Concord seafood fans will soon have another place to get their hands messy.
Bag O’ Crab, a California seafood-boil restaurant specializing in crab, lobster, shrimp, crawfish and other shellfish, is headed to the former New Lim’s Garden building at 4340 Clayton Road, near Bel Air Drive.
The restaurant’s new exterior sign went up this past week, Claycord reports, confirming that the long-vacant building is being converted into a Bag O’ Crab location. However, the restaurant still appears to be under significant renovation, and no official opening date has been announced.
The standalone restaurant space has a long local history. It was most recently home to New Lim’s Garden, which closed in 2024, and before that housed an Arby’s restaurant.
Bag O’ Crab’s menu at its existing locations follows the familiar seafood-boil format: diners choose their seafood, sauce and spice level before receiving it in a bag with add-ons such as corn, potatoes and sausage.
Menu options include Dungeness crab, king crab legs, snow crab legs, lobster, crawfish, shrimp, clams and mussels. Sauces range from garlic butter and lemon pepper to Cajun, Louisiana-style and spicy Asian-inspired flavors.
The chain also serves items for diners who may not want a full seafood boil, including wings, fried seafood, Cajun fish, beef short ribs, garlic noodles, gumbo and clam chowder.
Bag O’ Crab will enter a Concord market that already includes Cajun Crack’n, another seafood-boil restaurant with a local location. Still, the newcomer should provide another option for East Bay diners craving Dungeness crab, lobster tails, saucy shrimp and the full bib-and-crab-cracker experience.
For now, crab fans will have to wait a little longer. We’ll follow this one and let you know when there’s an opening date. Make sure to join our free 925 News newsletter.
