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re: Best catfish restaurant in the state?

Posted on 3/11/18 at 8:05 am to
Posted by double d
Amarillo by morning
Member since Jun 2004
16453 posts
Posted on 3/11/18 at 8:05 am to
Spahr’s and nobody else is close! Fresh Des Allemands catfish not that farm raised crap
Posted by tke_swamprat
Houma, LA
Member since Aug 2004
9806 posts
Posted on 3/11/18 at 8:26 am to
Middendorfs is meh! Spahrs is definitely better.

I want to go try Clesi’s in Nola. Great guy and was voted best fried fish in the city.
This post was edited on 3/11/18 at 1:34 pm
Posted by cypressbrake3
Member since Oct 2014
3681 posts
Posted on 3/11/18 at 8:29 am to
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Thin fried catfish is nothing but grease it is the most overrated food in the state


Agree 1000%.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81745 posts
Posted on 3/11/18 at 9:03 am to
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Thin fried catfish is nothing but grease it is the most overrated food in the state Agree 1000%.
I have always thought thin/crispy fans didn't really like the fish part much.

Around here, no one really stands out, but Robbie G's and Tunk's are my favorite.
Posted by Rougaroux
Madisonville
Member since Feb 2017
723 posts
Posted on 3/11/18 at 9:07 am to
My favs
Catfish Cabin in Roe City
Johnny's Catfish in Port City
Tunks in Cenla
Middendorfs in SoLA
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
50216 posts
Posted on 3/11/18 at 9:20 am to
That restaurant will be in the north. Rednecks fry better than coonasses and New Orleans isn’t even in the conversation if we are being truthful.
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
50216 posts
Posted on 3/11/18 at 9:21 am to
Catfish Cabin’s whole catfish are works of art.
Posted by OU812
Greensboro, NC
Member since Apr 2004
12579 posts
Posted on 3/11/18 at 12:02 pm to
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Back in 80s all the seafood I had in va beach and Hampton roads was top notch Not chains. Mom and pops


It is how they cook it. They batter it, instead of breading it and they do not have a clue what seasoning is up here.
Posted by OU812
Greensboro, NC
Member since Apr 2004
12579 posts
Posted on 3/11/18 at 12:09 pm to
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Jarrells


Damn I forgot about that place! You could barely walk out of that place due to the over eating. Is it still open, because it has been at least 20 years since I ate there?
Posted by Slim Chance
Member since Oct 2012
1577 posts
Posted on 3/11/18 at 12:27 pm to
Is the Spahr's in Thibodaux owned by the same family, with the same recipes?
Posted by OU812
Greensboro, NC
Member since Apr 2004
12579 posts
Posted on 3/11/18 at 12:28 pm to
Catfish Cabin was originally El Chico's in the 1960s...
Posted by Cwar11
Shreveport
Member since Jan 2010
2291 posts
Posted on 3/11/18 at 4:41 pm to
The old Cypress Inn up in Benton before in burnt to the ground.
Posted by SOLA
There
Member since Mar 2014
3341 posts
Posted on 3/11/18 at 5:14 pm to
Damn, now I’m starving for a small, whole catfish with the tail.
Posted by rockford177
Virginia
Member since Feb 2008
544 posts
Posted on 3/11/18 at 7:00 pm to
I second that OU. I live in Virginia and have yet to find good fried catfish
Posted by sparkinator
Lake Claiborne
Member since Dec 2007
4468 posts
Posted on 3/11/18 at 7:22 pm to
Another vote for Port au Prince on Lake Claiborne. Damn fine catfish. And it’s not that Chinese crap either.
Posted by JAB528
The Mexican Ocean
Member since Jun 2012
16870 posts
Posted on 3/11/18 at 8:40 pm to
Catfish is awful
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81745 posts
Posted on 3/11/18 at 8:42 pm to
Not as bad as your taste buds.
Posted by Triton TR 196
Pineville
Member since Nov 2015
154 posts
Posted on 3/11/18 at 9:58 pm to
Cajun catfish used to be really good but after KW passed several years ago it's just not the same.
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
48861 posts
Posted on 3/11/18 at 10:24 pm to
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Middendorfs is crap. Thin fried catfish is nothing but grease It is the most overrated food in the state



Apparently all of you complaining about the thin fried aren’t aware Middendorf’s have a thick fried catfish as well. And the whole catfish is great too.
Posted by Miketheseventh
Member since Dec 2017
5823 posts
Posted on 3/11/18 at 10:51 pm to
Chris's Restaurant In Loranger. Best catfish I’ve ever eaten. The catfish never has that strong fish taste that catfish normally have and I’ve eaten there many times. The best part is it’s 10.99 all you can eat
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