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The Best Restaurants for Gumbo in South Louisiana

From Lafayette to Abbeville, Crowley to Opelousas, these are the local South Louisiana restaurants that you say are serving up the best bowls of gumbo.

Louisiana · 2d

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Mother Dear's Bakery in Zachary Bakes Teacakes the Way a St. Francisville Mom of 11 Did

Some bakeries chase trends. Mother Dear's Bakery in Zachary is built around one thing: the teacake, made from a family recipe that goes back to a sharecropping household on Cedars Lane in St. Francisville. The Family Behind the Name. "Mother Dear" was Susie Barrow Morgan, wife of Earnest Morgan Sr....

Zachary, LA · 2d
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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 · 1d
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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 · 1d
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These 14 Italian Restaurants In Louisiana Deserve A Place On Your 2027 Dining List

One Italian restaurant on this list still runs on cash only, and you have to reserve by phone. The same family has kept it going since 1946, and the fourth generation runs it now. Another one covers its walls with hundreds of copies of the most famous painting in the...

Louisiana · 3d

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These 10 Louisiana Meat Markets Make Stocking The Freezer A Delicious Road Trip

The turducken, that famous turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken, traces back to a hunter’s request at a small butcher counter in 1984. One guy walked in with three birds and a wild idea. A holiday legend was born. I love that a meat counter can...

Louisiana · 4d

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6 Things Louisiana Law Says About Selling Homemade Food

Under Louisiana’s homemade food rules, you can sell a pecan pie from your kitchen. A meat pie is another story. With Thanksgiving on Nov. 26, it’s a good time to know the rules before the orders come in. Here’s what Louisiana law says about selling homemade food, so...

Louisiana · 3d

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This Family-Owned Baton Rouge, Louisiana Spot Has Served Homemade Hot Tamales Since 1962 And Still Draws A Crowd

Some restaurants chase trends every few years, and some simply keep doing the same thing for decades. One spot in Baton Rouge has been rolling out homemade hot tamales since 1962, back when a gallon of gas cost about 28 cents. The same family still runs it, and the parking...

Baton Rouge, LA · 10h

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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 · 1d

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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 · 1d

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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 · 2d

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For Decades, This Louisiana Family Served Soul Food In America’s Oldest Black-Owned Business

This restaurant has gone by at least four different names, and one family has kept the kitchen running through every single one. Although that’s quite a thing to casually mention, it gets better. The family began feeding the public in 1921. Five generations later, they still run the place.

Shreveport, LA · 1d

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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 · 2d

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Swig to host Baton Rouge grand opening on Friday, offering customers free drinks all day

On Friday, Swig will host its grand opening for its new Baton Rouge location on Village Market Street. Attendees will have the opportunity to get free 24-ounce drinks between 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Drink selections include refreshers, energy drinks and dirty sodas, though the blended drinks will not be offered to ensure quick service.

Baton Rouge, LA · 2d

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Southern Chicks Cafe & Daiquiris Brings Hand-Breaded Chicken to Florida Boulevard

Florida Boulevard just got a soul-food counter with a daiquiri window attached. Southern Chicks Cafe & Daiquiris opened its Baton Rouge shop at 7112 Florida Boulevard, and the family-run brand that dates to 2016 brings hand-breaded fried chicken and jumbo chicken tenders to a stretch that needed a simple, warm meal.

Baton Rouge, LA · 1d

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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 · 2d

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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 · 3d

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Crawford's Restaurant Has Been Frying Fish on Staring Lane Since 1984: Plates, Po-Boys and Party Trays to Know

Some Baton Rouge restaurants chase trends. Crawford's Restaurant has spent more than 40 years perfecting one thing: a basket of fried fish. The family-owned spot at 1980 Staring Lane opened in 1984, and the menu still revolves around what the kitchen simply calls Crawford's fish. Start with the fish. The...

Baton Rouge, LA · 2d

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Zippy's on Perkins Road: Named Tacos, Two Burrito Sizes and a Kitchen Open Until 3 a.m. on Weekends

Reading the taco list at Zippy's is half the fun. There's the Pork-ins Overpass, a nod to the neighborhood. There's Love Shaq U, Shrimpin' Ain't Easy and the Bad Mother Clucker. Every one of them is $5.45, and you can build your own if none of the names call to you.

Baton Rouge, LA · 2d

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Liberty House Specialties in Clinton: Morning Coffee and Cinnamon Rolls, Evening Ice Cream, All in a Building From 1868

Headed up to Clinton? Plan a stop on Liberty Street. Liberty House Specialties, at 11652 Liberty Street, runs two shops in one: a coffee and breakfast cafe in the morning and a scoop shop in the evening. The building has its own story. According to the shop, Liberty House dates...

Clinton, LA · 2d