Mardi Gras season is here. On Valentine’s Day – less than a month away – the Lenten Season begins. In Southwest Louisiana, celebrating good times, demonstrating our love for friends and family and even practicing our faith can involve food. 

Fried cracklins done right at Leonard’s Marketplace.

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Some of the best-tasting and most authentic Cajun and Creole dishes available can be found at Leonard’s Food Quarters and Leonard’s Marketplace.

Both locations are making it faster and easier to enjoy and share Leonard’s scrumptious, slow-cooked favorites and seafood specials in Lake Charles and throughout the United States.  

“I want to make sure our customers know that they can use the WAITR app not only to order from Leonard’s Food Quarters menu, but also from Leonard’s Marketplace,” said Jamie Fuselier, Leonard’s Marketplace. We can also send gift baskets to anywhere in the U.S.”    

Leonard’s Marketplace heat-and-eat meals – in quarts and individual servings – satisfy folks who have no time to cook yet crave the old-fashioned, downhome goodness of slow-cooked dishes made famous by Leonard’s.

A fried fish dinner from Leonard’s Marketplace.

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“Order one and stick it in the microwave or oven,” said Fuselier. “It’s ready in minutes. Use the WAITR app and you never have to leave home. For customers looking for delicious, quick seafood meals during Lenten, we have seafood dressing, crawfish etoufee and shrimp etoufee.” 

Seafood menu items available via WAITR at Leonard’s Food Quarters Restaurant include the seafood platter, seafood combos and seafood poboys. 

Leonard’s Marketplace also makes it possible to send the distinct taste of Leonard’s favorites, smoked meats and other regional foods anywhere in the U.S. In other parts of the state and country, authentic Louisiana foods delivered to the door from Leonard’s Marketplace might be just the thing needed to get the good times rolling or say, Happy Valentine’s Day. 

Order items to be shipped by going online, call or stopping by Leonard’s Marketplace. 

A fried shrimp poboy from Leonard’s Marketplace.

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Leonard’s Food Quarters was established in 1986 and is known for its consistent quality, old-fashioned approach to seasoning and slow simmering and range of menu items sure to please everyone in the family. 

Leonard’s Marketplace makes it possible to send the distinct taste of Leonard’s favorites, like rice dressing to other parts of the state and country.

Evan Lewis

Leonard’s Marketplace, at 1704 Hwy. 14/Gerstner Memorial Drive, is next door. In addition to seafood dishes listed above, other heat-and-eat meals include: 

• Red beans and rice with smoked sausage 
• Spaghetti and meatballs 
• Chicken and sausage gumbo 
• Meatballs and gravy 
• Smothered steak and rice 
• Rice dressing 
• Cornbread dressing
• Meatballs and gravy 

Leonard’s Marketplace has groceries, seasonings, savings on smoked and other meats, made-from-scratch barbeque sauce, boudin- or cornbread-stuffed pork chop or boudin- or cornbread-stuffed chicken, and favorite regional brands. EBT cards accepted. 

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Location: 1704 Hwy. 14/Gerstner Memorial Drive

Hours: M-F, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. 

Phone: (337) 602-6160

For ordering and shipping, go to www.leonardsfoodquarters.com

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