Plate lunches aren't exactly known for being light ... it looks likely that Laura's II will continue to dish up exceptional Acadiana soul food, hopefully for generations to come.

Thomason, best known locally as “Mz. Jade,” will soon share her journey as a soul food restaurant business owner with a crowd at the Fitton Center’s February Celebrating Self series luncheon.

Metro Codes shut down the soul food cafe because housing construction ... Vaughn said it was like "a Sunday lunch crowd" all day long. Cars filled up the parking lot and spilled down 10th Ave.

The menu at Cuddy’s features soul food staples like ribs ... Melvin Jackson Sr., 81, for lunch. Jackson ordered fish, greens and candied yams. “It’s flavorful. I’ve tried other places ...