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Ponchatoulas is the best Cajun restaurant in North Louisiana. Try our crawfish etoufee today.

Menu

APPETIZERS

Salads

From the Fryer

Healthy Requests

Entrées

Po boys & Sandwiches

Lunch Plates

Desserts & Beverages

Kid’s Menu

Drinks

DENOTES HOUSE SPECIALTY

 

Fried in Trans Fat-Free Canola Oil

Boudin Balls $11.50

 

Filé Gumbo CUP $8.50; BOWL $13

Chicken and andouille sausage sautéed with onions
and peppers in a dark roux sauce

 

Seafood Gumbo CUP $9.50; BOWL $15

Gulf shrimp and blue crab in a dark roux sauce
Add fried oysters – $6

 

Boneless Buffalo Wings $11

Your choice of buffalo or barbecue sauce

 

Boo Fries $13

Covered with shredded jack and cheddar cheese, debris gravy, bacon bits, jalapeños and green onions

 

Boudin Egg rolls $12

Cajun boudin, pork, rice, seasonings, and pepper jack cheese served with a side of homemade remoulade sauce

 

Cheese Fries GF $10

Covered with shredded jack and cheddar cheese, bacon bits and green onions

 

Fried Cheese Sticks $9
Mini-Meat Pie Basket $9

(5) Pies stuffed with beef on a bed of French fries

 

Hush Puppies $5.50

 

Sampler Basket $13

(2) Fried cheese sticks, (2) Mini-meat pies, (2) Hand-battered boudin balls, Onion rings and Mushrooms

 

All below are hand-battered

 

Mushrooms $9.50

 

Pickles $9.50

 

Onion Rings $9.50

 

Green Tomatoes $9.50
DENOTES HOUSE SPECIALTY

 

DRESSINGS

 

Homemade ranch • Italian • Remoulade • Bleu cheese • House (garlic onion vinaigrette) • Thousand island French • Honey mustard • Fat-free ranch • Fat-free Italian

 

Extra dressing – $1

*Gluten free salads exclude croutons and French bread.

 

Garden Salad GF $10.50

Iceberg and spring mix lettuce with cherry tomatoes, shredded jack and cheddar cheese, black olives, bacon bits and seasoned croutons

 

CHef Salad GF $13

Garden salad with ham, turkey and boiled eggs

 

Caesar Salad GF $11.50

Romaine lettuce, parmesan cheese, black olives and seasoned croutons with homemade creamy caesar dressing

 

Italian Chef Salad $15

Garden salad with provolone cheese, Genoa salami, ham, homemade muffuletta mix and boiled egg

 

Pasta Salad $10.50

Rainbow rotini pasta in our creamy basil sauce topped with black olives, cherry tomatoes and sprinkled with parmesan cheese

Side Salad $5.50

Garden, pasta or caesar

ADD TO ANY SALAD (excludes side salad)

CHICKEN: hand-battered or grilled $4.25

GULF SHRIMP: hand-battered, grilled or boiled $6.50

CRAWFISH: hand-battered or grilled $6.50

ATLANTIC SALMON $9.50

HAM OR TURKEY $5.50

BACON BITS $1

BOILED EGG $1.50

DENOTES HOUSE SPECIALTY

 

FRIED IN TRANS FAT-FREE CANOLA OIL
All served with hushpuppies and your choice of French fries or hand-battered onion rings
Extra: tartar sauce & cocktail sauce – $0.50

Catfish Platter $20

 

Chicken Strip Platter $15

 

Combination Platter $22

Choice of two: Catfish • Gulf shrimp • Crawfish tails • Oysters • Chicken strips

 

Crawfish Platter $17

 

Gulf Shrimp Platter $20

 

Oyster Platter $21
Seafood Platter $26

Crawfish tails, gulf shrimp, catfish, and oysters

 

Stuffed Catfish $20

Catfish fillets stuffed with our homemade crawfish stuffing and
covered in crawfish étouffée

Substitute Sides:

MIXED VEGATABLES $4

GRILLED BROCCOLI $4

JAMBALAYA $4

DENOTES HOUSE SPECIALTY

 

All entrées served with a side salad
Substitute mixed vegetables for grilled broccoli – $1

Atlantic Salmon with Vegetables GF $20

 

Grilled Chicken Breast with Vegetables GF $16

 

Grilled Catfish with Vegetables GF $20
Grilled Gulf Shrimp with Vegetables GF $20

 

Grilled Vegetables GF $9.50
DENOTES HOUSE SPECIALTY

 

All entrées served with your choice of garden, pasta or caesar salad

Chicken & Sausage Jambalaya $11.50

Chicken, smoked sausage, onions, bell peppers and browned creole spices

 

Gumbolaya $14.75

Choice of seafood or filé gumbo over jambalaya rice

 

Crawfish Shirley $21

Crawfish tails sautéed in butter and green onions, with a white wine and yellow cheese sauce and tossed in fettuccini pasta

 

Hamburger Steak $13.50

3/4 pound grilled, chopped steak with debris gravy, sautéed onions, mushrooms and your choice of French fries, hand-battered onion rings or rice
Add cheese – $1.50

 

Ponchatoulas Sampler $20

Choice of one seafood: Hand-battered Gulf shrimp • Catfish • Oysters • Crawfish tails • Crab cake
Choice of one entrée: Filé gumbo • Crawfish étouffée • Red beans and rice • Seafood gumbo

 

Santa Fe Chicken GF $18

Grilled chicken tenders smothered with sautéed onions, mushrooms, a blend of jack and cheddar cheeses and bacon bits with a side of cheese fries

All below served over steamed rice

 

Shrimp Creole $20

Browned tomatoes, onions and gulf shrimp

 

Crawfish Étouffée $16

Crawfish tails smothered in onions, peppers and a creamy butter sauce
Add hand-battered Gulf shrimp, crawfish or catfish – $6.50

 

Red Beans & Rice $13

New Orleans style red beans, smoked sausage and grilled andouille sausage

DENOTES HOUSE SPECIALTY

 

All served on your choice of toasted French bread, jalapeño cheddar, sourdough or hamburger bun with mayo, mustard, shredded lettuce, and tomatoes. Served with a side of French fries or Zapps potato chips.
Substitute with hand-battered onion rings – $2
Add cheese to any seafood Po Boy – $1.50

Catfish Po Boy $13.50

 

Crawfish Po Boy $13.50

 

Oyster Po Boy $16

 

Peacemaker Po Boy $16

Combination hand-battered Gulf shrimp and oysters

 

Gulf Shrimp Po Boy $15

 

Andouille Po Boy $11

Make it a melt (sautéed mushroom and onion) served hot – $12

 

Club Po Boy $13

Seasoned, shredded roast beef in debris gravy, cajun smoked turkey, ham and bacon
Make it a melt (sautéed mushroom and onion) served hot – $13

Ham Po Boy $12

Thin-sliced applewood smoked ham
Make it a melt (sautéed mushroom and onion) served hot – $13

 

Sloppy Roast Beef Po Boy $14

Seasoned, shredded roast beef in debris gravy

 

Turkey Po Boy $12

Thin-sliced cajun smoked turkey
Make it a melt (sautéed mushroom and onion) served hot – $13

 

Cheeseburger $14

1/3 pound hand-pattied never-frozen grilled burger
Add grilled onions or mushrooms – $1
Add hickory smoked bacon – $1.25

 

Chicken Sandwich $14

Grilled or hand-battered
Add hickory smoked bacon – $1.25

 

Muffuletta Half $14; Whole $21

Genoa salami, ham, provolone cheese and homemade muffuletta mix

Monday – Friday | 11am – 3pm
Denotes House Specialty

 

All Plates – $10

All lunch plates served with a side salad

 

Crawfish Étouffée

 

Red Beans & Rice

All below served with French fries
Substitute with hand-battered onion rings – $2
mixed vegetables or jambalaya – $4

 

Gulf Shrimp Plate (6)

 

Catfish Plate

 

Hamburger Steak Plate
Denotes House Specialty
DESSERTS

 

Comes with choice of homemade praline bourbon sauce, chocolate , or caramel

 

white chocolate bread pudding $7.50

 

new york cheesecake $8.50
Beverages

 

Soft Drinks $2.99

Sweet Tea • Unsweet Tea • Coke • Diet Coke • Coke Zero • Dr. Pepper • Diet Dr. Pepper • Sprite • Lemonade • Mountain Blast POWERADE

 

Community Coffee $3.50

 

Peach Tea: sweet or unsweet $3.50

 

Abita Root Beer $3.50

 

DASani Bottled Water $3.50

 

(no refills on Abita Root Beer and Dasani)

Shrimp with Fries $7

 

Catfish with Fries $7

 

Chicken with Fries $7

 

Crawfish with Fries $7

 

Mini Corndogs with Fries $6
Crawfish Étouffée $7

 

Red beans & Rice $6

 

Drinks

Coke • Diet Coke • Dr. Pepper • Sprite • Mountain Blast POWERADE • Hi-C Pink Lemonade

SIGNATURE DRINKS

 

Ponchatoulas Peach Tea

Deep Eddy’s Peach Vodka and Sweet Tea

 

Bayou Water

Louisiana Bayou Spiced Rum, Malibu, Blue Curacao and Orange Juice

 

French 75

Botanist Gin, Lemon Juice, Simple Syrup and Champagne

 

Hurricane

Bayou Silver Rum and Bacardi 8

 

Irish Redhead

Jameson Irish Whiskey, Sprite and Grenadine

 

Old Fashioned

Buffalo Trace, Angostura Bitters, Orange Zest and Simple Syrup

 

Ruston Strong Mule

Deep Eddy’s Peach Vodka, Ginger Beer and a Hint of Lime

 

Cucumber & Mint Gin

Botanist Gin, Cucumber and Mint Mix

 

Malibu Strawberry Punch

Malibu, Lime Juice and Strawberry Mix

 

Three Citrus & Mint Mojito

Bayou Silver Rum, Simple Syrup, Soda Water and Three Citrus and Mint Mix

MARGARITAS on the rocks
Agave Lime Margarita

Corazon Blanco and Agave Lime Mix

 

Peach Margarita

Jose Cuervo Tequila, Peach Monin with Sweet and Sour

 

Strawberry Margarita

Jose Cuervo Tequila, Strawberry Mix and Lime Juice

 

Black & Blue Señorita

Black Raspberry, Blue Curacao, Jose Cuervo Tequila with Sweet and Sour

MIMOSAS

Juice Options:

 

Three Citrus & Mint

 

Strawberry & Lemon

 

Orange Juice

 

Pineapple

 

Cranberry

 

WINES by the glass
Kendall-Jackson

Chardonnay
Cabernet
Merlot

 

Sutter Home

White Zinfandel
Sauvignon Blanc
Pinot Grigio
Moscato
Chardonnay
Cabernet
Merlot

BOTTLED BEER

*Louisiana Brewed Beer
 

Abita*

Alphagator IPA
Amber
Andygator
Light
Purple Haze
Strawberry
Strawgator
The Boot
Turbodog

 

Angry Orchard

 

Bud Light

 

Budweiser

 

Busch Light

 

Corona

Premier
Extra
Light

 

Dos XX

Lager
Amber
Salt & Lime

 

Great Raft*

Commotion IPA
Southern Drawl

 

Guinness

 

Heineken

 

Lagunitas IPA

 

Landshark

 

Michelob

Ultra
Ultra Lime
Ultra Gold

 

Pacifico

 

PBR

 

Sam Adams

 

Shiner Bock

 

Stella

 

LIQUORS
Gin

Beefeater
The Botanist

 

Rum

Bacardi 8
Bayou Silver
Bayou Spiced
Captain Morgan
Malibu

 

Scotch

Dewar’s White Label

 

Tequila

Avion Silver
Jose Cuervo
Corazon Blanco

 

Vodka

Deep Eddy’s Peach
Wheatley
Tito’s

 

Whiskey

1792
Buffalo Trace
Crown Royal
Jack Daniels
Traveller

 

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Location

109 East Park Ave.
Ruston, LA 71270

Hours

Mon-Sat: 10:30AM – 9PM
Sun: 10:30AM – 8PM

Contact

318.254.5200 info@ponchatoulas.com

Wholesale

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