re: What are some of the better "meat and threes" in Baton Rouge?

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nteresting. I just figured cities the sizes of BR and NO --regardless of more desired culinary flair--would have a place or two where you went through a line and said I'll have this and that and then point,etc.

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We do have places you can do that


Piccadilly, Podnuhs, and other places are exactly like that.


It just isnt common like the mid south area where you have multiple small restaurants that do this

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Strawns, cotton boll, and Southfield grill in Shreveport all have plate specials every day. Meat, 3 sides, and a roll or cornbread. And they aren't shitty like the cafeteria restaurants

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Usually, a meat and 3 you roll up in a line and point to your foods, like a cafeteria....

here is a pic of the meat and 3 the OP referenced




and here is the most famous meat and 3 in nashville

The shitty cafeterias I was referring to were lubys and Piccadilly

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The shitty cafeterias I was referring to were lubys and Piccadilly

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I am just pointing out, when someone from the mid-south asks for a meat and 3, they are going to expect a cafeteria style setup most likely


If you send them to a plate lunch place like you mentioned, they are going to look at you like you would look at someone who sent you here for gumbo

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Yeah I got what you were saying, I was just bashing the old folks home restaurants.

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Im trying to think of a non-chain traditional style meat and 3 here in Nola

Commerce kinda fits, but the options are kinda small

I would honestly just say go to blue oak for lunch and pick your meat and sides. It is close enough to looking like a meat and 3

Probably not what OP is looking for, but the 4 course meal at the Windsor Court for 20 bucks is delicious and a deal for what you get. It's a protein plus 3 sides and the side options include the gumbo of the day which is very good.

Bettys is the best soul food/plate lunch place in br imo.

what is that place in Nashville? Cant see pic.

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what is that place in Nashville? Cant see pic.

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Looks like an old pic of Arnold's

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Looks like an old pic of Arnold's

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You are correct