Acadiana Cajun restaurant recs

take her to cafe josephines in sunset.

but, if you want real cajun food, someone will have to cook for you. there's no restaurant that really serves authentic cajun rice and gravy. they'll do seafood but, you won't be eating any real cajun shite.

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T Coons? Acadiana Superette? Nunu’s? Earl’s?

Dozens of other small plate lunch places??

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true. he could get plate lunches to get a cajun experience. it would be more authentic cajun than seafood platters.

Suire’s if you feel like a drive.

DI's in Basile

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there's no restaurant that really serves authentic cajun rice and gravy

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Take a look at Poor Boys Riverside Inn in Broussard. It's primarily a seafood restaurant, but there are lots of crawfish dishes including bisque with boulettes. There are gumbos, etouffees and other Cajun dishes.

The menu has photographs of the dishes online.
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It has a neat old Cajun sort of atmosphere tucked away off the street among lots of trees with a pond (I think it's a pond) on the side of it with cypress trees and other foliage.

I haven't been in a while, but each time I have been, the waitress has had a pretty heavy Cajun accent. I've always enjoyed the place. It's pretty busy, so if you decide to go there, look into reservations. Ask for a table with a view of the water.

Report back on wherever you go, please!

you will definitely see raccoons at Poor Boys Riverside (240 Tubing Road, just off Hwy 90 in Broussard). I'd often take friends there who were in town from Texas, they loved it, especially the stuffed flounder

Plate lunches are your best bet for authentic cajun cooking, Saturday makes it tricky because most are closed or don't have Sat. lunch specials

Noah's Saturday options:
Smothered oxtails - grilled pork steak - fried pork chop - red beans/sausage - baked chicken

Poche's Saturday options: (haven't been since pandemic so not positive if still the same):
Pork Backbone Stew - BBQ Ribs - BBQ Chicken - Stuffed Pork Chops - BBQ Ribeyes

Suire's Grocery: changes but they've been doing spaghetti on Saturdays, they have good cajun foods on their full menu, mmmmm and some homemade tarts.

Johnsons Boucaniere: you mentioned boudin, you won't be disappointed here. Think they bbq on Saturdays or just stop in and get a few links.

Laura's 2 - Bourdain went to Suire's, he went here too. Haven't been on a Sat but I think you could go get a stuffed turkey wing.

The French Press: brunch spot downtown. The favorite, the cajun benedict (eggs benedict with boudin topped with two poached eggs and chicken and sausage gumbo) or the grits and grillades will give you what you're looking for.

Who y’all go to for the best meatball stew? Had Cajun table yesterday and it was meh.

Come to Scott and hit Uncle T’s.

You get a chance to hit all the Boudin spots and have a good dinner.