Best Fried Fish in The State Found in Louisiana’s Emptiest Place

(KMDL-FM) If you weren't convinced that life in Louisiana was an oxymoron enigma wrapped in ironic mystery, then your quest for the best fried fish in Louisiana should do the convincing. How can something that is the best in Louisiana also be located in the place that Google has designated as the emptiest place in Louisiana?

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Alright, let's take care of the "empty part" first. If you ask Google where the emptiest place in Louisiana is, you will find that it is located next to a multi-million dollar resort complex. This "empty place" is home to one of the state's largest tourist attractions and has earned accolades from travel hosts, travel magazines, and travel reviewers for decades.

Louisiana's Emptiest Place is Home to a Multi-Million Dollar Resort

But don't get ahead of me, that's not where you find the best fried fish. For the fried fish, you will visit a much smaller business that does not have all the glitz and glamor. They just have incredible fried fish. In fact, their fried fish is so good that the website Chowhound confirmed our assessment that this small, out-of-the-way establishment in a small but not empty place in Louisiana has the most amazing fried fish you can find.

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Alright, if you didn't figure it out, the resort complex we were referring to is Coushatta Casino Resort. They just did a multi-million dollar renovation, and the facility has never been more welcoming. Oddly enough, the resort and all of its splendor are located in Allen Parish, the parish that Google says is the "emptiest place in Louisiana".

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And right down the road from Coushatta Casino Resort in Kinder, Louisiana, is where you will find Chowhound's choice for Louisiana's best fried fish. They give the nod to Roy's Catfish Hut in Kinder. You can tell it's good just by the name.

Kinder, Louisiana Restaurant Cooks Best Fried Fish in Louisiana

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If your name is Roy, you can probably cook. Every Roy I have ever known was an amazing cook. Then there comes the "hut" part. Any place that refers to itself as a "hut" is not pretentious. They understand the physical stature of the restaurant isn't full of glitz and glamor, but that's not why people go to restaurants, right?

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According to the reviews, the catfish is fried right at Roy's. It's crispy on the outside with a seasoned crust that reveals a steamy, flaky, soft, and inviting bite on the inside. I hear the fried pickles are good too. And, if the tartar sauce, a necessity as far as I am concerned, is halfway decent, then you might have found Heaven on Earth as far as fried fish eternities are concerned.

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So there you go, Allen Parish, come for the empty but get full while you're there. Here are some other places you might want to visit as well. They are kind of on your way.