5 to Try: Mardi Gras
Ri'chard's Louisiana Café
4420 Whites Creek Pike
299-9590, richardscafe.com
Everybody's at home when they pull up to a Cajun table. It's a camaraderie born of fighting a common enemy (350 percent humidity). That "nobody's a stranger" feeling is true no matter where your Cajun table is. So, even if your grandfather was a Connecticut W.A.S.P. and you think "Louisiana" has five syllables instead of four, you're welcome at Ri'chard's, where the jambalaya is spiced up to a medium range of heat just right for your Yankee palate. Comes with hot sauce, if you're feeling it.
