# @eatnextchatt on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C7kYDyePm3B
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/30558451-eatnextchatt-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-05-29T22:00:38.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** What To Eat Next Chattanooga (@eatnextchatt) — https://gondola.cc/eatnextchatt

## Caption

We all know the fried chicken is "World Famous," but Champy's is also — at least locally — famous for crawfish. I wondered what the Louisiana shortage meant for the Chattanooga-based, juke joint-themed franchise.

"The start of the season was a challenge for us because the crawfish population was unknown based on the drought, and we didn't know how it would affect the harvest," Champy's manager Aaron Murray said in a phone interview. "Those first couple of weeks, we didn't know if we could get enough crawfish to make it through the season or not."

Read the full story at the link in our bio.

Photo 1 / Boiled crawfish lie on display at Kjean's Safood in New Orleans in 2013. Amid a crawfish shortage in Louisiana, the nation's top producer of the crustaceans that are a staple in Gulf Coast seafood boils, Gov. Jeff Landry issued a disaster declaration for the affected industry March 6. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Photo 2 / Staff photo by Andre James / The crawfish shed at the Champy's M.L. King location is seen Tuesday.

Photo 3 / Staff file photo / The inside of a Champy's is seen in 2019.

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| What To Eat Next Chattanooga | @eatnextchatt | https://gondola.cc/eatnextchatt | Newspaper |
| Cameron McKeon | @cammckeon | https://gondola.cc/cammckeon | Digital Producer |

## Tags

timesfreepress, mychatt, champys, chattanooga, food, crawfish, nooga, tennessee

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