Louisiana Culinary Trails - (Page 21b) Lejeune’s Sausage Kitchen (108 Tasso Cir., Eunice; 337-4578491) in Eunice makes garlic sausage, ponce, and tasso to tempt any palate. From there, follow the scent of smoke to Allison’s Hickory Pit (501 W. Laurel Ave., Eunice; 337-457-9218). A pile of logs sits outside of what is truly a barbecue shack — where the most luscious ribs sizzle on a grill blackened by years of excellent cooking. Bone-in pork steak sandwiches with sides of potato salad and rice dressing are the ticket. Grab it to go and head over to the Cajun Prairie Restoration Project (Martin Luther King Dr., at Magnolia St., Eunie; www.cajunprairie.org). In spring and fall, the 10-acre site blazes with the colors of the grasslands that once covered the Cajun prairie. If you’ve got time, join a Saturday morning jam with the masters of Cajun music at Savoy Music Center (4413 Hwy. 190, Eunice; 337-457-9563; www.savoymusic center.com). Twenty miles up the road in Ville Platte, home of The Smoked Meat Festival, Pig Stand Restaurant (318 E. Main St., Ville Platte; 337-363-2883) serves ponce on Saturday. And if you’re lucky enough to arrive on a day when owner Terry Guidry is cooking sausage and tasso sauce piquante, go ahead and make a pig of yourself. Or drop by Paul’s Meat Market & Grocery (1319 Chataignier Rd., Ville Platte; 337-363-7273) or Weelo’s Grocery & Meat (1999 Chataignier Rd., Ville Platte; 337-363-2741), specializing in smoked meats, boudin, and cracklins. On the road from Cajun Country up to Alexandria, Lea’s Lunchroom (1810 Hwy. 71, Lecompte; 318-776-5178; www. leaslunchroom.com) has long been popular. Ham sandwiches and country pies — coconut, chocolate, pecan, sweet potato, peach — have been making their way into the backseats of travelers since 1928. From there, head out on the highway to Marksville. http://www.cajunprairie.org http://www.savoymusiccenter.com http://www.savoymusiccenter.com http://www.leaslunchroom.com http://www.leaslunchroom.com
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