Housed in a weathered, old wooden building that once served as a country schoolhouse, Shank Cat’s Bar-B-Que sits just a stone’s throw off of I-49 in Frierson, Louisiana. The business is named for the original proprietor, Carrie “Shank Cat” Scott, who passed away in 1995 at the age of 85. …
Janie Andre, one of the co-owners of Bergeron’s Boudin and Cajun Meats of Shreveport, seemed satisfied and exhausted when I met her on July 30, just four days after the specialty meat shop opened for business at 7805 E. Kings Highway. In three and a half business days, she said, …
Ask locals in Shreveport-Bossier about their “go-to” barbecue joints, and it won’t be long before someone mentions Taylor’s Catering and Restaurant (1136 North Market St., Shreveport). As they tell you about the gargantuan barbecue plate lunches served up by this humble, family-run lunch house each Friday, you may detect a …
As a student at Centenary College of Louisiana, I had my first taste of what I still believe to be some of the best barbecue sauce on Earth: the thin, peppery, not-too-sweet sauce from Leon’s. Leon’s smoked turkey sandwiches, which hold a fond place in the heart of many, are …
Positioned, as we are, at the Texas-Louisiana border, Shreveport-Bossier had better offer some outstanding barbeque. Texans are undoubtedly our most frequent visitors, and they certainly know their way around a rib plate. So it is something of a curiosity that Shreveport-Bossier really has no established king of pitmasters, no go-to …
