Today was lunch at locally owned Roosters in West Monroe

#Roosters Country Buffet in West Monroe:  Tried a buffet today that was really good and down home cooking with taste.  Their new Chef is William Lewis, if some of you remember Canards, he was there.  He has popped up at the Roosters on North 7th across from the West Monroe High School field.   William and Kenneth Swanner are going to be on #KTVE  #Region Ten News cooking this Thursday am, this is to help people to see local faces in the community that own business, and for all of us to support them .

William wrote out on a sheet of paper his menu which he adds some too every day.  They are just serving lunch and are open for Sunday lunch but closed Saturday.

Wednesday it is  
Fried Pork Chops
Baked Chicken
Fried Chicken  (yum)
Fried Catfish

Green beans , butter beans, cabbage, purple Hull peas, Fried Chicken liver , Mac and Cheese, Broc and rice, mashed potatos, dinner rolls, hot water cornbread , fried squash and fried Gizzards.

Apple, peach and pear cobblers  all for $11.00
#Good homecooking in West Monroe.    
#Roosters Country Buffet

Outback salads, Coney Island dogs loaded

Tonight since we have eaten way too much the last few days. Had a great "small " dinner after dropping off a carload of kids at Tinseltown. I had an outback side chopped blue cheese salad and grilled spicy snowpeas , Gerald had a side Caesar salad and a loaded baked potato. One beer for him and a bottled water for me . Total bill $15.82. Not bad for a quiet evening.

At lunch today--West monroe coney Island in downtown. Loaded down with chili and onions on the hotdogs , yummy and the world's hottest fries.
And yes an antacid chaser.

Taste of the Twin Cities

Taste of the Twin Cities had a record crowd this year and the food was good where we could get in to try. Dankin' Trail did a fried barb eggroll that was great . Vic and Jenni Hendricks came for Cypress Inn with Etouffee. Barbq west had a line that just kept on all night. BBQ WEst is always the most popular.

O'Charleys did a strawberry lemonaide that they sell there . it was wonderful . Very few places had anything to drink. Next year that is something they need to look into .

Kaylas had her bread pudding and the cream cheese with a pica pepper sauce.

I had a media ticket so we got in quickly, but we were also out by 45 minutes later and on our way home.

Get crabs from Cormiers quick! last Thursday nite

The bluepoint crabs are coming to an end at Cormiers this Thursday night . So go in between 5pm to 8pm and chow down on bbq or boiled spicy crabs. Order and get a cardboard container overflowing with great taste. Friday night will be the last fish fry of the season ....... 5pm to 7:30 , so go early before they run out. If you don't like the seafood , you can order a pig poboy or a sausage and chicken gumbo.

While you are there reserve your fried or smoked turkey , dressing, ham , gumbo and be covered for Thanksgiving and Christmas. You know once Larry gets his orders, the party is over and no amount of begging will get you in! A 21 year tradition.

Fire and Ice is now open, Jason Humble owner

Went to Fire and Ice Saturday night , good service and food was good. I had the fire and ice burger , similar to the coda burger with pepper jack cheese and Peppers and pepper bread. Nice and spicy with an afterburn. Gerald had the blue cheese burger. We also had the crab augratin before. It was all very good but we could have gotten one burger and used the crabmeat dish as a main course with nothing esle. 2 beers, tea Total bill was 36.00

Went back today (Sunday) for lunch, shared a philadephia poboy. And the mac and cheese sidedish. The side dish was so good, a creme handmade sauce and noodles insteadof macroni topped off by melted cheese. The poboy was really good and tasted great. We also had sweet potato fries with the poboy. total bill one tea , one coke.18.00


The cook is from The Warehouse and a few of the servers are also from there. We saw Brandy that grew up helping Miss Ruth at Arons.

A fun surprise is the bartender from the Samari ..... The guy who has a big fellowing.

Open daily, Sunday to 3 only. They have their wine and beer license so far. Lots of TV's on the walls . Open plan so you can see the tv from anywhere. Both times the place was full.


Burgers , steaks, pasta , unusual appetizers . We saw a couple of brown bags on the tables, it is called catdaddy and is sorta a augratin with fish, crawfish and shrimp for 14.00, not on menu.
Lots of interesting salads .
the restaurant is kid friendly

West Monroe in the new strip center , mill and 6th street.

Jason Humble is the man behind the restaurant and his vision is working! Jason , I will stop by and introduce myself.

No excuse for poor service !

Ok those of you that saw my tweet realize I had to leave or start a big hoopla ! 1) person did not speak english 2) took Gerald writing his order on a napkin to take back 3) got things we did not order 4) totally called over an interpreter and finally got something close 5) cashier was a complete idiot ! I am sure I paid for everything I did not order ..... oh he gave me a 10% discount.... 6) Never will I go back to Chil verdi on 165 in monroe . Tomorrow I don't know, I think a call at least to see if I can get at least a I'm sorry. But the parking lot is always full .... why..that is the second time in a row we have not had a good experience.

Enestos expanding and putting in Indian

Ernestos has taken the Peking in across the street for a indian restaurant . That is all I know ! someone fill me in as you find out .