Our Menu
Appetizers
Oysters Contraband
$12.99
Six golden fried oysters served over homemade potato chips and topped with our spicy sausage remoulade sauce
Gator Bites
$9.99
Tender bite size morsels of alligator fried with spicy gator aioli
Boudin
$4.50
Original or Jalapeno | South Louisiana spicy pork sausage mixed with Cajun veggies and rice
Stuffed Pistolette
$4.50
Petite French roll, stuffed with your choice of shrimp or crawfish in creamy cheese sauce
Skeeters Fried Pickles
$5.99
Served with our own Ranch Dressing
Steve's Hot Wings
$8.99
Spicy wings dipped in Louisiana hot sauce; served with bleu cheese dressing, celery, and bell pepper
Green Hot Wings
$8.99
Our own twist! Wings dipped in Cajun Chef green hot sauce with our blue cheese dressing, celery, and bell pepper
Cup of Gumbo
$4.99
Chicken and sausage gumbo
Small Seafood Gumbo
$9.99
With oysters, shrimp, and crab
Frog Legs
$8.99
Four delicious Louisiana favorites. "tastes like cheekin".
Cup of Red Beans and Rice
$4.99
With sausage
Salads
House Dressings: Ranch, Bleu Cheese, Cajun Vinaigrette or Evangeline Remoulade or Honey Mustard
Evangeline Salad
$9.99
Mixed Greens, tomatoes, onion, and bell pepper w/ fried or grilled shrimp, fried crawfish, or grilled or fried chicken. OR Fried Oysters $11.99
Von's Caesar Salad
$9.99
Fresh Romaine lettuce tossed in one of a kind Caesar dressing with croutons and Parmesan cheese. With fried or grilled shrimp, fried crawfish, or grilled or fried chicken | without the meat $5.99 | with Fried Oysters $11.99
Stuffed Avocado
$8.99
Half of a fresh avocado stuffed with creamy Chicken or Shrimp salad
Cheeseburger Salad
$8.99
Enjoy the burger without the bun! Mixed greens, tomatoes, pickles, and fried onion rings, drizzled with mayo and mustard all under our handmade cheeseburger.
Po~Boys & Sandwiches
All po-boys are served on fresh baked french bread with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and your choice of mayo, jalapeno mayo, or evangeline sauce; mustard, too, if you really want it. Our burgers are handmade 1/3lb fresh ground beef dressed with mayo, mustard, lettuce, tomato, pickles, and onion.
Roast Beef Po-boy
$7.99/reg
$12.99/lg
American, Provolone or Cheddar cheese
Shrimp Po-boy
$7.99/reg
$12.99/lg
Catfish Po-boy
$7.99/lg
$12.99/reg
Fried Crawfish Po-boy
$7.99/lg
$12.99/reg
Fried Oyster Po-boy
$8.99/reg
$13.99/lg
Ham and Cheese Po-boy
$7.99/reg
$12.99/lg
American, Provolone or Cheddar cheese
Avocado Po-boy
$7.99/reg
$12.99/lg
American, Provolone or Cheddar cheese
Grilled Veggie Po-boy
$7.99/reg
$12.99/lg
American, Provolone, Cheddar or just plain Naked
Grilled Chicken San'wich
$6.99/+
w/ Cheese $7.50
Lake Charles Hamburger
$6.50
Lake Charles Cheeseburger
$6.99
Muffuletta
$9.99
Authentic New Orleans recipe; ham, salami, provolone cheese & Curtis olive salad
Peacemaker Po-boy
$10.99
Fried Oyster Po-boy with cheddar and bacon! Delicious!
Portabello Burger
$6.50
No pressed veggie patty here! Pure Portobello in place of the beef! Amazing!
Cajun and Creole
Served with fresh toasted bread
Hank Williams Platter
$14.99
Jambalaya, Crawfish Pie and File' Gumbo ..... a platter of cajun classics!
Bronzed Wild Black Drum
$15.99
Filet served over a bed of white rice and lemon basil cream sauce
Chicken Fried Gator
$12.99
Hand battered and fried golden brown Alligator tail served with cream gravy & white rice
Alligator Sauce Plquante
$14.99
In Cajun country, anything can go into a sauce piquante pot. Traditionally this dish was used for wild games. Tomato based starts this dish. We use tender white gator tail meat guar-on-teed to please the spice lovin' palate!
Stuffed Pork Chop
$16.99
A bone-in french cut pork chop stuffed with boudin and topped with a pecan pesto mushroom gravy over a bed of white rice with a side of stewed okra tomatoes & bacon
Stuffed Black Drum - Wild caught
$18.99
8 oz. fillet stuffed with our own shrimp and crab stuffing, topped w/our white wine shrimp cream sauce
Seafood Gumbo
$16.99
The name says it all!! Fresh Gulf Coast oysters, succulent shrimp, and delicious crab mixed in
our hearty Gumbo roux and steamed white rice
Gold Band Creole
$15.99
This is a Hot One!! Seven butterflied jumbo Shrimp rolled in seasoned breadcrumbs, deep-fried, and served over a bed of fettuccine pasta with a spicy creole sauce & our Cajun Aioli, and a gold band of parmesan cheese
Speedy's Catfish With Crawfish Macque Choux (mock-shoo)
$14.99
Pan saute'ed catfish served on steamed rice smothered with crawfish macque choux (creole corn chowder)
Crawfish Evangeline
$13.99
The house favorite! crawfish tails simmered in cream and cheese and served over fettuccine.
Maw Maw's Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
$9.99
Maw maw's ancient south Louisiana recipe served dark and rich over steamed white rice
Etoufee
$12.99/+
Shrimp or Crawfish in blonde roux served over steamed white rice | Shrimp $12.99 | Crawfish $13.99
Shrimp Creole
$12.99
Gulf shrimp sautéed in a zesty tomato-Creole sauce and served over steamed white rice
Veggie Gumbo
$8.99
Maw Maw's ancient South Louisiana recipe sans the meat, but with plenty of tomato & okra!!!!
Jambalaya
$8.99
Chicken & Sausage with rice, tomatoes, onions, celery, and bell peppers
Red Beans & Rice
$8.99
Slow-cooked Beans with Sausage & veggies served over steamed white rice served with a side of cornbread
Chicken Fried Steak
$10.99/reg
$13.99/lg
Yep - it's Steak pretending to be a Chicken. A Texas favorite with Curtis'Cajun cream gravy served with rice and a salad
Chicken Fried Chicken
$10.99
Nicely Breaded - served w/ Curtis' spicy Cajun cream gravy, rice, and a salad
Seafood Baskets and Dinners - Seafood Baskets
Baskets and Dinners are Served with Choice of Fries or Dirty Rice
Shrimp
$10.50
Fried Oysters
$11.99
Catfish
$9.50
Fried Crawfish
$9.99
Spicy Chicken Strips
$8.99
Seafood Baskets and Dinners - Dinners
Dinners come with a choice of fries or dirty rice and a side salad and fresh toasted bread.
Shrimp
$13.99
Fried or Grilled
Fried Oysters
$15.99
Catfish
$11.99
Fried or Grilled
Fried Crawfish
$12.99
Seafood Combo
$15.99
Pick 2 from Shrimp | Fried Oysters | Catfish | Fried Crawfish
Stuffed Crab
$12.99
Seafood Platter
$21.99
Shrimp, Catfish, Oysters, Stuffed Crab and a side of Gumbo or Red beans & Rice
A La Carte
Fries
$2.25
1/2 Rings, 1/2 Fries
$3.99
Onion Rings
$3.50
1/2 Order 0-ring
$2.50
Potato Salad
$2.50
Dinner Salad
$2.50
Sm. Caesar Salad
$3.50
Chips
$3.00
with Evangeline sauce
Dirty Rice
$3.25
White Rice
$1.50
Pistolette
$0.75
Side Avocado
$1.75
4oz Catfish Fillet
$4.00
1/2 Dozen Shrimp
$9.99
1/2 Dozen Oysters
$11.99
Evangeline Sauce, Tartar Cocktail or any Dressing by the Pint
$6.99
Kid Stuff
For young-uns 12 and under, please!
Kid Stuff
$4.99
All kid's items are served with fries and a small fountain soda, lemonade or milk. Shrimp, Crawfish, Catfish, Corn Dog, Sausage Link, Grilled Cheese or Chicken Strips
Desserts
Homemade Bread Pudding
$4.99
This is the real deal, folks!
Miranda's Pecan Praline Pistolette
$4.99
An Evangeline Cafe Original!
Lunch Specials
Served Monday - Saturday 11 am till 3 pm
The #1
$7.99
Regular Po-boy with choice of French Fries, Chips or Side Salad
The #2
$6.99
Burger with choice of Fries or Chips. Made to order, just the way You like it!
The #3
$7.99
Choose One Chicken & Sausage Gumbo or Red beans & Rice or Jambalaya. Served w/ Side Salad or Potato Salad, Bread
The #4
$8.99
Seafood Basket of your choice ( choose one )
Fried Shrimp | Fried Oysters | Catfish or Fried Crawfish. Served w/ Side Salad, Fries or Dirty Rice
The #5
$8.99
Regular Po-boy with choice of a cup of Gumbo or Red Beans and Rice
The #6
$8.99
Chicken Fried Steak. The Regular Size Steak, fried up With Spicy Cajun Cream Gravy! Served w/ Rice and a Side Salad