Flavors and libations from Louisiana meet hole-in-the wall Scottsdale sports bar.
We came in during a Saints game. They were losing and the scattered patrons at the bar weren't happy. At first glance, RC is your average looking dive bar with a Cajun theme. A rough looking group of biker regulars at the bar, several friendly looking customers and a very welcoming staff. We got hugs on the way out!
We ordered three beers. Amber Abita (my personal favorite) is a somewhat watery but refreshing light beer. Purple Haze has a medium-strength fruity flavor that we ordered because of the name and I remembered seeing it in New Orleans. The most interesting was the Andygator. It has a peach/apricot aftertaste with a hollow sweetness. I'm looking forward to trying out their other selections.
For food, we started with the corn nuggets - cooked well and not too corny with the excellent honey mustard sauce. My friend ordered the Bubba Burger which is your standard double cheeseburger with cajun fry's that looked nice and crispy. They were out of the Jambalaya, but I was recommended the Crawfish Etoufee. Wow! Delicious and medium spicy seafood sauce with plenty of tender crawfish served on rice. Match that with the buttered rolls and I was in southern food heaven. The dishes were delivered by two people, who looked like maybe the owners and/or the chef, who genuinely wanted to know if we liked our dinner. Talk about hospitality!
We chatted with the manager and the waitress for a while, who was actually from the south. Learned a lot about the beers and can't wait to go back to try more of that southern cooking.