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Lea's Lunch Room
Posted on 10/15/18 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 10/15/18 at 12:56 pm
Avoid this place. Disgusting food. Pies are marginal. They have three choices for lunch and the choices this day were chicken fried steak, cube steak, and ham. The CFS was inedible- overfried with zero actual "steak" in it. My son got the cube steak and we couldn't recognize the type of meat it was and tasted awful. The sides were rice and gravy that had no salt or much flavor, blackeyed peas that were edible, and corn that nobody can F up. I don't know how this place has the reputation because I've had better pie at freaking Picadilly. Oh and five plate lunches and four slices of pie plus tip was $100. Yes I'm mad.
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Posted on 10/15/18 at 12:59 pm to In The Know
It was good when the old man was running it.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 12:59 pm to In The Know
In Lecompte, LA?
Posted on 10/15/18 at 1:05 pm to Janky
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Posted on 10/15/18 at 1:12 pm to In The Know
People tend to hate on it here, but I still think the pies are great.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 1:12 pm to In The Know
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Oh and five plate lunches and four slices of pie plus tip was $100.
Plate lunch is $10.25
Whole pie is $18
51+18=$69
$31 tip?
Worth the nostalgia, but better food is out there. A place to check off your backroads Louisiana restaurants.
This post was edited on 10/15/18 at 1:22 pm
Posted on 10/15/18 at 1:17 pm to In The Know
lea's is only good for one thing. a pecan pie. that's it.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 1:18 pm to In The Know
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Oh and five plate lunches and four slices of pie plus tip was $100.
That’s a helluva deal IMO.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 1:23 pm to thegreatboudini
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That’s a helluva deal IMO.
I'm with you. $20/person for lunch with sides, dessert, a drink and tip. Doesn't seem that far off.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 1:24 pm to In The Know
I ate there for lunch Saturday with my dad. I got the ham sandwich and pecan pie.
My dad got the CFS and bumbleberry pie. The CFS was like 1/16th of an inch thick and tough as leather. The bumbleberry pie's crust was almost raw.
The ham sandwich and pecan pie were great though.
If you don't stray from that it's pretty good. Everything else is kinda gross. Oh and they had small cans of Steen's cane syrup they were selling for $5.25. lol
My dad got the CFS and bumbleberry pie. The CFS was like 1/16th of an inch thick and tough as leather. The bumbleberry pie's crust was almost raw.
The ham sandwich and pecan pie were great though.
If you don't stray from that it's pretty good. Everything else is kinda gross. Oh and they had small cans of Steen's cane syrup they were selling for $5.25. lol
Posted on 10/15/18 at 1:31 pm to hipster
It was $80.00 but I felt bad for the waitress who seemed beaten down by life, so I gave her a $20 tip. She wasn't responsible for the garbage food.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 1:34 pm to In The Know
You were supposed get ham sandwiches, you fricked up. They do/did a combination of sliced and chipped ham, dressed sparaingly and pressed. Never gotten anything else.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 1:54 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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the pies are great.
I believe they're going to prepackaged ingredients and frozen crusts. The last time we stopped at Lea's I had a lemon meringue pie. The pie crust was soggy, the custard was flavorless and the meringue had the texture of dish soap.
Incomprehensibly bad, given how good they once were.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 2:05 pm to In The Know
That's disappointing. I have fond memories of the place from my childhood. We had relatives up near Tioga and my pops would schedule a stop at Lea's to pick up a pie to bring to my Aunt. We would stop in, grab some (then) good country food and a whole pie to go.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 2:45 pm to In The Know
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It was $80.00 but I felt bad for the waitress who seemed beaten down by life, so I gave her a $20 tip. She wasn't responsible for the garbage food.
Sounds like you need to bring a brown bag lunch next time you head north.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 2:54 pm to Gaston
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You were supposed get ham sandwiches, you f%$#ed up. They do/did a combination of sliced and chipped ham, dressed sparaingly and pressed. Never gotten anything else.
Ham sandwich and pie. My favorites are the pecan and the blueberry when in season.
If I'm passing around there during mealtime, I'm getting a ham sandwich. Had one before Easter. Still the same with the slices and the chipped ham. Same exact taste as I remember from my youth on trips with the family. Sometimes, pick up an extra to bring home for the next day.
I like the pie warmed.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 3:11 pm to In The Know
I've never been a fan of the place.
My wife can make me a ham sandwich at home, and my Granny's pies run circles around Lea's.
My wife can make me a ham sandwich at home, and my Granny's pies run circles around Lea's.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 3:19 pm to In The Know
Only thing I like there is the ham sandwich. The pies are mediocre at best.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 3:31 pm to In The Know
In the 70's and 80's that place was rockin. You simply did not pass that place up and not get several pies for the family.
Today, it's like ya'll said, you can get better frozen pies.
I don't know if they've changed, or pie technology has just passed them by, but they're just not that good anymore.
Today, it's like ya'll said, you can get better frozen pies.
I don't know if they've changed, or pie technology has just passed them by, but they're just not that good anymore.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 3:42 pm to Tiger inTampa
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I have fond memories of the place from my childhood
Always stopped there on the way to LSU games, and those little Cokes were so good.
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