Dishes such as crab cake au gratin are quite tasty, but it's nightly live Cajun tunes that are the why-go. Regulars are always scooting around the floor; sit on the bench around the dance floor (separated from the tables by an awkward partition) and you will be asked out onto the floor.
Randol's
Cajun Country
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