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.
Queb’s Country Store is located outside of Opelousas, Louisiana in Plaisance, the original home of the Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival. This store is the perfect stop for every envie (Cajun French for “desire”) you might have. Here, you’ll find a full-service butcher shop with a huge variety of fresh and smoked meats including several kinds of sausage, stuffed tasso roasts, stuffed & seasoned beef tongues, chicken rolls, and much more. The deli specializes in filling your belly with daily plate lunches, Sunday BBQ (including baby-back ribs), hot boudin, pork & chicken cracklin, homemade hamburgers, poboys, fried chicken, and amazing salads.
Try some of their crowd favorites: Kevin Salad, boudin/egg/cheese biscuit, spicy Cajun cheeseburger, beef jerky, and chicken cracklin.
Momma Thomas’ Creole Cafe in Opelousas, Louisiana is, as Momma Thomas herself says, “As great and down-home as the food is.” With items on the menu like smothered turkey necks and oxtail, shrimp stew, and a classic crawfish ettouffée on Fridays, it’s easy to see why. Momma Thomas’ Creole Cafe is located inside the old Indian Hills Country Club.
All proceeds are tax deductible and support life community youth programs.
Love Bonez is a beloved food truck that now has a brick-and-mortar location in Eunice, Louisiana. They are known for delicious burgers, daily plate lunches, and friendly service. Try one of their tasty shrimp poboys or some mixed veggies topped with a grilled catfish filet covered in their homemade ”Louzianne sauce”.
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.
Gradney’s Smoke House & Kitchen is your destination to get authentic Creole food in Lawtell, Louisiana right between Opelousas and Eunice. Their menu includes 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.
Datz Creole is a food truck located on Union Street in Opelousas right next to Kelly’s Country Meat Block and Diner. Their daily plate lunches range from smothered sausage and tasso to heartwarming gumbo. Fridays at Datz Creole are reserved for delicious seafood dishes like shrimp étouffée and fried fish. If you’re interested in trying some truly traditional Creole dishes, on Saturdays, you’ll be able to try smothered tripe and pig feet with smoked meat.
You can grab plate lunches, boudin, cracklins, fried chicken, meat pies, and more at this locally owned Opelousas eatery.
Head over to Dominick’s Smoke Wagon in Opelousas if you’re serious about barbeque. For over 30 years this local eatery has served the community with some of the best BBQ around. Their secret involves using local products with their own unique spin. In what locals call the “Come Back” sauce they use Jack Miller’s BBQ with their own twist. It’s a taste that–like the name implies–you’ll keep coming back for. With pork steaks that barely fit the plate and affordable prices, the food here is a treat you won’t get anywhere else.
Soul food abounds at this Opelousas diner. With mouthwatering delicacies like fried okra, smothered honeycomb tripe and pigfeet, cowboy stew, cornbread, and juicy burgers, you won’t want for a taste of genuine comfort food and Creole cooking. Head to the Zydeco Capital of the World for a taste of real southern cooking.
