Our History

Phan family--Papa, Mama, Kim and Ky, moved from Vietnam to Houston as refugees. Here, they were first introduced to southern seafood boils and fell in love with Cajun flavors.

Kim & Ky meet Quan, an aspiring artist and designer and their families become close friends.

Papa, with previous experience cooking in the Vietnamese military, opens a small Chinese/Vietnamese restaurant in El Cajon to support the family where Kim, Ky, and Quan all worked throughout their childhood and teen years.

Kim, Quan & Ky start chatting about opening a seafood boil restaurant in hopes of helping their parents retire.

The family opens up the first Crab Hut restaurant in Kearny Mesa, with Ky in charge of food, Kim handling finances and administrative work, and Quan on design and construction. (Meanwhile, Quan was still working full time as a graphic designer during the day!). 1 year in, Kim & Quan get engaged inside that very restaurant.

Since then, our family has grown in every way. We are proud to continue to serve our delicious seafood boils across 3 locations in San Diego, and plan to continue to do so for the foreseeable future!