I'm a Cajun American having grown up catching our own crawfish to put in gumbo & using vension & pork andouille (not smoked) sausage the hunter in our family providds for chicken & sausage gumbo. Man dat's good gumbo, cher! For 'store bought' gumbo, Papadeaux's on Richmand has good seafood gumbo, but consistently horrible service. Order as take out on a chilly night :-) Also second the Goode Company seafood gumbo. Ditto on Rajun Cajun's gumbo. Trying too hard to impress w/ how hot everything is there!

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Goode Company Restaurants
2511 Bartlett St, Houston, TX 77098

I second the recommend for D'Amico's in Rice Village for the pasta & specialty Italian items.

Help! My usual source for mini pie shells no longer carries them. Can't remember the brand name, but they come 4 to a box. Desparately need help w/ this as I need them for my Christmas baking this week, augh! Thanks!