folks in Chicago should buy Louisiana seafood.

Randol was inducted into Shaw’s Crab House’s Oyster Hall of Fame last night. Shaw’s has been a Chicago institution for 25 years, famous for its fresh seafood. Seasonally, the restaurant offers 40 different seafood entrees from all over the country. Randol supplies the restaurant with his fresh Louisiana Blue Point crabs and crabmeat.

In conjunction with the award, ABC affiliate WLS TV-7 in Chicago had Randol on the news, ostensibly cooking barbecued shrimp. But what he was really doing was talking about seafood testing and how Louisiana seafood is literally under the microscope these days. It’s safer to eat Louisiana’s exports than seafood from anywhere else, Randol says. He’s a great ambassador for the seafood industry, cooking, talking and finally stripping off his shirt to reveal a T-shirt that reads “Got Lousisiana Seafood.” “We are so appreciative that Chicago is buying Louisiana seafood,” he concludes, “and if you’re buying it now, buy more.”

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written by Joe Politico , October 15, 2010 - 12:22 pm

I think Frank has been drinking the Kool-Aid that the oil industry is serving up....his comments "We now know how to drill a mile down because of the accident"..."BP did a good job"...were not good comments to make since we are still reeling from the effects of the spill and will probably do so for some time to come.....
Personally I wished they had figured out how to drill a mile down before they did it....and no Frank... BP did not do a good job!?!? Unless you are talking about their publicity campaign to try and restore their reputation...

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written by Jane Doe , October 19, 2010 - 03:58 pm

I wonder if Shaw's Crab House know about the under paid mexican worker that peal Frank Randel's crabmeat. Or how shity he is to the people of his own town of Lafayette and the locals wont eat at his restaurant.

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