Dorignac's Food Center is a historic food store on

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in Metairie,

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, near

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, known for offering regional specialties.

History

Joseph Dorignac, Jr. first opened a grocery store in 1947 on Jackson Avenue in the

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before relocating in 1963 to Veterans Highway and Focis Street, near the Orleans parish line. Joseph Dorignac III took over the business after his father passed. It is owned and currently being operated by the family,

Goods and services

Dorignac's is a source of

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and

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items such as Creole cream cheese,

crawfish pie Crawfish pie is a type of baked savory pie common in the Cajun and Creole cuisine of Louisiana. It is similar in appearance to a pot pie and contains crawfish. The dish is mentioned in the Hank Williams song "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)", along with ...

frog legs Frog legs (French: ''Cuisses de grenouille'') are one of the better-known delicacies of French cuisine, where it has been considered as a national delicacy. The legs of edible frogs are also consumed in other parts of the world, including Vi ...

gumbo Gumbo (Louisiana Creole: Gombo) is a soup popular in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and is the official state cuisine. Gumbo consists primarily of a strongly-flavored stock, meat or shellfish (or sometimes both), a thickener, and the Creole "h ...

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and

olive salad Olive salad is a salad or giardiniera made from green olives, black olives, olive oil, celery, cauliflower, carrots, sweet peppers, onions, capers, parsley, pepperoncini, oregano, garlic, vinegar, herbs and spices. It is used to make the muffalet ...

, used to make

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. The store also sells produce, meats, baked goods, party platters, and wedding cakes. Local staples include Cajun Crawtator

potato chips A potato chip (North American English; often just chip) or crisp (British and Irish English) is a thin slice of potato that has been either deep fried, baked, or air fried until crunchy. They are commonly served as a snack, side dish, or ap ...

from Zapp's, yogurt from

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, hot pickled

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, Louisiana

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s, Camellia brand red beans, Union coffee and

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, as well as

artichoke The globe artichoke ('' Cynara cardunculus'' var. ''scolymus'' ),Rottenberg, A., and D. Zohary, 1996: "The wild ancestry of the cultivated artichoke." Genet. Res. Crop Evol. 43, 53–58. also known by the names French artichoke and green artich ...

stalks to make a dish for St. Joseph's Day. At Thanksgiving the store sells

turducken Turducken is a dish consisting of a deboned chicken stuffed into a deboned duck, further stuffed into a deboned turkey. Outside of the United States and Canada, it is known as a three-bird roast. Gooducken is an English variant, replacing turkey ...

. Dorigniac's has a large bakery at the front of the store and offers

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s. They also have a Kosher bakery, whose king cakes feature baby Moses.Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South
Easyread Comfort Edition page 265

References

External links

Dorignac's website
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