Cankton Café is an eatery located in Cankton, Louisiana. This quick stop boasts freshly boiled seafood as well as burgers and daily plate lunches including a daily seafood plate lunch. For dinner, try their Catfish Cankton, fried or grilled fish topped with étouffée served with potato salad, side salad, and a dinner roll. Pair it with one of their tasty appetizers like fried okra, hush puppies, or crab fingers.
Formerly Uncle B’s Cajun Kitchen, Knott’s Cajun Kitchen in Arnaudville, Louisiana is keeping all the original recipes that locals love. Order one of their delicious seafood dinners with a marinated fresh filet of catfish or the Cajun Blaze burger that comes with mayo, grilled onions, jalapeño peppers, lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles. On Sunday, try their BBQ pork steak served with rice dressing, pork & beans with generous pieces of bacon as well as potato salad.
Crawfish Corner’s Opelousas location is known as a quality spot to get live or boiled seafood in Louisiana. Crawfish Corner even takes its supply out of state. At the Gator by the Bay Festival in San Diego, they boil 10,000 lbs of crawfish for festival-goers to enjoy.
Gradney’s Smoke House & Kitchen is your destination to get authentic Creole food in Lawtell, Louisiana right between Opelousas and Eunice. Their menu includes daily plate lunches that can range from Oxtail to sausage gravy which comes with your choice of 2 sides. You might also try a savory burger or club sandwich and fries. It’s not just smoked meats and creole plate lunches, though. You can also find boiled crawfish here when in season.
Delicious Louisiana Cajun & Creole food classics like fried alligator, crawfish étouffée, gumbo, and a brunch menu that will blow you out of the water await at the reopening of this historic Opelousas, Louisiana restaurant. Toby’s Little Lodge had a history of dancing, music, and illegal gambling in the 60’s. The original building burned down tragically in 2022. The restaurant has now reopened in downtown Opelousas in what used to be Beau’s Garage. With live music on the weekends and food that can’t be beaten, it’s the perfect place to pass a good time once again.
Whitetails Sports Bar and Grill continues to preserve and celebrate the food, music, and culture found in the small towns along the bayous of south Louisiana. The restaurant prides itself on being true to its roots and culture and being located near the Atchafalaya River in Krotz Springs makes this very easy. The decor has mounted deer heads, an antler chandelier, and more hunting memorabilia. The menu features an array of specialty sandwiches, like the Doe and Antler Burger, connecting to the restaurant name and image. There’s also a daily buffet with home-cooked meals, seafood, and homemade desserts. Large groups are welcome with reservations. Offsite catering and event planning are available.
Right next to the restaurant is a RV Campground. You can have an amazing dinner, sleep, then start your Louisiana outdoor adventure the next day at the nearby Sherburne Wildlife Management Area or Indian Bayou Reserve. These areas have hunting, fishing, hiking trails, and boat rentals.
Myran’s Maison de Manger has been serving Cajun cuisine in Arnaudville, Louisiana since 1979. This family-owned eatery overlooks Bayou Teche and is a big hit during crawfish season. Their menu includes a long list of tasty poboys, hamburgers, and plate lunch favorites like barbecue ribs and pork steaks. You can find the full menu at MyransCajun.com. For hot boiled crawfish, visit Myran’s during crawfish season.
Ici on parle français. French is spoken here.
Mo’ Crawfish is a family-owned seafood restaurant serving boiled crawfish, shrimp, and crabs in a small community called Mowata located near the city of Eunice, Louisiana. The drive out to Mowata on the old Crowley Eunice Highway is magnificent. You’ll often see bright red crawfish traps on the tops of ponds and native birds flying over the water’s surface.
As a fourth-generation rice-farming family, the Hundley’s have been farming rice, soybeans, and crawfish in their hometown of Mowata for more than 35 years. Michael and Katherine Hundley, along with their six sons and two daughters, own and operate the family restaurant which is open in the evenings during crawfish season, typically January through June. The restaurant also serves gumbo and étouffée. They also offer catering anytime, anywhere.
Snack on fried gator bites during the big game at D.C.’s Sports Bar & Steakhouse. D.C.’s is located in Eunice, Louisiana near area hotels. The restaurant has a full-service bar and a lunch and dinner menu featuring Cajun cuisine favorites including gumbo, crawfish étouffée, and fried seafood platters.
Crawfish House & Grill in Opelousas is the birthplace of the “Cajun Girl Poboy”, a sandwich made with fresh French bread and stuffed with crab meat, shrimp, and crawfish that’s tossed in a rich seafood sauce. Enjoy other traditional Cajun dishes for lunch and dinner, or any of their gourmet salads as a lighter option. When in season, get boiled shrimp and boiled crawfish that comes straight from the owners’ pond.
Ici on parle français. French is spoken here.
