Elizabeth

Cajun Queen

Étouffée and live jazz stacked in an old Elizabeth house — unchanged and correct since 1985.

Open now · closes 8:30pm
  • Sit-Down Dining
  • Live music
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Hours & practicals

Hours (fall)
Cajun Queen opening hours by day, fall season
Mon–Thu (today)5pm–8:30pm
Fri5pm–9:30pm
Sat4:30pm–9:30pm
Sun11am–8pm
Reservations
Reservations recommended ('We recommend making a reservation ahead of time'); booked via OpenTable with a system that lets you select your desired table. Final reservation roughly 30-60 min before close per posted hours.
Address
1800 E 7th St, Charlotte, NC 28204
From your base
Sorts every list here by walk time.

The take

Dinner comes with a live jazz soundtrack in a creaky old Victorian, which is the right way to eat New Orleans cooking this far from the Gulf. Forty years in, nobody's asking it to modernize.

What to order: Get the crawfish étouffée — the New Orleans staple this Elizabeth Victorian has been ladling out for decades.

Details

Cuisine
cajun

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation?

You can book online — the restaurant's own site sends you to OpenTable to do it.

Can I book a private party?

Yes — the booking form is built for groups of 6 to 40, for birthdays, showers and corporate dinners, and asks for party size, preferred time and a budget per head.

What should I order?

The BBQ shrimp — the restaurant features it as its signature and publishes the recipe on its own site.

Check in

Your passport…

Sources

Similar nearby

All tagged Sit-Down Dining.

The neighborhood

The 8 things this place connects to in the guide's map of the town — one step out, and nothing beyond it.

District

located in

Categories

serves

Places

near · competes with

See Cajun Queen on the wiki, with every connection listedArriving in Elizabeth? The first-hour guide