Poche's Market & Restaurant

Poche's opened on Main Hwy in Breaux Bridge in 1962. The place still operates as part meat market, part restaurant, part Cajun institution — the kind of hybrid that makes sense in St. Martin Parish, where crawfish and boudin share the same counter. The boudin here runs a higher rice-to-pork ratio than what you'll find in the Lafayette corridor, and the seasoning is gentler. That's the St. Martin Parish palate. The menu includes smothered rabbit, backbone stew, and turtle sauce piquante. These are the dishes that appear when a kitchen doesn't have to justify itself. Breaux Bridge holds the title of Crawfish Capital of the World. Poche's is where that legacy meets boudin on the same plate. Stay for lunch.