Taco Boudreaux's on Sherwood Forest

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Girlfriend's been wanting to go for their Sunday crawfish. I'm not a big crawfish eater myself. Anybody been, and if so, what to get??

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Not that you can't do good crawfish at a place called Taco Boudreaux, but that place seems to really be throwing everything out there for biz with their big red flashing crawfish sign and the lack of cars I usually see in the parking lot on my regular travels through the area.

Something real gimmicky about it all. I have a feeling it won't be long. I think the taco fad has about run its course. Maybe it's a lot to do with location, but you never hear anyone saying much about them or their food, absent crawfish.

If it were me, that's the direction I'd go in full steam ahead. Baton Rouge really doesn't have a place where you can just show up and eat GOOD boiled seafood like crawfish, shrimp and crabs. Nothing special, just come as you are and get busy. Throw in some oysters, and maybe a fresh seafood market on that side of town, and I think you might just find your niche.

seafood enchiladas are good.

margaritas are good

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Baton Rouge really doesn't have a place where you can just show up and eat GOOD boiled seafood like crawfish, shrimp and crabs.

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There used to be one in Industriplex way back in the late 90s/early 00s when I visited a few times called "The Crawfish Place." Delicious crawfish and no frills, it was definitely just a place to eat, nothing more. Never had any of their other dishes though.

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Baton Rouge really doesn't have a place where you can just show up and eat GOOD boiled seafood like crawfish, shrimp and crabs.

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Apparently youve never been to randy montalbanos.

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The old Brittany's seafood? Yeah, not a good location at all.

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Not a good location but fantastic boiled crawfish. I've never cared for any other restaurant crawfish in BR.

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Not that you can't do good crawfish at a place called Taco Boudreaux, but that place seems to really be throwing everything out there for biz with their big red flashing crawfish sign and the lack of cars I usually see in the parking lot on my regular travels through the area.

Something real gimmicky about it all. I have a feeling it won't be long. I think the taco fad has about run its course. Maybe it's a lot to do with location, but you never hear anyone saying much about them or their food, absent crawfish.

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I've seen a few people on the OT mention meeting up there for lunch breaks, but other than that, I don't hear much. The place looked gimmicky to me from the day it opened. The decor and the truck outside.. weird.

I don't like Tex Mex mixed with Louisiana food. Shredded seafood doused in cheese, topped with a cream sauce, and wrapped in a tortilla is just not for me. I don't know if they actually offer that, but the only other Mex-Louisiana blend place in BR (Mestizo) serves shite like that and it's gross to me.

I agree with you though. It annoys me that places like Niche, Times Grill, etc. that don't normally get much business decide to serve crawfish to get more business. I guess I see why they do it, but it's weird to me.

I saw Restaurant IPO is serving it. I think IPO is VERY good, and I couldn't imagine going there and eating crawfish instead of their well-done tapas.

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Baton Rouge really doesn't have a place where you can just show up and eat GOOD boiled seafood like crawfish, shrimp and crabs.

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What?

Sammy's has boiled crawfish, crabs, shrimp, chargrilled crabs, chargrilled oysters(Pville). And if you're turning your nose up at their boiled seafood I feel sorry for you. You can say whatever you want about the rest of their food, but they do a great job with their boiled seafood.

Willies in industriplex has crawfish, king crab, stone crab, blue crab boiled nightly or on the weekends.

ETA: Oh and to the OP, Taco Boudreaux sucks. I've been several times with a couple of different groups of friends wanting to try it. Almost everything I've tried has been pretty damn bad.

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Taco Boudreaux's on Sherwood Forest
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The old Brittany's seafood? Yeah, not a good location at all.


Mike all you ever seem to do is dog any BR resturant.
And I thought it was just chains you hated.

Montalbano's can't be that bad a location when he has lines out the door every evening.

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No, I don't. I praise that which deserves praise, and I criticize that which deserves criticism. I just don't blow smoke just because they are local and have LSU flags on the walls.

Fact is, it is an awful location unless you're on your way home to Denham Springs. It's very near some bad neighborhoods, and it doesn't have very good traffic. I think Sherwood is an area that could benefit from something like I'm talking about, just a boiler where you can show up and dig into boiled seafood. Great beers on tap, and trow your shells into a can at the center of the table. Maybe some live music on the weekends, and a real casual atmosphere. BR likes casual, and being right off the Interstate, (BR Main Street) I think it would kill business. Keep the seafood market separate from the dining facility, and keep it fun.

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just a boiler where you can show up and dig into boiled seafood

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This is what I thought LA Seafood on Perkins was going to be. Instead they built an enourmous seafood store with very little seafood and outside seating for occasional boils. very disappointed with that place. They have to be shelling out money for that waste of space.