Third Generation Eats

Opelousas · Lafayette · Acadiana

Third Generation Eats

Where southern Louisiana flavor meets country charm

Cajun/Creole soul food cooked the way our family has cooked it for three generations: slow, seasoned with love, and made to be shared. Order pickup from our trailer on West Landry Street.

Find us at
910 W Landry St in Opelousas
Catering
Across Acadiana
Cooking Since
Three+ generations back
How to eat with us

Three ways to get a plate

Pick it up hot from the trailer, let us cater your event, or come find us where we are parked during special events.

Order Pickup

You will find us at 910 W Landry St in Opelousas on Friday to Sunday. Place your order, we will confirm a pickup time, and it will be hot and boxed up when you pull up.

Catering & Events

Family gatherings, church functions, company parties, graduations, homecoming, and weddings. We bring the full setup - pots and the flavor.

Find the Trailer

You might find us out and about during special events and such in the community we serve. Follow us on Instagram to see where we'll be and what's cooking.

From the pot

What we are known for

Louisiana staples, cooked low and slow. Everything is made from scratch, the same way it was made at our grandmother’s table.

Crawfish fettuccine in a pot, creamy sauce with crawfish tails and green onion

Crawfish Fettuccine

Louisiana crawfish tails folded into a creamy, well-seasoned sauce over fettuccine. The dish people come back for.

Close up of smothered beef in rich brown gravy

Smothered Meat & Gravy

Cooked down for hours until it falls apart, served over rice with gravy worth sopping up. Sunday dinner, any day.

Cornmeal crusted fried catfish served alongside crawfish fettuccine

Fried Catfish

Cornmeal crusted and fried to order. Crisp outside, flaky through the middle, and even better next to the fettuccine.

A large pot of oxtails simmering in seasoned gravy
Our story

It started as Sunday dinner

Third Generation Eats did not start as a business. It started as Sunday dinner. Three generations later, we are still cooking the same way: slow, seasoned with love, and made to be shared.

The recipes did not come from a book. They came from a kitchen in south Louisiana, passed down by watching, tasting, and being told to stir. Nothing gets rushed, nothing gets shortcut, and every plate leaves the window the way we would serve it at our own table.

Catering & events

Bring three generations to your event

Birthdays, repasts, church functions, graduations, weddings, company lunches. We cater across Opelousas, Lafayette and the wider Acadiana area, with drop-off trays or the trailer on site.

Word of mouth

What people say

Rated 5 out of 5
Best bbq wings I've had in this area!
S. Doucet
Lafayette, LA
Rated 5 out of 5
Thank you for all the food for my son's graduation. Everyone loved it all - especially the cowboy stew!
A. McKinley
Lafayette, LA
Rated 5 out of 5
Love the smothered garfish, fried catfish, and crawfish etouffe. I'm coming get it every time it's on the menu.
T. Holmes
Acadiana
Find us

910 W Landry Street

Pull up to the trailer in Opelousas. Orders placed ahead are boxed and ready at your pickup time, so there is no waiting in line.

Hours

When we are open

  • Monday CLOSED
  • Tuesday CLOSED
  • Wednesday CLOSED
  • Thursday CLOSED
  • Friday 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Saturday 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Sunday 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Hours can change for private events and holidays, so check Instagram @thirdgeneats for the latest updates.