Cajun Mike's

The Evangeline Room is named in honor of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem “Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie” about a young girl’s search for her lost love during the time of the Great Expulsion (the forced removal of the inhabitants of the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick by Great Britain). Those inhabitants and their descendants are known today as “Cajuns,” and the poem had a powerful effect in defining their history and identity. The Evangeline Room is a spacious full-service banquet and catering Facility located at Sedra Bisto in Slidell, Louisiana. The Evangeline Room is available for weddings, private parties, receptions, corporate functions, and more. Packages come with tables, chairs, linens, optional event decor, and staffing. Located only about 30 minutes from New Orleans on the Northshore, The Evangeline Room is the perfect venue to highlight Cajun and Creole culture, history, and elegance for which South Louisiana is known. The Evangeline Room is cultivated by Chef Cajun Mike, a direct descendant of the original Cajuns that landed on the banks of St. Martinville, Louisiana in 1755 after the Great Expulsion. They brought with them values of faith, family, and community, and created a unique culture of food, music, and dance. At a very early age, Chef Mike learned and developed Cajun and Creole cuisine from his grandmothers and his GREAT grandmothers, women who by their very vitality and longevity allowed him to touch his past, savor the present, and carry his ancestry into the future hopefully for generations to come. Chef Mike has been in the hospitality industry for more than 30 years, and has become one of the most highly consumer-rated chefs and restaurateurs in the state of Louisiana. He has held positions as Executive Chef and Chef de Cuisine for several noteworthy restaurants throughout the Southern United States. In the mid-80s, Chef Mike opened his first restaurant Mighty Mike's, which immediately became famous for two of his original dishes - “Shrimp Mighty Mike” and “The Creole Burger". His latest successful adventure was the much beloved and celebrated Cajun Mike's Kitchen, endeavoring to bring authentic Cajun cuisine east of the Mississippi River. Cajun Mike's Kitchen received over 1,000 Five Star reviews across several platforms, achieved and maintained a 4.9 rating on Facebook, 4.7 on GOOGLE, 4.5 on TripAdvisor and Yelp!, won TripAdvisor’s “Restaurant of Excellence” Award and Yelp's "People Love Us" Award, and was widely covered and lauded by the local press. Chef Mike is the author of the soon-to-be released cookbook, From Cajun Mike’s Kitchen, hosted a weekly radio program called "Cooking with Cajun", and has advised several local culinary institutions and festivals. Chef Mike’s unending motivation and hope is for everyone to have an experience that celebrates and continues the legacy of his people's unique culture, history, food, and those values of family and community, all right there at your dinner table. So bon appetit! And laissez les bons temps rouler!