Food in Baton Rouge, Opelousas Eunice area?

[tomproulx]

In March my wife and I are going from Apalachicola, FL along I-12 to Baton Rouge then along Rt. 190 to Opelousas and ending up in Eunice for the Crawfish Etouffee Cookoff. Any and all suggestions for restaurants and interesting places to stop in prarie Cajun country would be appreciated. Planning on taking about 6 days including time in Eunice. Thanks-

[PopsicleToze]

In Baton Rouge there is a little restaurant on Perkins at Bluebonnet (off I-10/Bluebonnet Exit 162) called Louisiana Lagniappe. It's a great little place. They do not take reservations, but I've never had to wait very long and the food and service are terrific. Here's their site: http://www.louisianalagniapperestaurant.com/

Enjoy your trip!

Rhonda

[HungryC]

On LA 415 (the road that connects I-10 with US 190 in Port Allen on the west side of the river), you can get tasty boudin at Bergeron's (plate lunches, too).

Joe's Dreyfous Store is a little off of 190 near Livonia; I haven't been in recent months, but it is a pretty solid place. It had quite a following, changed hands, went downhill, closed, and finally reopened with some of the original personnel.

In Opelousas, the Palace Cafe has a wonderful, old-fashioned, small town vibe with decent to good food.

In Eunice, Nick's on Second is tasty. I dunno if Mathilda's Country Kitchen is still open, but it was a wood-frame BBQ shack with friendly proprietors. On St. Mary, IIRC.

[tomproulx]

Thanks for your replies- got to try a couple of these and gulleteers know their food.