Jazz Street Grill

The food in no way resembles Louisiana cooking. The seasoning is absent and the food is completely bland, and some of what we were served was just plain disgusting (do not order the crab bisque). The "chefs" are charlatans who, if they ever did visit Louisiana, wasted their cooking school tuition at a strip bar on Bourbon St. If you want actual Louisiana cuisine, get a cookbook and a good seasoning mix. Also, the music in no way resembled anything one would hear in Lake Charles, Breaux Bridge, LaFayette or New Orleans. It was not jazz, zydeco or Cajun. Laissez les bon temps rouler? That's just plagiarism. Their slogan should read, "we serve lousy, bland food and host lame rock cover bands." Pros: It's local? Cons: Everything! more

A slice of the "Big Easy" in Central Virginia. Jazz Street offers a nice selection of Cajun favorites from gumbo to jambalaya to shrimp creole, plus a few New Orleans beers. On Saturday evenings a live jazz band adds to the feeling of letting the good times roll. One big problem is the lack of a true smoke-free area. Pros: great Cajun dishes more