3 editor picks in Memphis.
3 cajun creole places in Memphis we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Memphis | Cajun Creole across every city.
Cajun and Creole cooking reaches Memphis from down the Mississippi, plating gumbo, etouffee and blackened fish for a Tennessee crowd. Owen Brennan's in East Memphis carries the New Orleans-style Creole template, while Soul Fish Cafe in Cooper-Young folds Gulf seafood and Southern plates together. Restaurant Iris in East Memphis brings a more refined chef's hand to Louisiana flavors.
Chef Kelly English's Restaurant Iris in Memphis moved to Poplar Avenue in 2022 with a tighter menu of New Orleans Creole built on Mississippi seafood.
OrderCrawfish and grits with andouille; a Sazerac to start.
TipLunch service was added with the move; the four-course tasting menu is the steady bet at dinner.
Owen Brennan's in Regalia on Poplar Avenue is a long-running East Memphis Creole-Cajun room with French Quarter styling, baked oysters and tableside bananas.
OrderOysters Brennan to start and bananas Foster prepared tableside for dessert.
TipReserve online; the Sunday jazz brunch and the tableside bananas Foster are the marquee orders.
Soul Fish Cafe in Cooper-Young Memphis on South Cooper runs catfish baskets, hush puppies and Mississippi-style po'boys under $15, the city's cheap-catfish.
OrderCatfish basket with hush puppies and turnip greens.
TipCounter service. The shrimp po'boy is the dark-horse order. Patio in spring is the seat.
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