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The Bourbon Street Barrel Room · Tremont
The Bourbon Street Barrel Room channels Louisiana through gumbo, jambalaya, po boys and seafood plates in a spacious Tremont room. Cleveland Magazine describes the restaurant's signature gumbo and its roots in Southern Louisiana. The Professor Avenue address is the sole location, with a menu built specifically around Cajun and Creole cooking.
House of Creole Cleveland · Downtown
House of Creole serves loaded gumbo, etouffee and jambalaya from its Prospect Avenue dining room. Cleveland Magazine connects those dishes to the restaurant's broader Creole menu. The downtown location combines a lively room with a broad selection of seafood, rice dishes and cocktails, representing the Cleveland branch of a small two city group.
Bite Creole Kitchen · South Euclid
Bite Creole Kitchen builds a Northern gumbo with crawfish, crab, chicken, sausage and shrimp, bringing a generous seafood mix to its Creole menu. Cleveland Magazine details that bowl in its local gumbo coverage. The Monticello Boulevard restaurant rounds out the menu with other seafood, rice and sauce driven preparations rooted in Creole cooking.
Susy's Soup & Deli Reserve Square · Downtown
Susy's folds a long running chicken gumbo into a downtown soup and deli rotation, offering a lighter everyday setting for Cajun and Creole flavors. Cleveland Magazine traces the gumbo's place on the menu. The East Twelfth Street counter makes the dish accessible as a quick lunch rather than a full restaurant occasion.