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Louisiana Legacy Sings Proud at This 38-Year-Old Houston Restaurant

At Zydeco Louisiana Diner in downtown Houston, 38 years of cooking keep Louisiana family recipes at the table. Co-owner Martin Venable, a Louisiana native, opened the cafeteria-style restaurant with two friends in 1988, after leaving college. His mother taught him to cook, passing along techniques he later used to make meals for his friends. Those friends encouraged him to open a restaurant, turning lessons learned at home into a business serving Houstonians. The menu changes daily, featuring dishes familiar around dinner tables in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, where those food traditions run deep. Options include chicken and sausage creole, seafood court-bouillon, jambalaya and crawfish étouffée, depending on the day's changing menu. Other dishes include seasoned baked chicken, shrimp and crab sauce piquante, and chicken and sausage gumbo with jalapeño cornbread. Martin Venable says some people drive past for years before finally stopping in, then quickly become regular weekly customers. The restaurant operated as a lunch-only spot before adding dinner service in 2016; many longtime favorites remain on the menu.

Louisiana · 24d

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Hattiesburg Gets Hooked: Off The Hook’s First Restaurant Outside Louisiana Sparks Grand Opening Crowds and Social Media Buzz

The Cajun restaurant brand celebrates its Hattiesburg debut with a busy grand opening and social media excitement sparked by local partnerships and an immersive preview dinner. has crossed the state line, and Hattiesburg is getting hooked. The Louisiana-born Cajun restaurant celebrated its grand opening and ribbon cutting Wednesday, October 21,...

Hattiesburg, MS · 20d

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South Louisiana restaurant earns its first Michelin star

Another South Louisiana restaurant earns a Michelin star.

New Orleans, LA · 21d

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Cenla Bakery hosts 2nd community Thanksgiving

The new goal this year is 500 plates for the community.

Alexandria, LA · 20d

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Oven-roasted teal is a seasonal treat. It might take befriending a hunter to get the ducks.

“When you get off the bus today, we will be driving down to Pecan Island for the weekend. Daddy will be teal hunting with your brothers,” said Momma as I was walking out the door to walk down our long gravel driveway to catch the bus. This was typical...

Louisiana · 18d

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Cajun Tradition Meets Global Sophistication at This Louisiana Hot Spot

A weekend in Acadiana, exploring Louisiana towns like Mamou and Rayne, Lafayette and Opelousas, promises Cajun fiddle in the morning and zydeco frottoir at night, fueled by drive-through boudin and roadhouse crawfish. But a traveler can’t live off chank-a-chank and cayenne alone. Soon, a question forms: After you’ve dripped crawfish juice on your blouse and smeared boudin on your jeans, where can you go once you clean up for a dinner that’s less oilcloth and more white tablecloth, at a restaurant that serves wine in bottles instead of a joint that serves beer in cans?

Louisiana · 21d

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Gemini Fall Flambeau: Retro Rewind & Chili Cook-Off

Louisiana · 18d

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Bootleggers Bar closes in Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - The owner of Bootleggers in Alexandria has announced that the bar is closing. The owner cited recurring issues with disrespectful behavior in the parking lot, as well as having to manage other local bars as well. The owner also thanked the patrons for visiting over the...

Alexandria, LA · 22d

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Beatles and Brews provides evening of superb music for great cause

Several hundred music lovers came together at a local brewery Tuesday, October 21 for a fun and nostalgic look at the music of the Beatles. The Beatles and Brews event was the third of what will hopefully be many more concerts benefiting the Natchitoches Council on Aging. The event featured...

Natchitoches, LA · 21d

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10 Down-Home Breakfast Joints In Louisiana That Are Worth Going Out Of Your Way For

One Louisiana cafeteria on this list serves breakfast only, from 6:30 to 11 in the morning, seven days a week. Sleep in, and you’ve missed your shot. Another spot has been flipping eggs near a college campus since 1941. A third sits in the oldest settlement in the Louisiana...

Louisiana · 21d

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This Louisiana Roadside Restaurant Serves Hot Dogs With A Big Dose Of Old-School Charm

Nectar cream soda is on the menu here. That pink, sweet, very Southern fountain drink still gets poured beside hot dogs, malts, and phosphates, and it makes me grin every time. I love a place that sweats the details. Retro wall art still reads Dearman’s Drugs, a nod to the...

Baton Rouge, LA · 23d

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40 Louisiana Restaurants Earn Accolades in Latest Michelin Guide

The "Bible" of the food industry has recognized four Louisiana eateries with stars and offered incredible reccomendations for several other restaurants in the state.

Louisiana · 21d

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Jefferson Parish Celebrates Louisiana Oysters with Taste of the Oyster Trail

Sample the very best of Louisiana oysters this November with a month-long "oyster trail" hosted by Jefferson Parish and Louisiana Tourism Recovery. Following the tragic BP oil spill in 2010, Jefferson Parish and Louisiana Tourism Recovery created the state's first oyster trail in 2012. Together, the two departments developed a cuisine-inspired public art program that invites local artists to paint resin oysters. These paintings individually showcase the uniqueness of each featured restaurant. At each oyster trail restaurant, oyster sculptures can be found.

Jefferson Parish, LA · 22d

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See Louisiana Department of Health restaurant violations Oct. 5-12

Louisiana · 24d

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This Louisiana Fish Camp-Style Restaurant Still Fries Catfish The Old-Fashioned Way

You can tell a lot about a restaurant by the sound coming out of its kitchen. That steady sizzle of catfish hitting hot oil?. It’s enough to make your stomach growl before you’ve even found a seat. Add a golden, crispy coating and a few Southern sides, and suddenly, a simple lunch feels like something worth talking about.

Louisiana · 10-12

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Generations Of Regulars Keep These 8 Small-Town Louisiana Diners Full

Some restaurants in Louisiana stay busy for one simple reason: the same families keep coming back, and then their kids do too. Small-town diners across the state have built loyal crowds by serving honest plate lunches, seafood, and home-style cooking without much fuss. These are the counter stools and booths...

Louisiana · 10-13

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Acadiana Gumbo Recipes Pass Down Rules As Strict As Family Law

Cajun country gumbo traditions that stand apart from New Orleans.

Lafayette, LA · 26d

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This Louisiana Restaurant Serves Crawfish And Shrimp Stuffed Inside Golden Puff Pastry

A flaky golden pastry shell holds a rich filling of crawfish and shrimp in one of the most talked about dishes in Cajun country. It is called a Wellington, but this one is made with the seafood of south Louisiana instead of beef. The building around it is more than...

Breaux Bridge, LA · 25d