Restaurant Pix!
Louisiana Restaurant Pix!
Every year, my friend, Bob, and I go to New Orleans between the Christmas
and New Year holidays. Since Hurricane Katrina, it has been especially grim
traveling around the city. This past visit though, we did see some of Orleans
and Jefferson parishes making a comeback. There were flowers blooming again
and houses being remodeled. We used to travel Highway 1 all the way to Grand
Isle State Park and Highway 23 to Venice, where the oil companies are based.
Not anymore. Now, we are traveling west toward Lafayette and southwest to
New Iberia. We usually stop at Crawfish Town USA, just north of Breaux Bridge.
You can always get your fill of crawfish and enjoy some good zydeco music.
Another stop of ours is at the Conrad Rice Mill in New Iberia. We usually
stock up on pecan and brown rice, hot sauces, and their Bay Island Secret
Sauce. Our good friend, Dudley, works at Drago's Seafood Restaurant in Metairie.
They have the best charbroiled oysters basted in butter garlic sauce, which
has become their signature dish. Our best breakfast is eaten at the Tic
Toc Cafe, also in Metairie. They and Drago's were a few of the restaurants
that were able to stay open after the hurricane. Before we leave town, we
always stop at the local supermarket and stock up on local products, which
we cannot find anywhere else. Then, we can enjoy Louisiana the rest of year,
until we go back again.
And, as the locals say, "Laissez les bon temps roulez."
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Bob showing off his tray of crawfish. Yum, yum. |
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conversation at Drago's Seafood Restaurant 
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Other cool stuff.
Canon Digital
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Hale Family Tree - This website provides
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