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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’
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
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
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
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
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
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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Panorama Music House
331 Broad St. • 337-602-6343 Everybody loves a new restaurant. People flock to the open doors in the beginning days and weeks with some notion that everything is going to be perfect.
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