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1910 Restaurant And Wine Bar

Bill Coyne October 3, 2019 Comments Off on 1910 Restaurant And Wine Bar

949 Ryan St. • Lake Charles, LA I try to go to the restaurants I review as often as possible with my wife.  Doing so allows for more dishes, more pictures and more detail

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Lagunas Mexican Grill And Cantina

Bill Coyne September 19, 2019 Comments Off on Lagunas Mexican Grill And Cantina

Just on the edge of the business district in downtown Lake Charles at 1201 Lakeshore Dr. is a building that was home to an old car dealership before it sat vacant for many years.

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Prime Butcher And Brasserie

Bill Coyne September 5, 2019 Comments Off on Prime Butcher And Brasserie

3505 Country Club Rd. • Lake Charles, LA Southwest Louisiana is expanding day by day, and the dining choices that come with this growth are a huge benefit for the residents and also for

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The Brown Bag Café

Bill Coyne August 15, 2019 Comments Off on The Brown Bag Café

2251 Sam Houston Jones Pkwy., Moss Bluff What happens when a talented chef finds himself transplanted into the middle of Moss Bluff? Luckily, for us here in Southwest Louisiana, we get to experience some

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‘Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding’

Bill Coyne August 5, 2019 Comments Off on ‘Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding’

By Bill Coyne A success story doesn’t happen by wishing and hoping. It’s forged through hard work, a vision and the determination to make it happen.  In 1948, 18-year-old Pat Huval set out to

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Osaka

Bill Coyne July 19, 2019 Comments Off on Osaka

3035 Gerstner Memorial Drive • Lake Charles, LA Seven years ago, my introduction to the local sushi options in Lake Charles came from some friends’ suggestion that my wife and I try a place

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Cajun Tales

Bill Coyne July 8, 2019 Comments Off on Cajun Tales

501 North Adams • Welsh, LA Once a little train-stop town, downtown Welsh is still a cute little community that maintains its old-time feel. Free from major commercialization, it’s home to small businesses, the

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Toga Grill

Bill Coyne June 20, 2019 Comments Off on Toga Grill

4439 Nelson Rd., Lake Charles, LA There’s a little strip mall on the corner of Nelson and McNeese. It’s nothing extraordinary, just a stucco facade playing host to a grocery store, tanning salon, Painting

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TaD’s Louisiana Cooking

Bill Coyne June 6, 2019 Comments Off on TaD’s Louisiana Cooking

3624 Ryan St.,  • 337-602-6678 Unless you’ve been completely disconnected, chances are you’ve heard Lake Charles has very recently welcomed a new restaurant.    Setting up shop in the former Coyote Blues building and

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Charleston Bistro

Bill Coyne May 16, 2019 Comments Off on Charleston Bistro

Let me set the scene. It’s a Saturday night and my wife and daughter have a prior engagement, which gives me the perfect opportunity to seek out something new to me.    Scanning a

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