How to order the perfect seafood boil in Paterson

Step one: pick your catch

A great boil starts with what goes in the bag. Snow crab is the crowd favorite: sweet, easy to crack, and it soaks up sauce like nothing else. Jumbo head-on shrimp are the move if you want quantity. Feeling fancy? Add a lobster tail. Can't decide? The Buca Boil Bag does the choosing for you: crab, shrimp, corn, potato, and sausage in one loaded bag.

Step two: choose your sauce

This is where a boil lives or dies. Our Garlic Butter is the classic: rich, glossy, made for dunking. Cajun brings the Louisiana funk. Rajun Cajun is for people who like it loud. And the Buca Special? That's our house blend, and it's the one regulars swear by.

Step three: set the heat

Mild, Medium, or Fire. There's no shame in Mild; the flavor's all there. But if you see steam coming off someone's table on 21st Ave, that's the Fire, and they earned it.

Where to get it

Buca's Seafood & More, 433-435 21st Ave in Paterson. Open noon to midnight, seven days a week. Order online or call (973) 925-7100, and come hungry.