Red Lobster seafood boil among new CEO’s menu items

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Image: The Mariner’s Boil. Red Lobster via PRNewswire

One of America’s most popular restaurant chains just announced it was overhauling its menu for summer.

Red Lobster seafood boils

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Red Lobster is bringing back its popular Crabfest promotion – which includes two seafood boil bags with multiple butter flavorings this year:

Mariner’s Boil: Features a Maine lobster tail, a dozen shrimp, snow crab legs, corn and red potatoes
Sailor’s Boil: Features a mix of shrimp, smoked sausage, corn and red potatoes

Each dish is served in a hot shake-and-serve bag. Finishing flavors include roasted garlic butter, Cajun butter or Old Bay seasoning.

By the numbers:

Prices may vary by location, but each boil appears to be $30.99.

Dig deeper:

Red Lobster is also adding several other crab-focused dishes to the menu for Crabfest, including crab-stuffed mushrooms and crab toppings for various side dishes, and steak and salmon entrees.

You can also order a full pound of crab legs over crispy potatoes.

Timeline:

Crabfest runs June 23 - September 14.

Red Lobster $5 happy hour

Image: Red Lobster's "Festival Summer of Sips" lineup. Red Lobster via PRNewswire

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In December, the restaurant also launched its happy hour, which includes $5 drink specials and special prices on select appetizers.

New drinks added:

For the summer, Red Lobster is also adding new full-price drinks to the menu that feature STILL G.I.N. by Dre and Snoop, Tito’s Vodka and Patron Silver Tequila.

Red Lobster new CEO

Red Lobster files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Axios reporter Richard Collings joins LiveNOW's Andrew Craft to dissect Red Lobster's decision to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The backstory:

Red Lobster went through the bankruptcy process last year after losing $76 million in 2023, which required closing dozens of restaurants.

But the company promised they weren’t going anywhere – and excited the process in September 2024 as an independent, privately-held company with 545 restaurant locations in 44 states and four Canadian provinces.

They also emerged with a new CEO, Damola Adamolekun, who is in his mid-30s and was the former chief executive of P.F. Chang’s.

Image of Damola Adamolekun from Businesswire in August 2024 when he was announced as the CEO of RL Investor Holdings LLC, the newly-formed entity that acquired Red Lobster.

The Source: Information in this article was taken from Red Lobster press releases, dated June 23, 2025, and Dec. 2, 2024. Background information about its business and CEO was taken from previous FOX Television Station reportings and from The Associated Press. This story was reported from Detroit.

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