delicious dark roux gumbo with shrimp, crab, and holy trinity of vegetables topped with rice. by the cup or bowl.
Oyster And Artichoke Soup
salty bayou oysters sauteed with the trinity of vegetables, (onions, bell pepper, and celery), then blended with plump artichoke hearts and fresh cream. by the cup or bowl.
Turtle Soup Au Sherry
a new orleans creole favorite. a dark and spicy bold-flavored soup traditionally served with chopped boiled egg & sherry. by the cup or bowl.
Fried Green Tomatoes
lightly fried to a golden brown, crowned with crawfish tails, hollandaise sauce, and grated parmesan cheese.
Fried Calamari
lightly battered and fried just for you with our signature chappys cocktail sauce.
Fried Crab Fingers
fried fresh blue claw crab fingers accompanied with our signature cocktail sauce.
Shrimp Remoulade
boiled fresh shrimp piled on a bed of lettuce topped with a tangy remoulade sauce.
The Classic Shrimp Cocktail Or Jumbo Crabmeat Cocktail
jumbo boiled fresh shrimp or crabmeat accompanied with cocktail sauce. individually priced.
Raw Oyster Cocktail
by the 1/2 dozen or dozen.
Smoked Salmon
amber smoked canadian sockeye salmon served with capers, sour cream and toast points.
Escargot En Bordelaise
succulent halifax escargot sauteed in butter, green onions and garlic.
Oysters 2-2-2
baked bayou oysters of 2-chappys, 2-bienville, and 2-rockefeller.
Gulf, Bayou, And Swamp Specialties
Grilled Barbecue Spice Shrimp
a beautiful selection of fresh jumbo shrimp marinated and grilled surrounding a delectable chappys crab cake, atop an island of rice du jour.
Chappys Sauteed Shrimp
shrimp sauteed in butter, garlic, green onions and herbs of thyme, basil, and oregano, mushrooms, white wine and served on a bed of pasta topped with grated parmesan. can be substituted with oysters or scallops.
Honey Island Swamp Frog Legs
three pairs of lightly fried monster size frog legs topped with almondine sauce served with your choice of vegetable or potato.
Soft Shell Crab Louie
Two fat soft shells lightly fried topped with a sauté of shrimp, crabmeat, mushrooms, herbs, and topped with Hollandaise. Your choice of vegetable or potato.
Chappys Cooking For The Birds
Grilled Quail Abita Springs
twin, partially deboned young quail, marinated and grilled to perfection, served on a bed of rice du jour with chappys special sauce for dipping.
Duck Breast Le Cherry
broiled boneless and skinless double breast of duck topped with crabmeat then flamed with cherry brandy and served with rice du jour.
Chicken Ship Island
marinated then grilled, a boneless and skinless double breast of chicken, spiced up just right and served on a bed of rice du jour.
Chicken Pontalba
a chappys duo! twin breasts dusted in italian bread crumbs, then broiled and crowned with lump crab meat almondine and meuniere sauce. served with a stuffed potato.
Chappys Fresh Catch Of Fish
all entree selections include a chappys crispy garden salad. with your choice of dressing, and chappys fresh baked bread.
World-famous Trout Long Beach
fresh filet of trout lightly fried topped with shrimp, mushrooms, and crabmeat in a cream sauce, and served with a stuffed potato.
Blackened Redfish
Marinated in butter, sprinkled with Chappy’s spices, pan fried to perfection and served with maMAma’s shrimp and eggplant.
Stuffed Flounder
bountiful filet of fresh flounder broiled topped with crabmeat stuffing and served with your choice of potato or vegetable.
Salmon
fresh loins of salmon grilled, blackened or broiled with crawfish topped with hollandaise sauce and served with a stuffed potato.
Grilled Red Snapper
succulent red snapper marinated grilled, crowned with crabmeat served on a bed of rice du jour. available as grilled, broiled, fried, or blackened.
Grilled Swordfish
served with garlic meuniere and a stuffed potato. also available blackened.
Grilled Tuna Steak
served with garlic meuniere and a stuffed potato. also available blackened.
Beef, Veal, & Lamb
The Steak Filet
tenderloin filet of beef, charbroiled to your satisfaction. served with stuffed potato or french fries and vegetable. available in 6 oz. 8 oz. 11 oz. or 16 oz.
Chappys Thick Cut Prime Rib
thick cut of roasted prime rib grilled then returned to the au jus. served with choice of potato or vegetable. also available blackened.
Veal Bayou Caddy
a classic dish. golden medallions of provimi milk fed baby veal crowned with shrimp, crabmeat, and mushroom sauce topped with hollandaise accompanied by mamamas shrimp and eggplant.
Veal Alexander
filet tenderloin of milk fed veal grilled with crabmeat stuffing topped with hollandaise sauce accompanied by asparagus.
Mardi Gras Lamb Chops
tender grilled lamb chops, basted with garlic, served with mint jelly on a bed of rice du jour and accompanied by mamamas shrimp and eggplant and mardi gras vegetables.
Blackened Pork Chop
served with shrimp hollandaise, a stuffed potato and carrots grand marnier.
Seafood Lovers Classics
all of chappy's classic seafood lovers dishes are served with chappy's crispy garden salad, choice of potato or vegetable and chappy's fresh baked bread.
Seafood Platter
a taste of it all with lightly fried shrimp, oysters, scallops, catfish and soft shell crab. also available broiled.
Shrimp Platter
fresh jumbo shrimp lightly fried to a golden brown.
Scallop Platter
plump sea scallops lightly fried to perfection. available broiled.
Oyster Platter
salty bayou oysters lightly fried till they're crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside.
Trout Meuniere
fresh filet of trout lightly fried topped with a lemon butter meuniere sauce. also available broiled.
Trout Almondine
fresh filet of trout lightly fried topped with almonds and chappy's special lemon and herb sauce. also available broiled.
Sauces And A La Carte
Hollandaise
sauteed mushrooms, meuniere, almondine.
Lump Crab-meat Topping
fresh shrimp topping, crab-meat stuffing.
Stuffed Potato
mamamas shrimp and eggplant.
Rice Du Jour
carrots grand marnier, john huttons pasta bordelaise.
John “Chappy” Chapman was born in Mobile, Alabama where his father was the British consul. Later after his fathers death, John and his family moved to New Orleans where he graduated from Loyola University of New Orleans with a degree in business.Learning his cooking techniques from his mother, Chappy always dreamed of owning and operating his own family style restaurant. John received his nickname “Chappy” from his wife, Starr, while they were courting. “Chappy” was also his father’s nickname.
The original Chappy’s Seafood Restaurant opened its doors in December of 1984 and remained one of the premier restaurants on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina completely demolished Chappy’s restaurant and his home