Louisiana Culinary Trails - (Page 18b) In Abbeville, founded in 1843 by a French missionary, oysters are the draw. Shucks Louisiana Seafood (701 W. Port St., Abbeville; 337-898-3311) is a first-class oyster emporium with lightning-fast shuckers, oysters on the half shell, oyster stew, and oyster poboys. Just around the corner, Dupuy’s Oyster Shop (108 S. Main St., Abbeville; 337-893-2336) has been open for more than 100 years. What started out as a sort of oyster harvesting and shucking depot has become a great restaurant, turning out thick stews, gumbo, fried seafood, and fat steaks. And don’t miss Richards Seafood Patio (1516 S. Henry St., Abbeville; 337-893-1693) (pronounced RE-shards), rightly famous for select boiled crawfish. Locals line up before the doors even open, so it’s best to get there early. Mid-October through December, the sweet scent of syrup fills the air here. Sugar cane has always been a huge crop for the state, and Steen’s Syrup Mill (119 N. Main St., Abbeville; 800-725-1654; www.steensyrup.com) is the only business of its kind left in the United States. It still makes the same pure, long-cooked, open-kettle cane syrup it did in 1910. There are no tours, but there’s a neat shop filled with cane syrup and molasses. Near Vermilion Bay, in Delcambre, shrimping is the cash crop. Just south of the drawbridge on Highway 14 lie the Delcambre docks, where graceful shrimp boats unload their haul. A few minutes away, Jefferson Island’s Rip Van Winkle Gardens (5505 Rip Van Winkle Rd., New Iberia; 337-359-8525; www.ripvanwinklegardens.com) boasts 25 acres of irises, magnolias, hibiscus, camellias, azaleas, and other plants and flowers that bloom year-round, all sitting atop a salt dome. Worked up an appetite? Get started on the Bayou Bounty trail nearby or build your own road trip online at LouisianaTravel.com/Culinary. http://www.steensyrup.com http://www.ripvanwinklegardens.com http://LouisianaTravel.com/Culinary
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