With seating for 8, Kirkendoll’s Eats & Treats (280 E. 70th Street, Shreveport) may be Shreveport’s tiniest restaurant. But the dining room is the only small aspect of this friendly Cedar Grove eatery. The menu is big, with daily plate lunches, barbecue, and country cooking staples like beef tips, smothered …
Before I get in trouble here, let me just say: veggie burgers can be really good. Some Shreveport restaurants, like Well + Fed Louisiana and Twisted Root Burger Company, serve outstanding veggie burgers. But Russ McJunkins, proprietor of Windrush Grill in Shreveport, has a point when he says: “A good …
Located on the edge of Bossier City’s Shady Grove neighborhood, you’d think that Fat Tuesday Sandwich Shop and Bakery (1201 Shady Grove Drive) would be easy to miss. But finding the place doesn’t appear to have been a problem for the lunch crowd; on my recent lunch hour visit, I grabbed …
It will come as no surprise to locavores in Shreveport-Bossier that Chef Anthony Felan’s new “semi-permanent food trailer” parked at Red River Brewing Company, Fat Calf Boucherie, serves incredible food. From pop-up dinner clubs and Slow Food North Louisiana events to his long tenure as Executive Chef at Wine Country …
Mark Pachankis and his 10-year-old son, Liam, have been eating a lot of hamburgers lately. Mark is a local teacher who took advantage of his summer off – as well as his son’s interest in Youtube – to set out on a quest to review seven local hamburger joints in …
When you walk into the new Bossier City restaurant The People’s Market (2369 Airline Dr #500, Bossier City) for the first time, you may need some help getting your bearings. A quick look at the chalkboard menu shows that, first and foremost, The People’s Market is a health food restaurant. They’ve …
Featured photo: The breezy patio at Twisted Root Burger Company, one of the most inviting outdoor dining spaces in Shreveport. Photo provided by Twisted Root Burger Company. If you’ve ever wanted to sample the exotic game burgers offered at Twisted Root Burger Company, but weren’t sure that you could commit …
Featured Photo: “Adult Coke floats” will be served at Cloud 9 Café during a 1950s-themed night on Wednesday, Nov. 2 during the first-ever 318 Restaurant Week. As far as “stunt burgers” go – hamburgers that are outlandishly large and/or topped with bizarre toppings – Cloud 9 Café at Shreveport Downtown Airport is …
Featured Photo: A cheeseburger from Gullo’s Fresh Produce and Classic Bake Shop. Gullo’s Fresh Produce and Classic Bake Shop, a farm stand and eatery located at 724 E. Flournoy Lucas Road in Shreveport, reopened to the public on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016. The small, family-owned restaurant had been closed for …
Featured Photo: A mushroom burger slider from Blue Southern Comfort Foods. Photo by Jim Noetzel. Say what you will about Carolyn Huggins Simmons, chef and owner at Blue Southern Comfort Foods in Shreveport, but you cannot knock her hustle. Presently unfolding is one of the most exciting and outright entertaining …
Featured photo: Smoked Buffalo chicken wings from Blue Southern Comfort Foods. It’s been two years now since Carolyn Manning’s Blue Southern Comfort Foods opened at 1173 Louisiana Avenue, becoming the latest in a string of quirky eateries (including a barbecue joint named Slap Your Mama Barbecue) to call the address …
Featured photo: The awe-inspiring Thanksgiving burger from Windrush Grill in Shreveport. Photo courtesy Matt Snyder. My favorite part of Thanksgiving, honestly, was always leftovers. I would inevitably construct some insane sandwich out of rolls, turkey, dressing and whatever else was stacked in the fridge. Thanks to two local restaurants,Windrush Grill …
By the time I’d driven out to the Longwood General Store in Mooringsport, taken a seat in the gas station/convenience store/restaurant’s dining area and taken a look at the menu, I was already making a mental list of friends that I’d like to invite to accompany me to this magical …
The first time I heard about Grill of the Dead, I was heading downtown to meet my wife at the Spring 2014 edition of the Texas Avenue Makers Fair. She texted me: “I’ll meet you at the zombie food truck.” Silly autocorrect, I thought. Such an awesome thing cannot possibly …
Last Spring, I spent a month or so looking into the origins of Shreveport-style stuffed shrimp, a unique style of stuffed shrimp made popular by the historic Freeman & Harris Café (which, at one point, was the oldest black-owned restaurant in America) and, later, Pete Harris Café. That story, “Secrets in …
PHOTO: The Some Like it Hot Food Truck attracts a crowd at a Texas Avenue Makers Fair event. Photo by Mollie Walton Corbett. The biannual Texas Avenue Makers Fair will return to downtown Shreveport’s historic Texas Avenue, 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Saturday, April 12. This edition of the popular arts and …
The recently-opened Bella Fresca Bistro, located at 609 Absinthe Court in Shreveport (just off of E. Flournoy Lucas Road), is a smaller, more casual offshoot of the original Bella Fresca location. The menu ranges from salads and wraps to seared tuna tacos and steak frites. One of the more eye-catching …
Located at 724 E. Flournoy Lucas Road in Shreveport, Gullo’s Fresh Produce and Bake Shop is a family-run produce stand and bake shop that has been serving plate lunches, tamales, and some of the region’s best cheeseburgers for more than 30 years. I recently visited Gullo’s with KTAL 6 reporter …
Blue Southern Comfort Foods, a tiny, neighborhood eatery with a fantastic signature burger, recently opened at 1173 Louisiana Avenue. If the location seems familiar, that’s because it has been home to a series of beloved, eccentric restaurants, including the Burnin’ Spear Caribbean Cafe and Slap Your Mama Barbecue. The menu …
Daq’s Wings and Grill, located at 1705 Old Minden Road, is a popular Monroe sports bar that recently opened a second location in Bossier City. With about a dozen giant televisions tuned to sports and 25 beers on tap, Daq’s is the kind of place where you’d expect to find …
