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Lake Charles Is Getting A New Cajun Comfort Food Cafe
Lake Charles is about to get a new neighborhood café where pancakes, burgers and shrimp étouffée can all share the same table. Em J’s Cafe is preparing to open in early August with an all-day breakfast menu, Cajun comfort food and a family-run atmosphere. The 38-seat...
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Family Works: Chicken Salad Chick
More than Chicken Salad: A Family’s Recipe for Community. After years of moving from one community to another, Tiffanie and Gary Goff decided it was time to put down roots in Lake Charles and build something lasting. As co-owners of Chicken Salad Chick, they have created a business centered around the values that have guided their family for years—hospitality, service and community.
acadianaprofile.com
Camp Ambience at Allons Mange’ Restaurant in Crowley
Wonderful food, memorable service, all held together by a phenomenal restaurant family. Those are words that can describe the essence of a restaurant based in Acadia Parish that has visitors traveling from near and far to enjoy traditional Louisiana cuisine with a few twists. In December 2024, Crowley businessman Audie Hanks (along with his business partner, Michael Stutes) decided to add a new venture to his business portfolio. He opened Allons Mange’, located about six minutes off Interstate 10, as an eatery that pays tribute to Southwest Louisiana’s prairie and bayou culinary traditions.
acadianaprofile.com
Augustine Restaurant’s Salted Bourbon French Silk Pie Recipe
Chef Eric McCree is making a name for himself as a savory chef — a path he did not expect. McCree, 27, initially trained to be a pastry chef. However, as the chef at Augustine in Lake Charles, he now creates dishes that delight a diverse clientele. “I would say my inspiration right now would be the growth of the restaurant and watching how people actually react to my food,” says McCree. “And I’m like, oh, maybe I actually do know what I’m doing.”
allamericanatlas.com
5 Best Off-the-Beaten-Path Restaurants in Beaumont, Texas that’ll Blow Your Mind
Beaumont is often flattened into a single idea — refineries, petro‑corridors, highway diners, and a steady hum of Gulf Coast humidity. But locals know a different Beaumont: a city shaped by Cajun migration, Texas comfort food, Vietnamese families, and chefs who quietly build brilliance in modest spaces rather than chase Houston‑style flash.
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The space once considered for a Lake Charles Big Chicken location could soon see new life
A property on Nelson Road in Lake Charles may soon have a new purpose after it plans for it to become a location of Shaquille O'Neal's fast-food chain, Big Chicken, were denied. The Lake Charles Planning and Zoning Commission this month heard a proposal for a new multi-tenant retail and...