Lansing Area ‘Jazzed’ About Cajun Restaurant.

Lansing Area ‘Jazzed’ About Cajun Restaurant.


They share a building, but Gumbo & Jazz, East Lansing's only cajun restaurant, is somewhat visually obscured from Grand River Ave by Bells Pizza. Inside, pictures of Jazz Musicians as well as the enveloping redolence of shrimp stock and cayenne pepper have made the ambiance at Gumbo and Jazz a virtual shrine to New Orleans' creole culture.

[Here I will talk about how it has been a year since ‘Jazz opened and I will ask Desi Anderson (the owner) how business has been doing and I will ask her about the kind of people who typically comes into her restaurant. I will ask her who her regulars are.

I will talk about Jazz’s unusual preparation methods. Apparently they start slow-cooking everything in the morning, and once it's gone, it's gone for the day. I will ask them what goes that fastest.

I will ask what Jazz’s most popular items are.

Then, I will ask if there have been any changes to the menu since they started. I will as them if they plan to expand the menu.

I will ask her what made her think that a Cajun food restaurant could be successful in the Lansing area. I will ask her if she thinks that Lansing is a good place to start a new business, and I will ask her if she has any tips for any entrepreneurs starting up in the area.

I will ask her about how Gumbo and Jazz has improved its visibility in the Lansing area and about the "Taste of Louisiana" event that the restaurant sponsored in Old Town last August. I'll ask them about what kind of acts they had and if it was succesful.

I will ask them if they will have a similar event next year. I will also ask them about the Old Town Jazz Festival and if they have any involvement in that.

I'm pretty sure I can get a good 1,000 words out of this.]