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 …
When Dardanella “Dardie” Powell enters a room, people notice. Powell commands attention not only because she’s often carrying a basket of her unbelievably smooth, creamy pecan pralines, but also because she’s likely to be decked out in a giant, sparkling crown and a gold jacket emblazoned with her title: “Queen …
With the Boom or Bust Byway – a new, scenic driving tour of rural northwestern Louisiana via LA Highway 2 – making the headlines recently, I wanted to get a little more familiar with the local eats available in places like Oil City and Vivian, which are featured stops along …
Before having lunch at the Garden Grille and Bar – a restaurant located inside of the new, dual-branded Hilton Garden Inn® and Homewood Suites in Bossier City – I had managed to get my expectations up pretty high. Several friends who are regular lunch patrons had told me about the …
For the last year or so, I’ve been hearing talk about the fried catfish at I Fry. I Fry is a mobile food vendor that recently opened a storefront at 101 Travis St. in downtown Shreveport. Friday and Saturday nights In the wee hours of each Thursday morning, owners Dennis …
Several of my friends and I have an ongoing argument about a popular fast food menu item. For the sake of not being sued out of existence, I’ll call it the “O’Rib Sandwich.” Everyone gets excited when the O’Rib “comes back,” but it seems to “come back” about six times …
