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USA Today: Baton Rouge listed among top 5 under-rated food destinations
Posted on 9/19/17 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 9/19/17 at 12:17 pm
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Five underrated food cities in the South
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The South has a defined cuisine that has put it on the food map in recent years largely thanks to cities like Charleston and New Orleans hogging the spotlight. We’re not denying that those cities have excellent food, but smaller locales like Baton Rouge, Louisiana’s capital, and Lexington, Louisville’s oft-overlooked Kentucky neighbor, have food scenes that can compete with the South’s — and the country’s — best.
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Baton Rouge, La., is ground zero for some excellent Cajun and Creole food, but unbeknownst to many, the city has so much more to offer. There’s a healthy pop-up scene and new spots like Cocha and Kalurah Street Grill are garnering widespread praise. Local radio talk show host Jay Ducote was a runner up on Season 11 of Food Network Star and runs a taco pop-up called Gov’t Taco that will finally get a permanent space next year. “Baton Rouge is really like a gumbo pot of all Louisiana cultures in one place,” explains Ducote. “We get the Creole influences of New Orleans, the Cajun culture from Acadiana and the traditional southern flare from the north part of the state. It all converges here in Baton Rouge, where finding our own unique culture has been challenging in the past.” The city is finding itself, thanks to “a crop of young chefs and adventurous culinarians who are pushing our food scene forward and using all of our various resources and influences to create a food scene that we can call our own,” he says.
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Birmingham, Ala., is home to multiple James Beard Award winners, like Frank Stitt of Highlands Bar & Grill and his protégé Chris Hastings (Hot and Hot Fish Club, Ovenbird), and now the city is an incubator for new talent. Brian Somershield opened El Barrio Restaurante y Bar in 2016, Abhishek Sainju opened Abhi Eatery + Bar in March, and with the opening of Pizitz Food Hall this year, there’s even more space for new chefs to flourish.
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Athens, Ga., lives under Atlanta’s shadow but it’s had one very famous champion: chef Hugh Acheson of Top Chef fame and winner of two James Beard awards. His two Athens restaurants, Five & Ten and The National, have helped put the college town on the map and led the way for spots like home.made, from Five & Ten’s former executive sous chef Mimi Maumus; Condor Chocolates from The National’s executive chef Peter Dale; and Pulaski Heights BBQ, from former Five & Ten executive chef Chuck Ramsey, to open over the last few years. There are some non-Acheson related spots worth seeking out as well, like vegetarian institution The Grit and Creature Comforts Brewing Co.
Some food porn:
Poor Boy Lloyd’s
City Pork Brasserie & Bar
Gov’t Taco
Click the link for the full article and some images that will make you hungry.
Posted on 9/19/17 at 12:19 pm to member12
The food scene has improved a ton in BR over the past decade or so.
Posted on 9/19/17 at 12:20 pm to member12
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Baton Rouge, La., is ground zero for some excellent Cajun and Creole food
Lol
Posted on 9/19/17 at 12:20 pm to member12
I think I will have a po-boy tomorrow for lunch.
Posted on 9/19/17 at 12:21 pm to member12
NOLA folks about to shite on everything in here
Posted on 9/19/17 at 12:21 pm to member12
Maybe it's just me but PB Lloyd's has never been anything special.
Posted on 9/19/17 at 12:21 pm to member12
I'm from BR and IMO it is not a underrated food destination. I moved away 3 years ago to Acadiana and the food is noticeably better across the board out here than the generic BR bullshite.
BR just has no identity and I guess that could be part of the appeal idk.
BR just has no identity and I guess that could be part of the appeal idk.
Posted on 9/19/17 at 12:22 pm to member12
BR better than NO...... and Im from NO
Posted on 9/19/17 at 12:22 pm to member12
BR brings down the entire state when it comes to restuarants. It's incredible how bad it is compared to Nola and even Lafayette.
Posted on 9/19/17 at 12:23 pm to upgrayedd
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NOLA folks about to shite on everything in here
Hate is what they do.
Posted on 9/19/17 at 12:23 pm to member12
Lafayette is the best in the State.
Posted on 9/19/17 at 12:24 pm to member12
City Pork is legit, but Monroe > BR.
Posted on 9/19/17 at 12:24 pm to member12
Since when is any type of taco considered Cajun or Creole food?
Baton Rouge "underrated" as a food destination? There are probably more than 5 places just in Louisiana that are more underrated than BR when it comes to food.
Baton Rouge "underrated" as a food destination? There are probably more than 5 places just in Louisiana that are more underrated than BR when it comes to food.
Posted on 9/19/17 at 12:24 pm to jdeval1
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The food scene has improved a ton in BR over the past decade or so.
I agree.
Posted on 9/19/17 at 12:25 pm to member12
would agree, BR has a sneaky decent food scene
Posted on 9/19/17 at 12:26 pm to goofball
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NOLA folks about to shite on everything in here
From BR, live in NOLA, and I would say outside the 5 star restaurants the difference isn't that huge actually. NOLA still wins but it's not a complete blowout.
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