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Good taste: Thibodaux ranks among best small town food scenes for 4th straight year

Thibodaux ranked among America's best small town food scenes in the latest USA Today readers' choice listing.

It's the fourth straight year the city has made the list and it's the only place in Louisiana to rank in the top 10 during that time.

For the past two years, the city ranked No. 2, behind Abington, Virginia. Thibodaux ranked third in 2020 and second in 2019.

Seafood Napoleon at Fremin's Restaurant in downtown Thibodaux.
Seafood Napoleon at Fremin's Restaurant in downtown Thibodaux.

USA Today readers were invited to cast votes on 20 towns that were nominated for the contest to select the top 10.

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"The town of Thibodaux, situated in southeast Louisiana’s Bayou Country, is an excellent jumping off point for exploring local flavors on the state’s Cajun Bayou Food Trail," USA Today says in this year's ranking. "Sample po'boys, gumbo and seafood from Spahr’s Downtown, fresh boudin from Bourgeois Meat Market or upscale American fare from Fremin’s."

Thibodaux was also named among Budget Travel's Coolest Small Towns of 2022. Budget Travel is an online travel publication that was founded as a magazine in 1998. Louisiana's Cajun Bayou Tourism said Budget Travel wanted to focus on small towns this year that also have strong and thriving communities.

Here are USA Today's 10 Best Small Town Food Scenes for 2022:

  1. Abingdon, Virginia.

  2. Thibodaux, Louisiana.

  3. Lewisburg, West Virginia.

  4. Newberg, Oregon.

  5. Stillwater , Minnesota.

  6. Los Alamos, California.

  7. Port Townsend, Washington.

  8. Vail, Colorado.

  9. Traverse City,  Michigan.

  10. Hammonton, New Jersey.

— Houma Courier and Thibodaux Daily Comet Editor Keith Magill can be reached at (985) 852-2201 or keith.magill@houmatoday.com. The newspapers are part of the USA Today Network.

This article originally appeared on Daily Comet: Thibodaux named a top US small-town food scene, see where city ranks.

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