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Bernard's Specialty Meats badge — red script wordmark, gold pig with crossed cleavers, Serious Flavor, Alexandria, LA

Serious Flavor.

Cajun roots. Ready to enjoy.

CENLA, serious Cajun flavor is on Texas Ave. Boudin, cracklins, specialty meats, and handpicked Louisiana gifts, all under one roof.

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A Louisiana platter of smoked sausage, boudin balls, and cracklins surrounded by LSU and Mardi Gras gifts
Laissez les bons temps rouler

Built for the table.

Smoked sausage, boudin, and cracklins, piled high and made to pass around. This is what a good day in Louisiana tastes like.

In the Case

Made fresh. Made Cajun.

Everything is built around one idea: serious flavor, handled with pride. Here's what you'll find on the counter.

Boudin

The one CENLA lines up for

Rice, pork, and Cajun seasoning, stuffed and smoked the way Central Louisiana likes it. Fresh, hot, and ready to enjoy.

Certified Cajun Flavor
Golden fried boudin balls and sliced smoked sausage with Creole dipping sauce on a Geaux Tigers platter
Cracklins

Fried till they crackle

Crispy, seasoned, and dangerously snackable. The kind of bag that never makes it home full.

Fresh · Ready to Enjoy
Fresh golden pork cracklins with smoked sausage and boudin balls on a white Bernard's platter
Specialty Meats

Serious flavor, hand-cut

Stuffed, smoked, seasoned, and cut to order. Specialty cuts and ready-to-enjoy items across the case, all with that Bernard's touch.

Handled with Pride
Sliced smoked sausage and cracklins with Creole mustard on a dark, gold-rimmed Bernard's tray
Certified Cajun — A Louisiana Product

Certified Cajun. A Louisiana Product.

Serious flavor with Cajun roots, made right here in Central Louisiana. Not stock-photo styling, not mass produced, the real thing from your neighbors on Texas Ave.

Retail Discovery

Beautiful. Unique. Louisiana Proud.

It's more than the counter. Louisiana-proud finds are on the shelves, gumbo bowls, Louisiana platters, tiger pieces, and local gifts. Unique. Local. Handpicked for you.

Louisiana tiger plates, hand-painted mugs, and glassware under the white brick arches at Bernard's
Louisiana ceramics
Geaux Tigers trays, tea towels, and Louisiana dishware on warm wood shelving at Bernard's
Geaux Tigers gifts
Order Ahead

Order online, skip the line

Order and pay online through Toast, then grab it hot on Texas Ave. Boudin, cracklins, specialty meats, and more, ready when you are.

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Catering Trays & Platters
Feeding a crowd? Send a catering request and we'll build the perfect spread.
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Inside Bernard's

Come see what all the fuss is about.

The doors are open and Central Louisiana keeps showing up. Fresh cases, shelves stacked with Cajun goods, and a whole lot of neighbors, this is Bernard's on Texas Ave.

Customers lined up at the meat case at Bernard's Specialty Meats while staff serve fresh cuts
Fresh at the counter
Shoppers browsing shelves of boudin, cracklins, seasonings, and Louisiana gifts at Bernard's
Boudin, cracklins & Louisiana finds
Find Us

Come see us on Texas Ave.

Address
1235 Texas Ave
Alexandria, LA 71301
Phone
318-483-6447
Hours
Mon–Sat: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sun: 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
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