LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – After nearly six years of serving up Creole classics here in Lincoln, the popular Cajun restaurant — A Taste of Louisiana — has announced that it will be closing its doors at the end of November.

The owner, Pokey Black, opened the restaurant — located at 27th Street and Fletcher Avenue — in 2020, one year after he moved to Nebraska from Louisiana.

“I think you have to become a person of value to really become successful,” said Black, who figured that the best thing he could offer his new state was a taste from back home.

“I feel like it’s the only authentic Cajun restaurant in Lincoln,” he said. “I source everything from Louisiana.

Committed to authenticity, Black’s menu features oxtail stew, red beans and rice, and collard greens with ham.

He says he gets his b

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