Moe Joe’s

• 510 Lockport St., Plainfield
• 815-230-2790
• www.eatatmoejoes.com

Hours: Open 11 a.m. daily
Cuisine: Cajun, Caribbean, classic Southern
Setting: Bourbon Street décor with wrought iron, street lanterns and false building fronts. Also sidewalk seating, full bar with 110 beers, downstairs “French Quarter Subterranean Speakeasy” nighttime lounge
Prices: Appetizers $5.95 to $14.95, sandwiches $7.95 to $11.95, entrees $12.95 to $36.95.
Menu: Cajun specialties include gumbo, jambalaya, ettouffees, fricassees, creoles red beans & rice, frog legs, alligator and po’ boys and a wide variety of Cajun sides; also steaks, seafood, chicken, burgers, full kids menu, deserts, wines, beers, hurricanes.
If you go: Entrees take awhile to cook, but are well worth it. Try the grilled Andouille sausage or a crawfish boil appetizer while you’re waiting. For a main course, try the gator, either in a po’ boy, corn crusted tail or fricassee (it may be the only place you’ll ever find this item). For the less adventurous, go with a creole, jambalaya or etouffee. Onion fries or red beans and rice makes a great side while robust, hard-to-find microbrews are an ideal complement to the spicy entrees. Finish off with a Moe Joe’s Flaming Banana, which you can preview here:  www.triblocal.com/Plainfield/Detail_View/view.html
Most extravagant entrée: Filet Mignon ala Asa features a 10-ounce center cut filet atop a bed of roasted red pepper crested with bruleed goat cheese, $36.95
 Guilty pleasure: Deep fried pickle, $1.95.