Cajun Food in Ohio?

[Nutriaitch]

would a restaurant specializing in authentic South Louisiana food be successful up there?

and I don't mean a non-coonass trying to cook dishes that we serve here.

I'm talking a real schmuck from down here going up and opening a restaurant.
Jambalaya
Gumbo
Boiled seafood
etc.

would it work?

 

[scooter1369]

You'd get my business. Columbus is the core of the melting pot. You can sell anything here.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Especially food.

 

[BUCKYLE]

Yes.

 

[OHSportsFan]

Pretty good cajun/creole place in Indy called Yats. Owner is from New Orleans. Been open for many years.

Don't know how it compares to the official local stuff, but I love it.

 

[Nutriaitch]

Pretty good cajun/creole place in Indy called Yats. Owner is from New Orleans. Been open for many years.

Don't know how it compares to the official local stuff, but I love it.

with a name like Yats, he's got to be from New Orleans.
that's one of those nicknames non-locals just don't hear often enough to steal.
(don't remember which part of the city, but there is a group of New Orleanians referred to as Yats).

 

[JCOSU86]

Is this a serious question?

There are a couple of Cajun food places in Cbus. I'm not sure as to the quality, however.

 

[OHSportsFan]

Actually, just looked at their website.

It's coming to Cincinatti and Columbus. Needless to say, yes it is successful.
http://www.yatscajuncreole.com/

 

[WyoBuck]

I Cbus, yes. It would be awesome and well received.. It would actually be more difficult, probably, in Cinci or Cleveland. Well maybe not Cinci, they're like an alien race, and to qualify that, I live in Kentucky, so research is still ongoing here. Who the hell knows. Like anything though, location would be key. Think 45 minutes to an hour from the stadium on game day.

 

[Nutriaitch]

i wish i had:
a. the talent
b. the money

to make this happen.

was cooking a Jambalaya a little earlier, and had the thought that food like this would probably sell well outside of Southern Louisiana.
just need to find a chef, location, and business loan.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

the only decent cajun food in this city is my gumbo. We have J. Gumbos around, but there're not worth it. If nothing else, a place to get decent spices and fresh bodin would be a great.

 

[Nutriaitch]

the only decent cajun food in this city is my gumbo. We have J. Gumbos around, but there're not worth it. If nothing else, a place to get decent spices and fresh bodin would be a great.

really good fresh boudin ain't as easy to find down here as you would think.

yeas every swinging dick around sells boudin, but not all of it is really good.

gotta head way out west toward Lafayette for the good shit.
got some killer cracklin out that way to.

 

[muffler dragon]

Bring some of that over to the Piedmont Triad in NC, and I'll be all over it!

 

[Nutriaitch]

Bring some of that over to the Piedmont Triad in NC, and I'll be all over it!

the Carolinas?
that might work.
probably easier access to seafood.

 

[BUCKYLE]

Thing about Ohio is that it's a very popular test market. If you succeed in Central Ohio, you know you have what it takes to franchise.

Fuck Carolina.