Nubian Queen Lola's Cajun Kitchen

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Has anybody else ventured to the heart of the eastside to sample some very delicous cajun dishes? The shrimp and fish are outstanding. Not a big fan of red beans and rice but I ate them anyway. The jambalaya must have been good because before I even noticed, my associate had cleaned his plate. If you like homemade cornbread, this is the place for you.

The only drawbacks I could find on both of my trips, not enough parking at Rosewood and Chicon where she is located, and she is a one woman shop, so you have to be pretty patient regarding tea/lemonade refills, etc.
 
I used to work on the East Side and drove by this place every day but never ate there. I'd get my East Side Southern or Louisiana cooking fix at Gene's Po-Boys on East 11th or at Tony's Southern Comfort on East 6th.
 
She is a friend of mine. Sweet lady, amazing food. She closes down Sundays to feed the homeless. Very giving woman. Check it out folks.
 
i'll have to try this place.

eh. i wasn't too impressed with gene's. first, it took over an hour to get an order of 2 sandwiches. when they finally brought it out, they realized they had forgotten my boudin. they walked back to the freezer and gave me a link of FROZEN boudin to heat at home. the poboys were under-loaded as well...not like they do in louisiana.

my favorite cajun place in austin is sambet's cajun deli off of spicewood/mcneil and 183. the only negative i have found there after too many trips to count is that they have a tendency to put too much file on the gumbo. other than that, incredible.
 
I'm pretty sure that Spicewood Mcneil 183 location of Sambet's has closed. I ate at Sambet's in Cedar Park (right on 183 in a strip center) a while back and it was good as always.
 
Have been a fan of Gene's since he opened but Queen Lola puts his fare a few rungs down the ladder. Her prices are comparable with Gene's but her portions are much bigger.

Everybody raves about her hamburgers but I have not been able kick my fried shrimp craving when I go there.
 
Went by today for lunch but the door was locked.
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i loves me some cajun food. the food at gene's tasted good, but the poboy was a little skimpy for the price. i am not really crazy about the whole foods monstrosity downtown, but the seafood bar in the back makes a mean poboy. i was pleasantly surprised. my wife is flying to new orleans to visit her bro today...they're going to eat at Pascal's Manale tonight...
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...people on HF talking about cajun food...i might have to run to CM and grab some crawfish and bust out the Uglesich's cookbook tonight. nobody out there happens to have pascal's barbeque shrimp recipe do you?
 
Been to both. I must have gone to Lolas on an off night, because my food was pretty bad. Gene's does some pretty good (for the price) smothered pork chops (I think on Thursday) as a lunch special.
What happened to the place up north that burned down. Great okra gumbo. Can't remember the name of it for the life of me.
 
From the Austin Chronicle:

For a Cajun cafe, it's surprising that one of the things Stephens is most known for is her amazing burgers ($2 single, $3 double, $4 for the massive triple). These burgers are things of beauty: a hand-formed patty on a moist bun, with all of the fixin's (red-ripe tomatoes, even in January!). The chicken and sausage gumbo (four sizes, priced from cheapest to cheap) is loaded with chicken, complex and smoky, and not overwhelmed by the dark roux (as faux Cajun gumbos often are). Folks next to me were raving about their pork chop sandwich.

The fried fish, available as a huge side ($3), sandwich ($4.99), or dinner ($6.95) is some of the best catfish I've ever had. The crust is spiced but not piquant, not too heavy, and done to a golden-brown. The interior is moist and cooked to the perfect point. The shrimp étouffée ($6.95, that day's special) is outstanding: a creamy, spiced, cooked-down sauce loaded with moist and tender shrimp, served over white rice. It's comes with "mixed vegetables," which are more like a thick vegetable stew. The menu also lists barbecue, "but I haven't been able to add it yet. I'll do it when I pull outta this struggle."

The restaurant is closed on Sundays, when Stephens feeds local homeless in the cafe's back yard for free. She has organized several benefits for the displaced New Orleanians here in town, and has volunteered and cooked for them at the shelter. She's a firm believer in Luke 6:38, which reads, "Give and it will be given to you." Stephens feels she's blessed to have her cafe open, but trust us: Austin diners are the ones who are blessed.
 
...I went during SxSW. had the gumbo. it was awesome. it's now added to my list of places to go when I'm back in Austin.
 
Uglesich's..oh man so good, so sad they closed! Drove down there to just eat when heard he was closing the doors.
 
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