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So today included even more traveling and visiting and, on our way back from Baton Rouge, we found ourselves taking the scenic route back to Lafayette on Highway 190. We were hunger (as I always am) so we stopped by Not Your Mama’s Cafe and Tavern at the advise of my aunt. This was an awesome suggestion; I am so glad we stopped here to dine. The restaurant itself is in the middle of no where, but is in an awesome building. The interior is lined with hilarious signs in typical Cajun humor. The bathrooms are even cool, with old style hand water pump-like facets. The building itself is large and from what I was told is always packed for dinner.

We did a lupper (lunch + supper) and kept our order somewhat light this time. We ordered a half and half po-boy (~$12) with fried shrimp and crawfish, a few cups of seafood gumbo (~$5), a cup of the shrimp and corn soup (~$5), and an order of bread pudding (~$7). The meal came with a heavy, but fresh baked bread that tasted great. The seafood gumbo was made with a really dark roux, but had some nice chunks of shrimp and crab in it. The corn soup was creamy and mild and had a great flavor. The po-boy was amazing, filled with lightly battered and tender crawfish and shrimp and topped with lettuce, tomato, and tartar sauce. It also came with fries which were nothing special. The bread pudding for dessert replaced the bread pudding from Frezzo’s as the best I’ve ever had. It had a few cherries baked into a very sweet white bread covered with a praline and rum sauce, served hot. Holy crap … the bread pudding was so soft and sweet it was sinful. I would drive out to the country anytime to eat it, it was amazing!

Overall, Not Your Mama’s is a great restaurant off the beaten path if you live in the Acadiana area. Dining here made a stupendous end of my trip to Louisiana. If you’ve driven by this establishment on Highway 190 and wondered if you should go in, smack yourself for not doing so.

Not Your Mama’s Cafe and Tavern is located at 9025 Highway 190, Livonia, LA 70755.

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