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SOUTH LOUISIANA | BATON ROUGE – RIVER ROAD REGION

VISIT BATON ROUGE

HIDDEN GEMS UNDER THE BRIDGE: DINING NEAR PERKINS OVERPASS
Nestled between the Garden District and Louisiana State University, the Perkins Overpass area is a foodie’s paradise in Baton Rouge. Tucked
under I-10, this spot is bustling with over a dozen restaurants, bars, and eateries, serving up everything from classic seafood and comfort food
to sweet treats. The area is packed with restaurants for every lifestyle and pace, from the swanky lounge at The Colonel’s Club to pizza at local
favorite Digiulio Brothers Italian Café. Perkins Overpass is the best one stop shop to taste your way through Baton Rouge.

SAVOR THE FLAVORS: CULINARY FESTIVALS & EVENTS
Join us in the spring for the Baton Rouge Soul Food Fest, which features two days of mouthwatering soul food, live music, and a friendly cook-
ing competition. Experience the official kickoff to crawfish season at Crawfête, where you can taste boiled and gourmet crawfish dishes from
different restaurants and chefs. When fall rolls around, don’t miss Brew at the Zoo – where guests 21 and older are invited to indulge in beer
tastings and live entertainment at the Baton Rouge Zoo.

TAILGATING: A LOUISIANA PASTTIME
With football season brings a favorite Louisiana activity: tailgating! Before a big game, fans first gather on the campus grounds at Louisiana
State University and Southern University to fuel up on jambalaya, fried seafood, boudin, and other cuisine. Don’t forget to make a pit stop at
the iconic Walk On’s Sports Bistreaux, a family and group-friendly classic where the pre-game magic unfolds before the whistle blows.

Plan your trip at Visit Baton Rouge.

LOUISIANA’S RIVER PARISHES

CAJUN AND CREOLE FLAVORS IN LOUISIANA’S RIVER PARISHES
For a taste of the region’s famous Cajun and Creole cuisine, check out Nobile’s Restaurant and Bar in Lutcher. Their butter beans and shrimp
with fried, thin-cut fish can only be found here, and their seafood gumbo will have you coming back for more. The Seafood Pot in New Sarpy
is a great place to grab boiled crawfish or a fried oyster or shrimp po’boy, while Wayne Jacob’s Smokehouse offers up delicious and snappy
andouille and smoked sausages of the month. Don’t leave before checking out Spuddy’s Cajun Foods, where Spuddy himself leads Cajun
cooking classes and serves up a mean chicken and sausage gumbo. While visiting historic homes, be sure to stop at Oak Alley Plantation
Restaurant & Inn for a crawfish omelet at breakfast and Ormond Manor Restaurant for Creole crab cakes and numerous seafood specialties.

THE GERMAN SAUSAGE WITH A FRENCH NAME – ANDOUILLE
Historically, andouille began with the boucherie, or killing of the hogs. After the hogs were butchered, the pork was cut into chunks and stuffed
by hand into casings, then smoked in a tunnel in the ground. Because the meat was preserved, people were able to leave it outside hung from
porches and cut off as much meat as they needed at the time for cooking. Today, andouille is still admired for its slow-smoked cooking style,
and differs from sausage in that it uses coarse, larger chunks of ground pork. Try it cut straight from the link, or in gumbo, jambalaya, po’boys,
soups, casseroles, and even on pizza and in spaghetti — there’s no end to andouille’s uses. Find more information at AndouilleTrail.com.

LOUISIANA’S RIVER PARISHES
Louisiana’s River Parishes is a strip of land about 30 miles along the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. While visiting
the River Parishes, check out the Andouille Trail, which celebrates the Andouille Capital of the World in LaPlace, LA. Also, the River Parishes’
abundance of tasty catfish in Lac des Allemands prompted it to be known as The Catfish Capital of the Universe by the Louisiana legislature.
Come find out why Louisiana’s River Parishes are where history, adventure, and flavor collide.

Denise Burrell | River Parishes Tourist Commission | Denise@lariverparishes.com | 866-204-7782 | lariverparishes.com
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