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Cajun Country

A travel journal to Southwestern Louisiana by Nannan

Living in south west Louisiana is a wonderful experience to share with friends. Every weekend is a new and funfilled event to experience of eating good food and hearing good music.

  • 6 reviews

Cajun CountryBest of IgoUgo

Overview

Some of the best things to do is attend Downtown alive which starts at 4:00 p.m. every Friday and goes on until. You can meet up with friends and enjoy the music of different bands from the surrounding areas.

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Best Way To Get Around:

Best way to get around is a car so you can travel to the surounding cities to enjoy all the cultures of the south.

Black's RestaurantBest of IgoUgo

Restaurant

Black's offers a famous seafood gumbo that you can get as a appertizer or as your meal. It is filled with shrimp,oyster and crab meat.

You could also order a dozen a raw oyster on the half shell which you could sprinkle with lemons to add flavor and dip in your spicy dip.

They have every seafood either fried or grilled.

  • Member Rating 4 out of 5 by Nannan on November 5, 2000

Black's Restaurant
319 Pere Megret Southwestern Louisiana, Louisiana
893-7266

Shuck's RestaurantBest of IgoUgo

Restaurant

Shuck's is locally owned and operated by a family that lives in Abbeville. It has oysters on the half-shell and a wonderful seafood platter that has more food than one person can eat in one sitting. If you order a half order of fried oysters, you will recieve around 25. They have a seafood gumbo filled with oysters, shrimp and crab meat. They have a drive through for the people who prefer to pick up there food and eat at home. This is a great restaurant to visit, and I recommended this as your first choice to visit.
  • Member Rating 4 out of 5 by Nannan on November 5, 2000

Shuck's Restaurant
701 West Port Street Southwestern Louisiana, Louisiana
898-3311

Lynn G'sBest of IgoUgo

Restaurant

Lynn G's is locally owned and operated by a family from Erath. They have a buffet for lunch which consist of rice and gravy with different meats for each day, and on Fridays they have a seafood buffet. They also serve hamburgers and poboys which are homemade. They serve huge steaks with baked potatoes or french fries. They also have pastas for the people who don't eat meat. They also serve seafood fried or grilled.
  • Member Rating 3 out of 5 by Nannan on November 5, 2000

Lynn G's
301 White Street Southwestern Louisiana, Louisiana
893-6941

Louisiana Cattle FestivalBest of IgoUgo

Attraction | "Cattle Festival"

The cattle festival brings in thousands of people for the first weekend of October. There is a beauty pageant that crowns young ladies, rides for the kids and for the kids at heart. They also have great music and food. They have different booths that serve different foods. Example: One is a gumbo booth.
  • Member Rating 4 out of 5 by Nannan on November 5, 2000

Louisiana Cattle Festival
Downtown Abbeville Southwestern Louisiana, Louisiana
(337) 652-0646

4th of July FestivalBest of IgoUgo

Attraction

You have people from all surounding areas as well as the out of towners. You have food and fun for all ages. Rides and music to pass your time with the big fireworks show that you can see across the town.
  • Member Rating 3 out of 5 by Nannan on November 5, 2000

4th of July Festival
Downtown Erath Southwestern Louisiana, Louisiana

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Nannan
Nannan
Abbeville, Louisiana

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