Jr's Place, Simsboro, LA

JR's Place®
2721 Martha Street
Simsboro, LA 71275
Pho: 318-247-6007
Fax: 318-247-1656

Serving you Thursday and Friday 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

North Louisiana people who know the Slocums know that Junior can cook especially well. Junior and Kathy Slocum have recently opened an intimate restaurant in Simsboro, Louisiana.

Where is Simsboro? It's just south of I-20 between Arcadia and Grambling.

What is amazing about it? In season the crawfish are. All year, you can eat steak, barbecued ribs, tasty brisket, cobbler,and hamburgers.

Visit JR's Place website! You'll find some funny pictures there.

Click here for one of Junior's recipes and an unbelievable story.
Crawfish Étouffée

Blue Light Café of Ruston, LA

902 Arlington Street
Ruston, LA 71270
318-513-2230

Blue Light is a fine landmark in Louisiana—the melting pot of Lincoln Parish. It was founded in 1970 by Fannie Rushing.

It’s the place to go if you want smothered steak, pork chops, genuine Southern fried chicken, unforgettable vegetables, or hot water cornbread. The food is so good that it will disappear from your plate before you know what’s happened to it, and you’ll wish you had not eaten because you will wish you could do it all over again.

Over the years it has been frequented by two of the nation’s all-time greatest coaches—Eddie Robinson, Grambling’s renowned football coach, and Leon Barmore, LA Tech’s legendary basketball coach. If you look around while you are there, you will see some out-of-town celebrities, who are passing through Ruston.

The atmosphere is homey, unpretentious, and cheerful. Students who come to college here soon forget about being homesick as soon as they find the Blue Light. When people first arrive in Ruston, they say, “Show me the Blue Light.”

I regret to tell you that the Blue Light is open at lunch only.

Sakura Japanese Restaurant

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la Madeleine

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Zach’s Blend of the Bayou

Zach's
Farmerville Highway, Ruston, LA

Zach’s opened early in 2004 and closed a few months later. Zach Yates, the owner/manager, served a dish there like no other. He served it two ways—as an appetizer with toasted French bread and as a main dish with pasta. I preferred it as an appetizer.

Zach shared the recipe with me and gave me permission to share it with you. If you quote this most delicious recipe, please do not change it and please give Zach credit for it.

Shrimp Napoleon

2 pounds butter
6 cups chopped onions
3 cups celery, chopped finely
4 cups flour
1 quart rich seafood stock
12 cups diced artichoke hearts
2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
1/8 cup garlic
2 cups Zinfandel® white wine
12 cups heavy cream
1 pound American or Velveeta® cheese, cubed
8 pounds shrimp, peeled (150/200 count)
butter (for cooking shrimp)
Tony Cachere’s® (for cooking shrimp)
pasta

Start by making the roux. (Note: do not brown this roux. Leave it light!) Sauté veggies in butter. Add flour and stir constantly for a couple of minutes. Put broth in. Cook until smooth. Reduce heat and simmer. Don’t let it stick to the bottom of pot.

Add artichokes and cook.

Add seasoning, wine, and cream. Let it come to a light boil.

Remove from heat. Put cheese in it. Stir until melted.

Immediately before serving, sear shrimp in Tony Cacherie’s and butter.

Stir the shrimp into the mix.
Serve over cooked pasta.

Serves about 24

Notes

1. Adding shrimp too early will make compromise their texture.
2. Use purchased seafood stock or make you own by cooking left over seafood ingredients such as shrimp heads, crawfish heads, and fish bones.
3. Shrimp Napoleon served with seasoned garlic toast makes an excellent appetizer.
4. Sprinkle garlic toast lightly with paprika and celery flakes to add color.
5. Make sure that all servings have adequate amounts of shrimp included.
6. I believe Zach sprinkled parmesan cheese over each portion.

The Spaghetti Warehouse

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Andrew Jaeger's House of Seafood

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Mona's Middle Eastern Cusine

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