Louisiana Creole Gumbo

Joseph Stafford brought Creole cooking to Detroit in October 1970 when he and his wife Margarine opened Luzianne Creole Gumbo shop at 2051 Gratiot Ave., on the edge of Detroit’s Eastern Market. Stafford learned to cook from his mother on Bayou Lafourche near Thibodaux, Louisiana in the southwest part of New Orleans. The recipes Stafford used then are the same recipes when you will find when you walk into Louisiana Creole Gumbo today – Now a Detroit culinary landmark, in 1982, the Stafford’s retired and entrusted the restaurant to a management group led by Joe Spencer, under the name of LCG Inc. Today, Joe Spencer and his family are keeping Joseph Stafford’s recipes, legacy and love for this great city live alive and well.