Bland, uninspired, boring and dark. Great happy hour spot. Don't miss Spicy Mary.
--light provided by a cluster of 4 low-watt street-lamp-style globes and candles goes for a sidewalk cafe, but it was just too dark.
--chicken gumbo uninteresting
--red beans and rice, no flavor
--jumbalaya a mound of bland rice with flecks of meat
--sausage very authentic with ground spicy bits of hooves and snouts, except I can still feel those bits, ew!
--crawdads are the only palatable dish, though it's not far from a Chinese all-you-can-eat buffet.
--Spicy Mary made with Absolut Peppar and marinated asparagus. Don't miss it.
--live low slow blues guitar and jazz styles missing the energy I wanted
--food also missing a kind of mischief I expect from this cuisine; I have to douse everything with Tabasco.
Baby kay's is a Phoenix stalward, having survived for at least 15 years, but probably longer. Am Missing something? Is Southern cooking just not interesting? I think not. I'll hav to pull out my old VCR tapes of that heavy French accent narrating Best Chefs of the World.