NAWLINS YAT (Yat)Standard Greeting
("Where yat?" is "Hello, how are you doing?")
All of our soups are made fresh daily
Crawfish Bisque
Gumbo Ya-Ya
or Soup du jour. 4.95
Salads ~ Insalatas ~ Salades
METAIRIE (Met' tree) A suburb of New Orleans ...
... a good place to enjoy a "Big Easy" salad
Walnut Brie Salad Garden baby greens topped with fresh apple wedges, walnut crusted brie and finished with an apple cider & bacon dressing. 8.95
Portobello Mozzarella Salad Mixed Greens topped w/ grilled portabella, Roma tomatoes, Artichokes and fresh mozzarella cheese. Drizzled with a balsamic reduction
Add roasted garlic oil ... 9.95
Creole Café House Salad Crisp mixed greens tossed with fresh tomatoes, onions, carrots and cucumber.
Served with a choice of dressing. 4.95
Add shrimp or chicken ... 3.00
Classic Café Cesar Salad "A twist on the classic!" - Hearty romaine, tomatoes and croutons tossed with homemade Caesar dressing topped with roasted red peppers and blue cheese. 5.95
Add shrimp or chicken ... 3.00
Appetizers ~ Meitre en Appetit
Drunken Clams
Fresh little neck clams steamed in beer and finished in a Creole Voodoo sauce. 7.95
Mo-Jo Cajun Ribs
Slow roasted pork ribs smothered in a choice of Chef Jeff’s XXX spicy Voodoo sauce or Creole BBQ sauce. Served with cheesy grits. 8.95
Coconut Beer Shrimp
Gulf shrimp dipped in a beer bailer and coated with shredded coconut. Deep fried until golden brown and served with honey mustard. 8.95
Crawfish Tasso Quesadilla
Louisiana Crawfish & tasso ham sauteed with peppers, onions and tomatoes. Sandwiched between a grilled flour tortilla with sharp cheddar cheese. Served w/ sour cream & zesty corn salsa. 7.95
Cajun Popcorn
Luscious crawfish tail meat tossed in a Cajun spiced batter. Deep fried and served with a Creole mustard sauce. 8.95
Bourbon Street Crab Au Gratin
Lump crab meat and scallions baked in a Cajun spiced cream with melted cheddar and parmesan cheeses. Served over Creole Cafe fresh oven baked bread. 9.95
Southern Fried Alligator
Tender fried alligator morsels. Served with Creole tomato sauce. 8.95
Pan Seared Scallops
Served over wilted endive with toasted
almonds
and a Louisiana Classic Pat 0’ Briens®
Hurricane Sauce 8.95
Blackened Ostrich
Blackened ostrich fillet
served with cheesy grits
and a mushroom ragout. 7.95
Pecan Crusted Catfish Tenders
Served with baby greens
and a tomato remoulade sauce. 7.95
Voodoo Crawfish
Sauteed crawfish and onions tossed in a XXX spicy dark BBO sauce
and served with sour cream. 8S5
Bubba’s Fried Oysters
Breaded Oysters
served on a bed of fresh tomato-corn salsa with horseradish cream. 8.95
Bourbon Crawfish Tails
Crawfish tail meat sauteed with onions
and Roma tomatoes. Flamed with bourbon and served over fluffy rice. 7.95
Ragin’ Pierogies
Sauteed with tomatoes, tasso ham and onions, glazed with sharp cheddar cheese 7.95
Blackened Duck Breast
Served with cararnelized onions, pecans and tasso
Topped with crumbled goat cheese. & 95
Southern Fried Crab Cakes
Two (2) petite crab cakes, pan-fried
and served with a corn~tasso cream. 9.95
Creole Crawfish
Fried Crawfish and Andouille sausage are sauteed with onions, peppers, and tomatoes. Tossed in a sweet & spicy Habanero sause. 8.95
Fish ~ Pesces ~ Poissons
Country Jambalaya A Medley of sauteed chicken and Andouille sausage with the "Holy Trinity", crawfish and oysters. 16.95
Mustard Fried Catfish
Fresh catfish fl/let dredged in Cajun batter.
Southern-style fried and served with our
Creole mustard sauce, sauteed spinach
and red beans and rice. 16.95
Bayou Fried Oysters
Oysters served in a horseradish cream sauce.
Sewed with sauteed spinach
and red beans & rice. 18.95
Crawfish Étoufée
Crawfish sauteed with the “Holy Trinity”
and tomatoes. Stewed in a red wine,
Worcestershire and crushed tomato reduction
with a dark roux.
Served over fluffy rice. 16.95
Cajun Steamed Mussels
Steamed Mussels cooked with White Wine,
served with julienne leeks, poblano pepper
and Andouille Sausage in a seasoned broth.
18.95
Seafood Jambalaya
Shrimp, scallops, crawfish and Andouille
sauteed with the “Holy Trinity.”
Tossed in a spicy Creole tomato sauce
Served over rice. 17.95
Coconut Beer Shrimp
Gulf shrimp dipped in a beer batter and coated with coconut. Deep fried and served with
honey mustard, Cajun rice,
garlic mashed and maque choux. 17.95
Catfish Imperial
Blackened Cattish, topped
with a blackened crab cake and served
with Creole mustard sauce. 19.95
Shrimp Bourbon New Orleans
Gulf shrimp sauteed with onions and garlic in a savory Cajun buffer. Flamed with bourbon and finished with a cheddar cream over fluffy rice with sauteed veggies. 17.95
Satchmo’s Stuffed Tilapia
Tila pia fillet stuffed with a crab and crawfish stuffing. Draped with a lemon butter sauce
and served with sauteed veggies and gad/c mashed. 16.95
Barbecued Salmon Steak
Mesquite-grilled salmon steak basted with our house made barbecue sauce
and served with crawfish au gratin. 19.95
Mesquite-Grilled Tuna Steak
Seasoned with lemon pepper
and served with lump crabmeat in a sweet Amaretto cream. 19.95
Blackened Crab Cakes
Two (2) of our "original recipe” crab cakes served with a Tasso cream sauce, cheesy
grits and maque choux. 19.95
Meat ~ Carne ~ Viande
BOURBON STREET GRILLE
French Quarter Filet Mignon
Blackened filet mignon stuffed with crawfish
and brandy cream sauce. Served with gorgonzola cheese and mashed potatoes. 21.95
Bourbon Street New York Strip Steak Mesquite-grilled and flamed with bourbon. Sewed with cheesy grits and veggies. 19.95
Blackened New York Strip Steak
Cooked to your desire and served with garlic mashed and sautded vegetables. 19.95
Grilled Tenderloin Medallions
Two 4 oz medallions
served with
Brandy demi glace, maque chaux and mashed sweet potatoes. 20.95
Flame Grilled Veal Tenderloin
Served with mashed sweet potatoes and wild mushroom ragout with goat cheese croutons 22.95
Mississippi Lip Smack ‘n Voodoo Ribs
Full rack of slow roasted pork ribs basted in your choice of our homemade barbeque sauce or XXX spicy voodoo sauce. Served with maque chaux and cabbage slaw. 17.95
Filet Cappy
An 8 ounce flame-grilled filet stuffed with crabmeat and Boursin cheese. 22.95
Blackened Lamb Chops
Topped with a Mojito Glaze, and served with mashed sweet potatoes and sauteed vegetables. 25.95
Prime Rib of Beef
Cajun seasoned slow-roasted Prime Rib of Beef topped with Shiitake mushrooms, and served with garlic mashed potatoes and sauteed vegetables. 24.95
Pasta ~ Fideo
Poultry ~ Poulet
FRENCH MARKET A district for eclectic fare
Blackened Chicken & Shrimp Alfredo
Blackened chicken breast and Gulf shrimp served over fettuccini tossed in Alfredo cream. 17.95
Mushroom & Penne Marsala
A Medley of wild mushrooms, penne pasta, leeks, sun dried tomatoes and parmesan cheese tossed with a marsala wine sauce. 14.95
Cajun Linguini
Chicken and Andouille sausage
are sautded with the “Holy Trinity." Tossed with fresh linguini and finished with a Cajun Worcestershire butter sauce. 16.95
Cajun Seafood Linguini
A medley of shrimp, crawfish and scallops and
tomatoes with the "Holy Trinity”. Tossed with fresh linguini and finished with a Cajun Worcestershire butter sauce. 18.95
Crawfish Scampi
A New Orleans flak with sauteed crawfish.
Prepared with pesto, fresh squeezed lemon
and deglazed with white wine.
Finished with butter and parmesan cheese, served over linguini. 17.95
Crab & Fettuccini Lump crabmeat tossed in a Rosa cream sauce. Served over fettuccini. 18.95
Garden District Shrimp & Pasta
Sauteed shrimp, spinach, artichokes
and sundried tomatoes. Tossed with fresh
linguini and glazed with fresh mozzarella cheese 18.95
"YARD BIRD" A Southern term for pountry
Blackened Chicken Breast
Chicken breast dredged in Cajun spices and blackened in a cast iron skillet.
Served with honey mustard, red beans & rice
and sauteed vegetables. 14.95
Pan-Fried Chicken Frangelica
Hazelnut crusted chicken served with a
Frangelica glaze and mashed sweet potatoes.
17.95
Po' Man's Jambalaya
Tender chicken pieces and Andouille sausage sautded with the "Holy Trinity"
and tossed in a Cajun tomato sauce.
Served over white rice 15.95
Blackened Chicken Imperial A blackened chicken breast
topped with a blackened crab cake and served with Creole mustard. 17.95
Bronze Chicken
A flame-grilled chicken breast with sauteed
onions and mushrooms.
Topped with a lemon-butter parsley sauce and served with garlic mashed & sauteed
vegetables. 15.95
Barbecued Chicken and Shrimp
A char-grilled chicken breast
smothered with barbecued shrimp and served over Cajun rice. 17.95
Pan Seared Duck Breast
Duck Breast topped with a
cheny and blackberry demi glace. Served over tasso rice 18.95