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Discover Slidell
BY CARROLL DEVINE ST. TAMMANY LITERARY ARTIST OF THE YEAR
SLIDELL OFTEN SEEMS TO BE IN THE MIDDLE of or on the verge of fun and celebration — much of it having to do with music, mystery, food and the natural world. Not a bad thing. Finding your kind of music is easy in venues like The Landing, Arcade on Carey or The Lobby Lounge at the Harbor Center, and at the Saturday morning Camellia City Market. You might catch performances of the Northshore Community Orchestra or the Bayou Jam series at Heritage Park or treat your ears at any of the many festivals in town, including the Slidell Heritage Festival and the Louisiana Food Truck Festival, reputedly the largest in the state.
But Slidell’s entertainment does not end with music. Both Slidell Little Theatre and the Cutting Edge Theater offer several live stage plays a year.
To satisfy that need for the cryptic and exciting, what could be more mysterious than the pristine 70,000acre Honey Island Swamp, with Spanish moss draping from bald cypress trees, tea-colored water and the chance sightings of everything from alligators to bald eagles and opossums to screech owls. The only way into the swamp is on foot or by boat. Happily, Cajun Encounters Tours can take you into its heart by boat, providing both enlightenment and entertainment along the way. If you prefer fishing, you do not have to travel far. The Rigolets, Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Borgne, Lake Catherine and the Biloxi Marsh are all within easy reach. Dozens of seasoned captains launch daily out of Slidell, ready to guide you to rigs, reefs, bridges and honey holes known only by locals. Out here, the fish are biting, and good things come to those who wade.
CULINARY HOT SPOTS
CRAWFORD’S 1-STOP
715 Old Spanish Trail (985) 445-1199
EIGHT60 WINE WHISKEY BITES
860 Oak Harbor Blvd. (985) 259-4051
GILLIGIL’S ISLAND
4826 Pontchartrain Drive (985) 201-8824
JOE'S ITALIAN RISTORANTE
300 Oak Harbor Blvd. (985) 326-8637
KENNEY SEAFOOD, INC.
400 Pontchartrain Drive (985) 643-2717
KY’S OLDE TOWNE BICYCLE SHOP
2267 Carey St. (985) 641-1911
NATHAN’S RESTAURANT
36440 Old Bayou Liberty Road (985) 643-0443
NOLA SOUTHERN GRILL
1375 Gause Blvd. (985) 201-8200
OLDE TOWNE PIZZA CO.
285 Cousin St. (985) 445-1273
PALMETTOS ON THE BAYOU/ SIDE YARD BBQ
1901 Bayou Lane (985) 643-0050
PEARL’S SEAFOOD MARKET
502 Gause Blvd. (985) 214-9014
PECK’S SEAFOOD
2315 Gause Blvd. E. (985) 781-7272
PHIL’S MARINA CAFÉ
1194 Harbor Drive (985) 641-0464
QUE RICO! CUBAN CAFÉ
2170 Gause Blvd. W. (985) 201-8215
SOUTHSIDE CAFÉ
3154 Pontchartrain Drive (985) 643-6133
