The gumbo at Style of Louisiana stirred up some nice recollections for me. Good meals has a means of doing that.
Previous to the hen and shrimp gumbo that I loved at Pokey Black’s restaurant on the nook of First Avenue and Cornhusker Freeway, one of the best gumbo I had eaten was at CrawDaddy’s, a restaurant owned and operated by the late George Landolt at Seventh and O streets from 2000-2006. So impressed with Landolt’s gumbo, I had him share the recipe on a podcast I hosted in 2007 (you possibly can nonetheless discover the recipe on-line).
I additionally had a smooth spot for the late Dr. John Walker’s gumbo. Walker, a longtime Lincoln musician and school philosophy professor, yearly hosted a jam session that includes nice music and his scrumptious gumbo and cobbler. That was a deal with for the ears and style buds.
The gumbo I ate final week at Style of Louisiana was proper on par with these, a beautiful brown stew full of andouille sausage, darkish meat hen and sufficient Cajun spices to lift beads of sweat on my brow. It’s one thing that needs to be tried.
Pokey Black, proprietor of A Style of Louisiana, with the restaurant’s shrimp fettuccine and seafood gumbo.
Black, who hails from Lake Charles, Louisiana, opened Style of Louisiana in June 2020 after noting a dearth of Cajun delicacies in Lincoln. Black has been cooking all his life and wished to share his ardour. A lot of his dishes are household recipes together with his “spin on them,” he stated.
Black’s not solely a restaurant proprietor, however a humanitarian, too. He routinely opens his doorways to Lincoln’s homeless group.
