SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio -- If merely eating and enjoying the taste of seafood aren’t enough, diners may want to give The Boiler 65 a try.
There, clad in a bib, the hungry use their hands to break apart crab legs and crawfish and dig deep to get the meat from clams and mussels.
And, diners now won’t have to drive to the west side to take part in this interactive food fest. Founded in 2017 at 6410 Detroit Ave. in Cleveland, The Boiler 65 has opened a second location at Cedar Center North, at Warrensville Center and Cedar roads in South Euclid.
The spacious, modern and clean Cedar Center location opened its doors Dec. 21. When it opened in Cleveland, The Boiler 65 (the 65 is a nod to West 65th Street), was at the forefront of a trend -- that of selling steamed seafood in a bag, by the pound, mixed with a seasoned sauce. But The Boiler 65 added another twist to the formula.
“It’s basically an Asian/Cajun fusion,” said Team Ny of the sauce. Ny is one of four family members who own and operate the restaurant. The Cleveland location was, in fact, the family’s first venture into the restaurant business.
Born in Thailand, Ny came to the United States at age 3 after living in a Khmer Rouge refugee camp. He grew up in Cleveland and is a U.S. Navy veteran. It was while in the Navy that he visited Louisiana and first experienced Cajun spices and fresh seafood prepared in the way The Boiler 65 now serves.
“Our motto is ‘Eat with your hands and get messy,’” said Ny. "You eat here with gloves and bibs.
Team Ny and his family recently opened their second Boiler 65 seafood restaurant, this one in South Euclid. (Jeff Piorkowski, special to cleveland.com)
"Everything we make is made fresh to order. We get people from down South, or from the Caribbean, or people from cruise ships who ask, ‘How do you get your seafood so fresh?’ I tell them, everything’s got to be made fresh to order.”
At The Boiler 65, diners have three main choices to make. First, they must decide their “catch.” There are eight offerings in this category, including head-on and head-off shrimp, at $15 and $20 per pound, respectively; crawfish ($15 per pound); king crab legs ($40 per pound); snow crab legs ($24 per pound); clams and mussels ($13 per pound); and a lobster tail boil ($22 for six ounces and $32 for 10 ounces).
The second step involves choosing a sauce from among butter, lemon pepper, sweet heat and dry. And, most significantly, there’s the signature sauce, “Bombdiggity,” which is the Asian/Cajun blend. Ny said his brother-in-law took six or seven years to create the special sauce.
In step three, diners choose the level of spice they like. There are four levels from which to choose, from “baby” to “fire.”
Those who like can also add to their bag, for $3 to $5 more, extras such as corn, potatoes, beef sausage and extra sauce.
Also available, at $55 apiece, is the “duo-bag,” which includes a pound each of head-on shrimp, crawfish and snow crab, as well as corn, potatoes and sausage.
The menu additionally offers “starters,” such as hand-cut fries, fried calamari and fried catfish nuggets, and specialties including pan-seared salmon, shrimp scampi pasta and a perch dinner, among several others.
“And, we add special things to the menu to go with each season," Ny said. "So the menu changes a little each season.”
The Boiler 65 also includes a bar, which features its “Boozerbag” drinks that come in a plastic pouch with squared bottoms that allow them to stand on a table.
The Boiler 65 is open from 3 to 11 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, noon to 11 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 10 p.m. Sundays. The restaurant also offers carry-out.
In addition to business going well at the Cleveland location, Ny said the South Euclid restaurant has started off strongly.
Mayor Georgine Welo attended a ribbon-cutting at The Boiler 65 today (Jan. 10).
Thinking about his early life in Thailand compared to a life that now includes helping to operate two restaurants, Ny said: "I was in the Navy, so I’ve been all over the world. Over here (in the United States), when you have a dream, you can go beyond your dream. But, in certain places in the world, all you can do is dream. You might not have a chance to reach that dream, no matter how hard you try. But, in America, you can go go beyond that dream.
“I always tell people all the time, with all the differences that are going on (politically in the United States), all that aside, we still live in the greatest country, where you can dream and go beyond your dreams.”
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