Dorignac's Food Center

Dorignac's in 2007

Dorignac's Food Center is a historic food store on Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie, Louisiana, near New Orleans, known for offering regional specialties.[1]

History

Joseph Dorignac, Jr. first opened a grocery store in 1947 on Jackson Avenue in the Lower Garden District before relocating in 1963 to Veterans Highway and Focis Street, near the Orleans parish line.[2] Joseph Dorignac III took over the business after his father passed. It is owned and currently being operated by the family,

Goods and services

Dorignac's is a source of Creole cuisine and Cajun items such as Creole cream cheese, crawfish pie, frog legs, gumbo, catfish and olive salad, used to make muffuletta. The store also sells produce, meats, baked goods, party platters, and wedding cakes. Local staples include Cajun Crawtator potato chips from Zapp's, yogurt from Bittersweet Plantation Dairy, hot pickled okra, Louisiana pecans, Camellia brand red beans, Union coffee and chicory,[3] as well as artichoke stalks to make a dish for Saint Joseph's Day.[4] At Thanksgiving the store sells turducken.

Dorigniac's has a large bakery at the front of the store and offers King cakes.[5] They also have a Kosher bakery, whose king cakes feature baby Moses.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Business (Not) as usual in the big easy: Dorignac's, which re-opened shortly after the devastation wrought in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina, is seeing more beverage alcohol business than ever. - Free Online Library".
  2. ^ Catherine Campanella Metairie Arcadia Publishing March 12, 2008 - 128 pages page 113
  3. ^ Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table page 264
  4. ^ Louisiana Off the Beaten Path, 9th: A Guide to Unique Places page 157
  5. ^ Ann Nungesser Top King Cakes in New Orleans Grocery Stores & Supermarkets Archived 2012-11-19 at the Wayback Machine; Another Mardi Gras King Cake Source About.com Guide
  6. ^ Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South: Easyread Comfort Edition page 265
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