Gumbo's Louisiana Style Cafe in Denver Colorado

Gumbo's Louisiana Style Cafe

Address: 1530 16th St.

Cross Streets: 16th and Wazee

Phone: 720-956-1490

Price: $$$

Reservations: Yes

Hours: L-D:Mon-Fri, D:Sat-Sun

Gumbo transports you to New Orleans with its circa-1940s Louisiana décor, incredible black-and-white tile floors, great photos and warm colors. A large, separate bar area makes the perfect place for dining with a view of the open kitchen, or simply enjoying a drink. If you love New Orleans cooking, you’re set for life. Dig into gumbo, étouffée and lots of rich, creamy, wonderful dishes. Start with Gumbo’s-style Oysters Rockefeller. The huge serving begins with the traditional preparation, and each is topped with a fried oyster. The crawfish and seafood gumbo is redolent with the spices of the South, while the traditional shrimp and crawfish étouffée wows. Ten jumbo fried shrimp arrive with remoulade, tartar or cocktail sauce and delicious dirty rice. Blackened catfish smothered in chicken and sausage gumbo, blackened-beef tenderloin over red-wine pepper sauce topped with crabmeat and peppercorn-crusted pork tenderloin please all. The fish of the day comes either blackened or grilled with different choices of sauces and gumbos. Salmon and catfish arrive with your choice of rice or the not-to-be-missed sweet potatoes. Don’t leave without the French-style cheesecake with praline sauce, southern bread pudding or the famous New Orleans-style custard. Let the fun begin with a meal at Gumbo’s.