Enjoy spicy eats at this Cajun restaurant, where the choices are unlimited (there are 80-plus hot-sauce options, alone). The Southern cuisine includes jambalaya, fried chicken, barbecue spare ribs, and crawfish etouffee. Mondays are open-mike nights. "Fat" Tuesdays bring all-you-can-eat specials. Wednesdays are voodoo nights (tarot-card readings). And live bands sing the blues from Thursday to Saturday. Sunday brunch available.

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