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Skipping the Long Stir? These Seven Jarred Roux Will Get Your Gumbo Started

Seven jarred roux for Acadiana gumbo, from Savoie’s in Opelousas to Lafayette’s own Ragin’ Cajun. Where does your go-to land?

Lafayette, LA · 5d

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This Tiny Louisiana Mexican Restaurant Is Known For Tamales That Locals Line Up For

The tamales here come out of a food trailer, and that’s pretty much the whole setup. Easy enough to understand, right? Although it does explain why nobody is bragging about the chandeliers. This Louisiana stop keeps its focus right where it belongs. Tamales share the order window with tacos,...

Louisiana · 5d
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Buc-ee’s Is Opening Its First Location in This State: ‘Finally Happening’

The travel center chain is opening its first location in Louisiana on Monday, Nov. 9 in Lafayette

Louisiana · 5d
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A Cajun dining destination: This is the story behind Rascal's Cajun Restaurant

The signature fried chicken, the shrimp po-boy served generously overstuffed and the restaurant's buffet that features a rotating selection of Cajun dishes are only a few reasons visitors come to Rascal’s Cajun Restaurant in Rayne. For years, Rascal’s has built its reputation around a food experience that feels less...

Rayne, LA · 7d
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This Louisiana Hot Sauce Factory Tour Ends At A Store Full Of Unexpected Finds

Hot sauce ice cream is sitting in a freezer at the end of a factory tour, and people actually line up for it. That alone tells you this stop plays by its own rules. The same spot bottles roughly 700,000 bottles of a world-famous pepper sauce every single day. The recipe still sticks to three simple ingredients: peppers, vinegar, and salt.

Louisiana · 6d

Talk Radio 960am

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Gumbo pot pie, gumbo pizza or gumbo ramen: which would you try first?

Gumbo dumplings, gumbo pot pie, gumbo pizza and gumbo ramen are all real. See the most creative Louisiana gumbo twists, from Metairie to Shreveport.

New Orleans, LA · 1d

The Daily Advertiser

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See latest inspections that flag 3 Lafayette-area restaurants

Lafayette, LA · 2d

The Call Of

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Buc-ee's Breaks Ground in Lafayette – But Don't Plan Your Road Trip Just Yet

Buc-ee's breaks ground in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Nov. 9, 2026, with a 74,000-sq-ft travel center projected to open in early 2028.

Lafayette, LA · 6d

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Gumbo Season Is Here, And These 9 Louisiana Kitchens Make The Best Dark-Roux Pots

When the first cool front rolls through Louisiana, gumbo pots start showing up on stoves all over the state. The best ones begin with a dark roux, flour and fat stirred slowly until it turns the color of chocolate or even coffee. That patience is what gives a good bowl...

Baton Rouge, LA · 15d

What Now New Orleans

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Smoothie Shop to Bring Clean Ingredients and Community-Driven Concept to Downtown Lafayette

Yumz will offer juices, smoothies, and wellness shot made with unique superfood ingredients

Lafayette, LA · 3d

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Commercial building going up in Youngsville to house this popular local restaurant

KOK Wings & Things will open a Youngsville location in a strip center near the sports complex. Property owner Quincy Cawthorne said the restaurant has leased the end cap location on the building at 2600 Chemin Metairie Road. Construction could be complete by January. The 6,000-square-foot building will have four...

Youngsville, LA · 6d

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This Louisiana Ice Cream Shop Is The Last Of A Legendary Chain Saved By A Local Family

Every other shop in this famous ice cream chain has closed, and only one still scoops. The survivor sits in Louisiana, inside a building that once worked as a milk-cooling station. The Library of Congress even documented the place. That’s a lot of attention for a spot that sells banana...

Lafayette, LA · 6d

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Make It A Boudin Omelet At This Longtime Breakfast Fixture In Downtown Lafayette, Louisiana

Some breakfast spots open and close faster than a pancake flips. Then there is a downtown Lafayette cafe that has been serving hungry locals for a little over 100 years. Regulars greet each other by name, and some have been coming since the 1960s. The menu mixes diner classics with Cajun favorites, and one order keeps popping up in conversation: the boudin omelet.

Lafayette, LA · 6d

Talk Radio 960am

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New Wings and Pizza Spots Are Heading to Youngsville and Lafayette

KOK Wings & Things has leased space at 2600 Chemin Metairie Road near the Youngsville Sports Complex, with construction expected to finish in January.

Lafayette, LA · 6d

97.3 The Dawg

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Acadiana Has Picked Its Favorite Chicken Cracklin

We asked our Facebook followers where to find the best chicken cracklin in Acadiana. One Lafayette meat market came out on top.

Lafayette, LA · 7d

103.3 The G.O.A.T.

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This might be the oldest thing in Iberia Parish.

Two friends from New York, one surprise gift and nearly a thousand years of history.

Iberia Parish, LA · 7d

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Monthly Made: Pure Manglier Tea

As interest returns to remedies of the natural world, manglier (pronounced mong-lee-AY) tea has returned to the spotlight. Also known as groundsel bush, the manglier plant thrives in Louisiana’s wetlands. As it holds up well even when salt exposure is present, it thrives in the brackish water you can find along coastal Louisiana.

Opelousas, LA · 10d

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Buc-ee’s breaks ground in Louisiana

Buc-ee’s is set to break ground on its Lafayette, Louisiana, location on Nov. 9, the company announced last week. The 74,000-square-foot store is one of two in the works in the Pelican State. A location in Ruston is expected to open in 2027 while the Lafayette location is slated to open its doors in 2028.

Lafayette, LA · 8d