TaD's Louisiana Cooking- Lake Charles
3624 Ryan St, Lake Charles
(337) 602-6678
Customers' Favorites
Andouille Shrimp Wraps
Country Fried Steak
Crawfish Half Half
Catfish Breakfast
Seafood Appetizer
Fried Alligator
Crawfish Bisque
Hamburger Steak
Boiled Crawfish
Crawfish Etoufee
Picked for you
Chicken Wings
Your choice of naked or battered, original (no sauce), Louisiana, buffalo, sweet chili sauce, or garlic Parmesan.
Jambalaya
A homemade Jambalaya with chicken, sausage, and pork.
Shrimp Platter
Fresh large shrimp grilled or fried. Served with your choice of a side and a house salad.
Cheeseburger (1/2 lb)
A half pound burger topped with American cheese, mayo, lettuce, tomato, pickles, and onions.
Shrimp O'Stuffed Poboy
Dressed with homemade tartar sauce, lettuce, and tomatoes.
Appetizers
Ahi Tuna Appetizer
Chicken Wings
Your choice of naked or battered, original (no sauce), Louisiana, buffalo, sweet chili sauce, or garlic Parmesan.
Crawfish Queso
White queso with crawfish served with fresh chips.
Seafood Appetizer
Fried alligator, fried shrimp, and catfish bites.
Catfish Bites
Lightly fried catfish bites served with our homemade tartar sauce.
Quesadillas
Your choice of chicken, shrimp, or crawfish.
Fried Alligator
Alligator bites deep-fried and served with honey mustard.
Loaded Fries
French fries topped with cheese, bacon, sour cream, and chives.
Cajun Crab Cakes (2 pcs)
Homemade crab cakes topped with crawfish etouffee and chives.
Boneless Wings
Fried with your choice of original, Louisiana, buffalo, sweet chili, or garlic Parmesan.
Fried Pickles
Pickle slices battered and deep-fried.
Mozzarella Sticks
Mozzarella cheese fried and served with marinara sauce.
Stuffed Shrimp
Fried shrimp with our homemade seafood stuffing.
Onion Rings
Fresh sliced onions battered, fried, and piled high.
Cajun Eggplant
Fried julienne style eggplant topped with our crawfish etouffee.
Popcorn Shrimp
Popcorn shrimp with your choice of original, buffalo, Tad's sauce, or sweet chili sauce.
Fried Mushrooms
Mushrooms battered and fried, served with homemade ranch dressing.
Shrimp Cocktail
Chilled and served with our homemade cocktail sauce.
Spinach and Artichoke Dip
Served with chips.
Louisiana Cooking
Chicken & Sausage Gumbo
Homemade with fresh chicken and sausage.
Crawfish Etouffee
Our award winning recipe with Louisiana crawfish. Plate served with Texas toast.
Blackened Shrimp Alfredo
Linguine noodles topped in our homemade Alfredo sauce with blackened shrimp (chicken optional).
Jambalaya
A homemade Jambalaya with chicken, sausage, and pork.
Crawfish Bisque
Creamy crawfish bisque served in a cup.
Crawfish (1/2 and 1/2)
Fried crawfish tails served with our crawfish etouffee over rice with a toast.
Traditional
Country Fried Steak
Served with white gravy, French fries, and Texas toast.
Chicken Bacon Ranch Wrap
Spinach tortilla with grilled chicken, cheese, bacon, avocado, lettuce, tomato, and ranch. Served with fries.
Chicken Fried Chicken
Served with white gravy, French fries, and Texas toast.
Tad's Bowl
Rice topped with corn, grilled chicken or shrimp, Cheddar cheese, tomato, lettuce, avocado, and bacon drizzled with homemade ranch.
Cajun Tacos
Tacos with your choice of grilled fish, shrimp, or chicken served with cabbage, tomatoes, and Tad's sauce.
Tad's Deluxe Chicken Dinner
Blackened grilled chicken breasts topped with Swiss cheese, bacon, and avocado. Served with a side and a house salad.
Chicken Strip Dinner
Chicken strips served original or tossed in buffalo or Louisiana, served with white gravy French fries and Texas toast.
Chicken Stuffed Potato
A baked potato topped with grilled chicken, white gravy, Cheddar cheese, diced tomatoes, sour cream, and chives.
Seafood
Shrimp Platter
Fresh large shrimp grilled or fried. Served with your choice of a side and a house salad.
Boiled Shrimp (1 lb)
Seasoned Cajun boiled shrimp.
Fried Alligator Platter
Tender alligator bites seasoned, battered, and fried. Served with your choice of a side and a house salad.
Cajun Catfish
Tender marinated catfish either grilled or fried, topped with our homemade crawfish etouffee. Served with your choice of a side and a house salad.
Seafood Entrée
Shrimp, stuffed shrimp, oysters, catfish, and hush puppies fried. Served with your choice of a side and a house salad.
Stuffed Shrimp
Butterflied shrimp filled with seafood stuffing and lightly fried. Served with your choice of a side and a house salad.
Blackened Red Snapper
Gulf red snapper blackened topped with a lemon garlic butter and lump crab meat. Served with your choice of a side and a house salad.
Catfish Entrée
Served grilled or fried served with homemade tartar sauce. Served with your choice of a side and a house salad.
Grilled Atlantic Salmon
Fresh grilled salmon. Served with your choice of a side and a house salad.
Oyster Platter
Fresh oysters hand battered and fried. Served with your choice of a side and a house salad.
Steaks
Angus Ribeye (16 oz)
Seared and grilled to perfection topped with garlic butter. Served with your choice of a side and a house salad. Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Hamburger Steak (1 lb)
Prime beef topped with sautéed onions, mushrooms, and brown gravy. Served with your choice of a side and a house salad. Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Cajun Angus Ribeye (16 oz)
Seared and grilled to your specification, topped with our award winning crawfish etouffee. Served with your choice of a side and a house salad. Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Surf and Turf
16 ounce Angus ribeye seared and grilled to your specification topped with garlic butter, served with fried shrimp. Served with your choice of a side and a house salad. Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Lagniappe
Catfish Strips (2 pcs)
Shrimp (4 pcs)
Etouffee Topping
Pontchartrain Topping
Fried Egg
Poboys
Shrimp O'Stuffed Poboy
Dressed with homemade tartar sauce, lettuce, and tomatoes.
Cajun Catfish O'Stuffed Poboy
Catfish topped with our award winning crawfish etouffee.
Oyster O'Stuffed Poboy
Dressed with homemade tartar sauce, lettuce, and tomatoes.
Catfish O'Stuffed Poboy
Dressed with our homemade tartar sauce, lettuce, and tomatoes.
Roast Beef O'Stuffed Poboy
Swiss cheese, grilled onions, lettuce, tomatoes, and mayo served with brown gravy.
Sandwiches
Tad's Grilled Chicken Sandwich
Bacon, avocado, swiss cheese, Tad's sauce, lettuce, and tomatoes.
Cheeseburger (1/2 lb)
A half pound burger topped with American cheese, mayo, lettuce, tomato, pickles, and onions.
Club Sandwich
Turkey, ham, bacon, Swiss and American cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and mayo, choice of white or wheat bread.
Dat' Burger (Fried Egg)
A half pound burger topped with American cheese, mayo, lettuce, tomato, pickles, and onions.
Fried Chicken Sandwich
Original or buffalo with mayo, lettuce, and tomatoes.
Salads
Grilled Seafood Salad
Shrimp, crawfish, and crab meat, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, cheese, onions, and croutons.
Premium Chicken Salad
Fried or grilled chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, cheese, croutons, onions, avocado, and bacon.
Chicken Caesar Salad
Romaine lettuce tossed in Caesar dressing, Parmesan cheese, and croutons topped with a blackened chicken breast.
Salmon Caesar Salad
Romaine lettuce tossed in Caesar dressing, Parmesan cheese, and croutons topped with an 8 ounce salmon filet.
Blackened Shrimp Salad
Spinach, feta, bacon, avocado, and tomatoes.
Desserts
Chocolate Lava Cake
Beignet Fries
Homemade Brothers Bread Pudding
Audrey's Pralines and Ice Cream
Strawberry Shortcake Mug
Sides
French Fries
Side Salad
Potato Salad
Hush Puppies
Baked Potato
Baked Sweet Potato
Fried Green Beans
Sweet Potato Fries
Asparagus
Steamed Broccoli
Grilled Veggies
Sautéed Spinach and Cherry Tomatoes
Picked for you
Cheeseburger (1/2 lb)
A half pound burger topped with American cheese, mayo, lettuce, tomato, pickles, and onions.
Cajun Catfish Lunch
Catfish filet grilled or fried topped with homemade crawfish etouffee, served with fries.
Fried Chicken Sandwich
Original or buffalo with mayo, lettuce, and tomatoes.
Hamburger Steak Lunch
1 pound of ground beef with mushrooms, onions, and brown gravy, served with fries.
Grilled Seafood Salad (Lunch Portion)
Iceberg and romaine lettuce topped with tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, cheese, and croutons with grilled shrimp, crab, and crawfish.
Lunch Menu
Cajun Catfish Lunch
Catfish filet grilled or fried topped with homemade crawfish etouffee, served with fries.
Chicken Strip Dinner
Chicken strips served original or tossed in buffalo or louisiana. Served with white gravy, french fries, and texas toast.
Hamburger Steak Lunch
1 pound of ground beef with mushrooms, onions, and brown gravy, served with fries.
Chicken Bacon Ranch Wrap
Spinach tortilla with grilled chicken, cheese, bacon, avocado, lettuce, tomato, and ranch, served with fries.
Cheeseburger (1/2 lb)
A half pound burger topped with American cheese, mayo, lettuce, tomato, pickles, and onions.
Shrimp (8 pcs)
Fried shrimp served with fries.
Dat' Burger (Fried Egg)
A half pound burger topped with American cheese, mayo, lettuce, tomato, pickles, and onions.
Club Sandwich
Turkey, ham, bacon, Swiss, American, lettuce, tomato, and mayo with your choice of white or wheat bread, served with fries.
Fried Chicken Sandwich
Original or buffalo with mayo, lettuce, and tomatoes.
Catfish (4 pcs)
Fried catfish strips served with fries.
Grilled Seafood Salad (Lunch Portion)
Iceberg and romaine lettuce topped with tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, cheese, and croutons with grilled shrimp, crab, and crawfish.
Chicken Berry Pecan Salad (Lunch Portion)
Baby spinach topped with feta cheese, strawberries, blueberries, candied pecans, and a grilled chicken breast.
Picked for you
Louisiana Bowl
Andouille sausage, potatoes, and eggs topped with your choice of gravy, crawfish etouffee, or queso.
Cajun Crab Cake Benedict
French bread with crab cakes stacked with eggs any style, topped with crawfish etouffee.
Texas Bowl
Bacon, sausage, potatoes, and eggs topped with your choice of gravy, crawfish etouffee, or queso.
Chicken Benedict
Biscuit with fried chicken stacked with eggs any style, topped with your choice of hollandaise, crawfish etouffee, or white queso.
Dat' French Toast
French toast topped with cheesecake batter, strawberries, and powdered sugar.
Breakfast Beginnings
Beignet Fries
New Orleans original beignets cut into strips topped with powdered sugar.
Boiled Shrimp (1/2 lb)
Served with our homemade cocktail sauce.
Breakfast Bowls
Louisiana Bowl
Andouille sausage, potatoes, and eggs topped with your choice of gravy, crawfish etouffee, or queso.
Texas Bowl
Bacon, sausage, potatoes, and eggs topped with your choice of gravy, crawfish etouffee, or queso.
Breakfast Omelets
Build Your Own Omelet
Our omelets are made with 3 eggs and American cheese. Served with your choice of potatoes or grits and a biscuit.
Breakfast Benedicts
Cajun Crab Cake Benedict
French bread with crab cakes stacked with eggs any style, topped with crawfish etouffee.
The Traditional Benedict
English muffin with eggs any style, stacked with ham, and topped with your choice of hollandaise, crawfish etouffee, or white queso.
Chicken Benedict
Biscuit with fried chicken stacked with eggs any style, topped with your choice of hollandaise, crawfish etouffee, or white queso.
Breakfast Sweets
Blueberry Pancakes
Dat' French Toast
French toast topped with cheesecake batter, strawberries, and powdered sugar.
French Toast
French toast topped with your choice of strawberries, pecans, or original.
Pancake Stack
Breakfast TaD's Favorites
The Big Easy
2 eggs, potatoes, toast, and choice of sausage or bacon.
The Pierre
2 eggs, beignet fries, choice of sausage or bacon, and grits or potatoes.
Tad's Breakfast
English muffin topped with 2 eggs, bacon, tomato, avocado, and queso.
Catfish Breakfast
Fried catfish filet served with 2 eggs, toast, and potatoes.
Avocado Toast
Texas toast topped with avocado schmear, two eggs over easy, and bacon.
Biscuits (2 pcs) and Sausage Gravy
Biscuits topped with white gravy and sausage.
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Recent Reviews
I stopped in on a Saturday afternoon. There wasn't that many people in there. I was able to snag a seat at the bar. The barista was very friendly and attentive. I started with a fried fish poboy and fries. Man did it hit the spot. The fish was fried just right, and so were the fries. The atmosphere is really pleasant, especially if you like laid back soul music.
There is accessible parking and entrance.
There is accessible parking and entrance.
November 2025
Was driving to TX on my way back from Nola but nothing opened til 11. I figured i would stop by to get a last taste of real Louisiana food and man this was good if not better than everything I had in Nola everything we ordered off the menu was absolute fire
October 2025
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