37306 Old Perkins Rd. (near Airline Hwy.)
Prairieville, LA 70769
225-325-3911
For over three decades, the Delaune family has been in the
seafood business, providing the South Louisiana area with fresh seafood direct
from their own private dock at Bayou Bienvenu.
After Hurricane Katrina displaced the family from their home in St.
Bernard Parish, they came to Prairieville to seek out a new start.
They started humbly, selling fresh seafood from a truck
parked near the intersection of Airline Highway and Old Perkins Road. Before long business had increased and
ironically just one week after Hurricane Gustav hit the area, Tommy’s Fish
House was opened.
Tommy’s houses a seafood market and a restaurant offering a
variety of great local seafood, as well as other tasty items. All the staples are here; poboys, soups, stews, étoufées, as well as a variety of
boiled and fried seafood favorites. Boiled
seafood is done well, with seasoning that delivers great flavor without being
overly hot. I had the crawfish, and it
was done well, easily peeled and adequately seasoned. Another highlight from the menu that I
sampled was the Pepper Jack Crab Dip.
Jumbo lump crab is mixed with a pepper jack cream sauce to create a
flavorful appetizer. For the non-seafood
folks, Tommy’s serves up a good burger as well as a few tasty chicken dishes. They also frequently offer house specials
where chef Michael Summers showcases his culinary skills.
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In my opinion, the real thing that sets Tommy’s apart from
the plethora of seafood restaurants in our area is the service. Manager Chalin Delaune is committed to
customer service, and is heavily involved in ensuring that the customer has a
great experience. He’s well plugged into
the social media aspect of modern business and fully realizes its importance in
maintaining customers. No negative
opinion or experience gets past him without a sincere effort to make it right
for all involved.
By the end of the year, the business will split into the restaurant
fully taking over the current building and the seafood market moving into the building
next door. The seafood market will be
expanded into a full service fresh market offering an even larger assortment of
fresh seafood as well as house made sausage and other specialty meats. For the hunters out there, Tommy’s will also have
facilities available for cleaning and prep of wild game. But the biggest addition will be the
installation of a crawfish holding system.
Tanks are being installed along with a complex aquatic system that will
facilitate the holding and cleaning of up to ten thousand pounds of live
crawfish. This will ensure that
customers have access to the freshest, cleanest, and best tasting crawfish in
the region.
So whether you’re looking for a great meal or fresh
ingredients to prepare yourself at home, give Tommy’s a try. They are located in northern Ascension
parish, in the Oak Grove area, across Old Perkins Rd from the Prairieville
Wal-Mart, and are open for lunch 6 days a week (Tues-Sun) and dinner 5 nights
per week (Tues-Sat).
