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Your Votes Revealed: Top 20 Local Restaurant Favorites in Lake Charles & Southwest Louisiana

Ask a local, "Where's your favorite spot to eat?" and you'll get an instant recommendation—often more than one! During April and the first week of May, we asked you to vote for your Top 3 local restaurants.

The votes are in, and we're excited to share Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana's Top 20 Restaurants, as chosen by you!

First place: Luna Bar & Grill.

Your Votes Revealed: Top 20 Local Restaurant Favorites in Lake Charles & Southwest Louisiana

Second place: Steamboat Bill’s on the Lake.

Your Votes Revealed: Top 20 Local Restaurant Favorites in Lake Charles & Southwest Louisiana

Third place: Pat’s of Henderson.

Your Votes Revealed: Top 20 Local Restaurant Favorites in Lake Charles & Southwest Louisiana

This year's turnout was record-breaking: double the entries and over 6,000 individual restaurant votes.

Completing the Top 20 (alphabetical order): 121 Artisan Bistro, Blue Dog Café, Buffi’s Peaux Boys, Casa Mañana, Darrell’s, Harlequin Steaks & Seafood, Hollier’s Cajun Kitchen, LaVoglia Ristorante Italiano, MacFarlane’s Celtic Pub, Mazen’s Mediterranean Foods, Restaurant Calla, Saltgrass Steakhouse at Golden Nugget, Southern Spice Restaurant & Grill, Texas Roadhouse, Tony’s Pizza, Walk-On’s.

Thrilled to see several newcomers to the area on the list. Thank you for participating!

For the complete Top 20 details and winner spotlights, visit www.visitlakecharles.org/Top20. Follow Lake Charles CVB on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LakeCharlesCVB.

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