This past winter, Westland neighbors received a new option for dining: Cajun seafood. In January 2021, Crab Kitchen Cajun Seafood opened on Wayne Road, across from the Westland Shopping Center. Restaurant owners Sue and Kenny Yim have been in the restaurant business for more than 30 years. The Yims previously owned the Asian restaurant, Fortune Buffet in Livonia but sold it two years ago.

The Yims have two grown daughters and when the COVID-19 pandemic and state shutdown became the normal order of daily life for Michiganders, Sue Yim says she and Kenny decided it was time to go back to work an...