Since both love to cook, they opened Frank and Leisa s Place on the corner of Main Street and Smith Lane about three months ago. Specializing in soul food, Frank and Leisa s Place also serves Cajun and American-styled dishes. Not only is the venture a dine-in restaurant, but it doubles as a catering service as well. Also, the idiom implies that the cuisine is limited in popularity to blacks. However, this cuisine has crossed many racial lines.
Experts state that what is known as soul food is the product of slave cooking.
Often this was the only food allotted to the slaves. The slave diet also consisted of wild game and fish. Today, soul food is considered a delicacy and many restaurateurs are embracing its splendor. Frank and Leisa s Place is among other local soul food restaurants. Frank said the oddest meals ordered so far have been a boudin poboy and a chitterlings and tripe sandwich.