"100% our favorite restaurant near Lafayette, Louisiana is the one and only Poor Boy's Riverside Inn in Broussard. We had the pleasure of dining with the owners Richard and Lori Watkins Hurst at their family owned seafood restaurant that was opened 92 years ago. One of the very best meals from start to finish that we have had in a very long time. We started with the Alligator Tidbits Deep fried and grilled and Cajun Crab fingers, both were excellent. Plus a Richard’s Famous Tequila Martini. I got one of the best dishes ever, The Redfish Extravaganza Filet of Redfish (also available with tilapia, flounder or catfish) stuffed with crab meat stuffing then topped with crawfish, more crab meat and mushrooms sauteed in sweet cream butter. My son got the Crawfish Dinner special sampling of many fine crawfish dishes including: Crawfish salad, crawfish and corn soup, crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee over rice, crawfish boulettes, crawfish au gratin and fried crawfish tails. Sooo...good! special sampling of many fine crawfish dishes including: Crawfish salad, crawfish and corn soup, crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee over rice, crawfish boulettes, crawfish au gratin and fried crawfish tails. Sooo...good! Lori and Richard got the Crab Cake dinner, Crab Imperial, and an order of Lump Crab Meat. Dessert was their award winning Sweet Potato Beignets. You got to try them! 10 out of 10 on the food, cocktails, service and atmosphere."
