Lunch Houses? (Shreveport, Lafayette, Scott: neighborhood, construction, food)

[Darbro]

I was watching the Documentary Channel earlier today and the subject was about lunch houses in southern Louisiana, sorry if i got this wrong, where they make all kinds of Louisiana style cuisine. I thought it was very interesting and that food sure looked good. Have anyone here eaten at any of these "houses" before?

[annie_himself]

Never really noticed one. Do you recall the locations?

Edit: Plate lunches are the best! They're cheap and always packed to the top.

[JimLFT]

Originally Posted by Darbro

I was watching the Documentary Channel earlier today and the subject was about lunch houses in southern Louisiana, sorry if i got this wrong, where they make all kinds of Louisiana style cuisine. I thought it was very interesting and that food sure looked good. Have anyone here eaten at any of these "houses" before?

Not sure what they are referring to, unless they mean any establishment who serves plate lunches. If that's the case, then yes! Too many really good ones to mention.

From the Documentary Channel's website:

Raised on Rice and Gravy

SYNOPSIS:
celebrates the almighty plate lunch and the lunch houses that serve them. People used to come home to eat lunch with their families, explains folklorist Conni Castille, the film's co-director. For farmers and laborers, it was an important daily ritual to sit down and share the midday meal at home. That's not possible today, so neighborhood plate lunch houses have become a substitute for that in South Louisiana culture.

[Innotech]

oh the plate lunch. Go to Duson, Louisiana and enjoy what you find. Used to keep me well fed when at work.
jambalaya, pork steaks, meatp ies and boudin, cajun rice dressing and corn maque choux. Good lord.

[mhounit]

I kind of doubt that the " lunch houses " exist anymore . At least in the context of the so called documentary .

[SouthernBelleInUtah]

They were talking about the private houses in poor areas that make lunches for the working poor. One person from say a construction site could go pick up 10 lunches or whatever, for the guys. Still exist but there is no advertisement, you have to be told by someone where to go.

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[hdwell]

I remember a setup such as this back in the 60s and 70s in Shreveport's Cedar Grove nieghborhood. It was a woman's home I believe her name was Mrs. Miller; some called her "ma". You simply paid for the meal at noon and sat at a large table with total strangersLOL. Served from numerous bowls and platters of fried chicken, pork chops, beef steaks, chopped steaks, meatloaf-all that ribstickin fare. Lots of taters, corn, beans, peas, etc. It was popular and mostly catered to working men both blue and white collar. I don't believe there was a takeout available. Some years later Mrs. Miller's house burned (Cedar Grove houses are old) and I think she has passed on to the great kitchen in the sky.

[JimLFT]

Originally Posted by SouthernBelleInUtah

They were talking about the private houses in poor areas that make lunches for the working poor. One person from say a construction site could go pick up 10 lunches or whatever, for the guys. Still exist but there is no advertisement, you have to be told by someone where to go.

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Thanks. The Creole House here in Lafayette is a popular plate lunch establishment. I wonder if it got its start this way.

[The Analog Man]

I'm not sure if it is still open, but there is Mary's Resturaunt and Catering in Scott off of J. B. road which she operated out of her home.

[MetroBTR]

There's a place in New Roads called Nanny's. It's a sit down place but supposedly they make all the food at their house and then cart it over for the lunch crowd.