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| - Thanks to Yelp, my BFF found this place by typing "vegan". I'm so glad she did, it was VERY GOOD!
While we were ordering our drinks, Turbo Dog for me and Purple Haze for my cohort, the obviously Louisiana-born chef came out and asked if we had ever been there before. I'm glad he did, because my friend is a pretty hard-core vegan and she wanted to know all of the details. Stinky's Vegan Gumbo is not automatically vegan. The veggie chicken isn't but the veggie sausage is, and the side of potato salad isn't, but they can substitute black-eyed peas which are. So she ordered the Stinky Gumbo without chicken, and substituted black-eyed peas for the side, which normally costs $1 extra, but the chef said we could do it, so the waitress waived the extra fee.
Whew! It was a bit of work, but my friend was very happy to get exactly what she was expecting, and the chef was incredibly knowledgeable and courteous about her questions. Apparently he was vegan for a bunch of years, vegetarian for a bunch more, and now just has the occasional meat to check out the quality in the restaurant. Perfect! He even mentioned that he was trying to find a source for vegan chicken so that eventually there would be no substitutions necessary.
In our group we additionally ordered the seafood gumbo, chicken and sausage gumbo, chicken fricasee and hush puppies. I'm no expert on what is authentic Cajun cuisine, but I do know what I like, and I liked my food a lot. Everyone else in the group was equally pleased with their dishes.
My big bowl of chicken and sausage gumbo (which I've never had before) was full of chicken, andouille sausage and okra in a spicy soup base with rice. The okra wasn't even slightly slimy, which was what I was expecting after years of hearing about this much maligned vegetable. The black-eyed peas were equally spiced and delicious. My husbands fricasee was a chicken and potato stew with rice and had a slower, but equally significant amount of heat.
There was a poker tournament going on, so we were really the only diners at the time. I'm sure that accounts for the level of attention we received from the chef, but it was definitely appreciated. He came out after we had a chance to sample our meals to make sure that we were happy, and we were. He also let us know about other social events that he would bring to the location: a variety of bands from metal to country as well as poker tournaments and the like.
The beer was awesome too. The two brews that my cohort ordered, TurboDog and Purple Haze are both made in Louisiana. TurboDog is frighteningly dark-looking, without the heavy dark beer taste, think Amberbock if it was actually a good beer. The Purple Haze is a lighter beer with a slightly peculiar aftertaste, but I only had a sip so I'm not sure what a whole glass would taste like.
The menu contained 3-4 other entrees that I would love to go back and try. I can't wait to go back!
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