Mariner's Inn, in Hammond Louisiana, has the best hamburgers I've ever had. I realize that is a bold statement, being that everyone feels they are an expert on hamburgers, but, if you're ever in town, try it. It's a half-pound of pure ground beef and you can top it with bacon, mushrooms and a variety of cheeses. Man, are they good! The place has a motif out of a Herman Melville novel. The menu is relitively inexpensive which makes it popular among the SLU students. From [email removed] Sat Jan 21 13:18:07 1995 >Received: by mintir.new-orleans.la.us (1.65/waf) via UUCP; Sat, 21 Jan 95 08:51:39 CST Sender: [email removed] To: "New Orleans Mailing List" Reply-To: "New Orleans Mailing List" Organization: Minas Tirith BBS (Public Access Usenet for New Orleans) Subject: Re: mardi gras in virginia X-Mailserver: Waffle File Server (WFS), Release 3.0.2 X-Article: 393 Content-Type: text Content-Length: 671 I am a chef at a country club in Chesapeake, Va and we are planning to have a Mardi Gras party for our members. If anyone has any advice or ideas for this event I would greatly appreciate it. I have never been to New Orleans, but have been to Lafayette and I fell in love with the food. I ate at a place called Cafe Vermillionville and thought it was wonderful.Since then I have been cooking and serving Cajun and Creole food to my customers. Since I can't be at Mardi Gras, I want to try to bring it to my clientele. Any advice would be great. Thanks, Louis From [email removed] Sat Feb 4 22:16:43 1995 >Received: by mintir.new-orleans.la.us (1.65/waf) via UUCP; Sat, 04 Feb 95 14:48:47 CST for Subject: Cajun stuff Sender: NEW-ORLEANS Mailing List To: Reply-To: NEW-ORLEANS Mailing List Content-Type: text Content-Length: 5340 Armed with Macon Fry's _Cajun Country Guide_, a friend and I managed to turn a business trip to Lafayette into a 22-hour Cajun romp. Here's some details of the trip that may be helpful if you're planning a similar trek just three hours away from our beloved New Orleans. Saturday night: We stopped at Robin's Restaurant to sample their Crawfish bisque, which wins a rave review in the Guide. Indeed good stuff. We tried the Catfish Courtbouillion, a ton of catfish chunks in a hearty tomato broth--good but visually unappealing. Sampled some delicious Etoufee and deep-fried crawfish tails (lightly battered, like tempura). Oddest part of this crawfish sampler was the boiled crawfish tails served with cocktail sauce. Being a yankee, I loved it, but it doesn't strike me as a local touch. We tried homemade fig ice cream for dessert, which was delicious. Robin's features a lovely mid- 70's Howard Johnson's decor. Robin's is Row-BAN's, BTW, as we were told when we stopped for directions at the Robin's (RAH-bin's) Nest Lounge. Checked in at the seedy Yambilee Courts Motel in Opelousas (total $33/double, incl. running water, towels, thin walls, no refrigerator). Don't know what a Yambilee is, but there's also a Yambilee Festival and a Yambilee, Inc. in town. Could a Cajun fill us in on that? Stopped in at Richard's Club in Opelousas, one of the two "black" zydeco dance halls in the area. On stage was Keith Frank, 21-year-old member of what's apparently a very well-known Zydeco family. Part of his band was a young woman who switched off between the accordion and the bass. A fun, very relaxed atmosphere. What's most striking is the diversity of age groups represented--late teens up through the 70+ crowd. "Adm." was $5 and drinks were $1-$1.50. What is it with Cajun country and 10-ounce canned beers? The Palace Cafe in Opelousas is highly rated by the Guide, but I found the food not very appetizing. I got a ham and cheese omelette made with what appeared to be Velveeta. The biscuits were just alright and served with a vegetable-oil spread (Shedd's-style). The hash brown was identical to the McDonald's variety and the coffee had a thick layer of grease on top. I know, I know--greasy spoon, atmosphere, the experience of it all, etc. A word of caution: Jefferson Ave. in Lafayette is full of interesting stores, cultural centers, and restaurants, but most of it is closed on Sunday afternoon. While my friend took care of her business I walked around alone, rarely seeing another human on the street. Closer to the university, I found the old-style Bordens Ice Cream shop was open and I stopped in for a $2 malted. Got "Evangelined" to death in St. Martinville where the Evangeline Oak and Evangeline statue are. In fact, there's like 4 or 5 statues in the St. Martin Square, one of which was dedicated in 1961 and has a plaque dedicated to a religious person who "partially civilized and Christianized" the "savage" local Indians. Draw your own conclusions. The Petit Paris Museum is as cheesy as the guide warns. We stopped in to get out of the cold. There's a gift shop inside where you can buy trinkets that have absolutely nothing to do with Acadians or the town or anything. Two blue-haired women volunteers chatted us up with the sole purpose of getting us to cough up a buck for the "museum" upstairs. When the pressure became too great, we acquiesced and were treated to a display of costumes used in the 1984 St. Martinville Mardi Gras ball, themed after the "famous spiderweb wedding story" of St. Martinville. Next door, there's a Catholic Church with a replica inside of the French Grotto of Lourdes, a truly *bizarre* cement replica that resembles a towering coral reef. About a block from St. Martin Square, there's Robert's Lounge (RAH-bit's) where we sat for a spell and quaffed 10-ounce beers while we watched the Super Bowl pregame festi vities. In New Iberia, there's a statue of the Roman Emperor Hadrian on display. According to the plaque it was crafted in the second century. Iberia Savings and Loan bought the statue in 1961 and put it on display on the side of the building. The statue looks like it has been through quite a few crude and slipshod touchups (i.e. broken finger reattached with yellow paste). Yet another instance of the peculiar Cajun affinity for large statues that have nothing to do with native Louisiana culture (I'm thinking of the giant buddha on Avery Island). Dinner at the Guiding Star on Rt. 90 west of New Iberia. This place is an absolute gem for boiled stuff. There are 5 or 6 things on the menu: Boiled crawfish $10, boiled shrimp $12, boiled crabs $14, boiled corn $1.50, boiled potatoes $1.50, am I missing something? Waitress gave us about 6 seconds to look over the "menu" before taking our order. She was brusque, and my traveling companion said "that's my kind of waitress," and I've never been an adherent to the "rude service is charming" school, but there you have it. You can have your iced tea two ways: sweetened or with Sweet-N-Low. According to the guide, the owner buys casks of Tobasco mash direct from nearby Avery Island and uses the stuff to boil the crawfish. Crawfish were the biggest I've seen all season, but probably typical for the Atch. area. A great time. # # # Andy Bowser From [email removed] Thu Mar 23 13:17:53 1995 >Received: by mintir.new-orleans.la.us (1.65/waf) via UUCP; Thu, 23 Mar 95 10:00:16 CST Subject: Re: Hammond, La Sender: [email removed] To: , Reply-To: [email removed] X-Vms-To: INTERNET"[email removed]" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-Length: 1332 >Hello to everybody! I was wondering if anybody had any news on Hammond, >La. I will be going there in a couple of weeks and want to know about >good places to stay, eat, etc. Thanks! Wow!! I about shit when I saw the subject. Hammond is where I grew up and lived between 1975-1980. My mother still lives there and I go down there several times a year to visit. So, without further adou (I think that's how you spell it), here's the info. you wanted: Hotels: without any question, you want to stay at the Holiday Inn. It's really about the only decent choice. Restaurants: 1) Murphy's Seafood has been around forever and has always been a favorite of both the locals & those passing thru. 2) Trey-Inn (not sure on the spelling of that either) is a Chinese Restaurant that's very good. I've never eaten inside, I've always gotten takeout. But I've never been let down. 3) Hi-Ho Barbecue. Let me preface this choice by saying that this is just a very, very small hole in the wall place for a quick, inexpensive barbeque sandwich. If you're looking for elegance, this isn't the place to go. But, if you're in a hurry, this beats the usual McDonald's, Wendy's, etc. ...hope this helps, John [email removed] ( Memphis, TN ) From [email removed] Thu Mar 23 14:18:55 1995 >Received: by mintir.new-orleans.la.us (1.65/waf) via UUCP; Thu, 23 Mar 95 10:36:35 CST Subject: Re: Hammond, La Sender: [email removed] To: , Reply-To: [email removed] Posted-Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 09:28:37 -0500 Received-Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 09:28:37 -0500 X-Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Content-Type: text Content-Length: 457 There are a couple of nice hotels in Hammond, esp. the Holiday Inn and Ramada Inn just off I-12 and I-55. Eats-wise, just down the road from those two hotels is Don's Seafood Hut. Excellent seafood. Brady's in downtown Hammond is a popular spot for locals and college students alike. Ask for suggestions on restaurants at your hotel. They'll probably be very happy point you in the right direction. Shane From [email removed] Mon Mar 27 17:16:16 1995 Subject: Re: Hammond, La. Sender: [email removed] To: , Reply-To: [email removed] X-Sender: [email removed] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >I believe the Hammond location is the original Trey Yuen; the brothers opened >the Mandeville location after opening the Hammond store. Their egg rolls are >great, and the dishes using local ingredients (crawfish, e.g.) are great. > >You should also check out the Jacmel Inn. I had a great Sunday brunch there >once, and I hear dinner and lunch are good as well. Their crawfish and corn >chowder was simply wonderful. Atmosphere and decor are very nice there. > >Chris Wiseman Just to add to the list (sort of) I do remember getting some pretty decent meals in Ponchatula (sp?) not TOO far away. AND lets not forget the absoulutly BEST place in the world for fried catfish (and just about any other seafood) is just down the road in Manchach. *********************************************** * Louis A. Poche' [email removed] * * [email removed] * *********************************************** From [email removed] Tue Mar 28 11:20:37 1995 Subject: Re: That that eye-talian place down inna parish Sender: [email removed] To: , Reply-To: [email removed] Organization: Minas Tirith BBS (Public Access Usenet for New Orleans) Jennlicious wrote: > > Favalara's is a really good restaurant, I think it's in Chalmette, > not to far from the military base thingy.... I know how to get there > but its tucked inside the neighborhood one or two streets past > the base... anyone? > > They have the best sauteed crawfish tails... yummmy. Everything > is good there, get a pitcher of (pre-sweetened) iced tea... and > prices are great... > > > Ciao, > Jenn |Edward J. Branley [email removed]| |Seashell Software +1.504.455.5087 (voice)| |3508 North Woodlawn Ave, Metairie, LA 70006 +1.504.455.8665 (bbs)| From [email removed] Tue Mar 28 15:22:35 1995 Subject: Re: Hammond, La. Sender: [email removed] To: , Reply-To: [email removed] Posted-Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 10:09:53 -0500 Received-Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 10:09:53 -0500 X-Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Ponchatoula's claim to fame is the German place named something like House of Bavaria?? It's just to the west of the Interstate, on Hwy 22 ?, in a charming building with a nice patio. Serves good sauerkraut and various schnitzels and suasage. It's about 10 min. from Hammond on the Interstate. From [email removed] Fri Aug 25 11:12:13 EDT 1995 Article: 18771 of rec.food.restaurants
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