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So Much More than Burgers at Novrozsky’s Hamburgers

May 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

When visiting Sulphur, Louisiana, we always take time to eat at Novrozsky’s Hamburgers, a small chain of restaurants that started in Beaumont, Texas. Novrozsky’s serves hamburgers that are thick and juicy, great chicken fried steak, fried boudin balls, humongous stuffed potatoes, nachos, sandwiches and more. Best of all, they have a variety of heart-healthy items on the menu, such as grilled fish, salads and healthy burgers.

One of my favorite heart-healthy dishes at Novrozsky’s is the grilled mahi-mahi. Served with a fresh leafy salad, it’s a dieter’s delight.

Grilled Mahi Mahi with a salad

Grilled Mahi Mahi with a salad

Last time we were in Sulphur, the hubster tried the Philly cheese steak sandwich—all natural thin-sliced steak served on French bread with Swiss cheese, grilled onions and a side of au jus.

Philly Cheese Steak

Novrozsky's Philly cheese steak sandwich has lots of meat and lots of flavor.

Did I mention the thick and juicy burgers? The photo below tells the story!

Bacon cheddar burger

Bacon cheddar burger

To see their menu, visit novrozskys.com. Or like them on facebook.

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52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History – Disasters

March 13, 2011 By 5 Comments

Anyone who has lived on the Texas or Louisiana Gulf Coast for any length of time is no stranger to hurricane season. As for me—I can’t even begin to count the number of hurricanes I’ve seen. Fortunately, most of them were relatively minor, with little or no damage. Others, however, left their mark. Those are the hurricanes that stand out in my memory.

Sulphur, Louisiana, The Storm Country

In her photo album, my grandmother (Lucy Courrege Benoit) documented the aftermath of one storm that blew through Sulphur, Louisiana in the early 20th Century.

Sulphur, Storm Country

This photo was labeled “Sulphur, The Storm Country.” My grandparents are not in these two photos, but they were in other photos with these people on the same album page.

Ruins - Sulphur, Louisiana

Ruins - Sulphur, Louisiana

Mystery – When Were the Photos Taken?

I wish I knew when these were taken. At first I thought they were taken after the devastating Southwest Louisiana hurricane of August 6, 1918. Then I realized that my grandfather was fighting in France at the time of that hurricane. So now I have no idea what kind of storm destroyed the two building in the photos. This may always remain a mystery to me. I hope not.

About 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History

For the third year, Amy Coffin of the We Tree Genealogy Blog has created 52 weeks of prompts for genealogy bloggers. The theme for 2011 is 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History. These are shared on the Geneabloggers.com web site, hosted by Thomas MacEntee.

Week 10: Disasters. Did you experience any natural disasters in your lifetime? Tell us about them. If not, then discuss these events that happened to parents, grandparents or others in your family.

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Richard’s Boudin & Seafood in Sulphur, LA

August 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment

July 30, 2009. How can you not love a place with appetizers named gator gallops and mudbug riders. The hubster and I enjoyed lunch at Richard’s (pronounced Ree-shard’s) so much, we went back for dinner. Now that we’ve discovered Richard’s, we will go there for our seafood fix from now on!

Fried shrimp and crawfish at Richard's Boudin and Seafood

Richard’s has a wide varitey of fried and grilled seafood, as well as burgers, sandwiches and “peaux” boys — all at reasonable prices. And it’s a LOT of food. My fried crawfish and shrimp platter came with a fresh salad, french fries (or cole slaw) and jalapeno hush puppies. Everything is cooked when you order it so it’s fresh and flavorful. I also just had to try the gator gallops (see appetizers below if you want to know what these are).

Daily Special

Etouffee at Richard's Boudin and Seafood

Thursday’s special was a choice of BBQ, meatball stew or etouffee with two vegetables and a roll. The hubster had etouffee and there was plenty of it.

The restaurant

Richard's Boudin and Seafood

Richard's Boudin and Seafood

Look for the large crawfish on top of a red sign. Richard’s has two dining rooms. In addition to dining, Richard’s also sells boudin by the pound.

Appetizers

Menu at Richard's Boudin and Seafood

Angel oysters are oysters wrapped in bacon, battered and deep fried. Mudbug riders are crawfish wrapped in bacon, battered and deep fried. Gator Gallops? Yep. Alligator wrapped in bacon, battered and deep fried. What a treat!

Pistolettes at Richard's Boudin and Seafood

This is the inside of the crawfish pistolette, a French roll stuffed with crawfish, celery, onions and creamy goodness.

Dessert

Lemon pie at Richard's Boudin and Seafood

There are three dessert choices — coconut pie, chocolate pie and lemon pie. This is 1/2 of the lemon pie, which was more than enough after a huge meal. The pie was light and tart. Just the way I like my lemon pie.

Richard’s Boudin & Seafood
2250 E Napoleon (Hwy 90)
Sulphur, LA 70663
(337) 625-8474

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