LAPLACE — When Jenni and Jason Bourg opened The Crab Shack on Peavine Road, they knew they had something pretty special.

The small, rustic looking eatery offered plenty of delicious food, as well as beautiful views of Lake Pontchartrain.

The problem was standing out.

First, the name is a rather popular one. A Google search turns up nearly a dozen Crab Traps from New Jersey to the Florida Keys and places in between.

To help solve that, the Bourgs decided to change the name of their restaurant, as of this week, to Off The Dock.

It’s a name that has been in the back of Jenni’s mind for a while.

“We always said, if we opened another restaurant, that would be the name,” Jenni said.

“As we got into our second year (here), we decided to freshen it up, change it a little bit.”

The Bourgs commissioned a friend to design the sign, which features a pelican on the water.

“It’s just perfect,” Jenni said.

The Bourgs still have to deal with another issue: the restaurant is located way off the beaten path at 105 Peavine Road.

Once little more than a blip off old Highway 51, Peavine used to be just a shell road that cut through the swamp to the lake. There was nothing there but a bunch of weekend camps to show for it.

A few brave entrepreneurs did open dining spots in recent years, but Hurricane Isaac wiped them off the tourist map, if not the real one, in 2012.

Now the area is back, with several restaurants to choose from.

“We’re really hard to find back here,” Bourg said. “There’s swamps on both sides. People don’t know we’re here.”

Bourg said they are trying to set themselves apart with their menu, which features boiled seafood, po boys, pasta dishes and gumbos perfected by her husband, Jason.

“I don’t know what he did to the gumbo, but people just love it,” she said.

There’s also a blackened redfish dish, which once was a special item.

There still are lunch specials, as well as daily specials. Thursdays are all you can eat shrimp nights; Fridays are surf and turf night, with shrimp and a filet mignon.

Off the Dock is open Thursday through Sunday. The hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday and Sunday.

For more information, call 984-224-2000.