Lafayette, LA Restaurants

Lafayette, LA has the Cajun flavors you crave, along with the freshest in Louisiana seafood, and always a little something unexpected. Homegrown chefs are putting an inventive spin on time-honored recipes with the freshest local ingredients. A distinct culinary identity as the heart of Cajun & Creole country, steeped in tradition, merges with a new generation making it an incredible place to eat. From white tablecloth to white paper napkin, all of it is incredible.

Small Plates in Lafayette

Big dinners have their place, but sometimes a full-blown meal seems like too much. Enter small, passable nibbles, perfect for large groups, hot days, and light appetites. From…

Meat Markets in Lafayette

When I think of traditional Cajun food, I don’t think of crawfish or gumbo. I think of boudin and cracklins. In my mind, those are true Cajun comfort foods. Dotted…

Boucherie Terminology

By this point, even a cursory description of what goes into and what comes out of a traditional or modified boucherie can be overwhelming. By and large, what we're talking…

Boucherie

In South Louisiana, food is never just food. It’s memory, ritual, and survival all rolled into one. Few traditions capture that truth more vividly than the boucherie , the…