The team behind the Acadiana Po-Boy Festival is back with another event that's sure to be an instant hit: a plate lunch festival.

Plate Lunch-A-Palooza is set to happen from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 16 at Sugar Mill Pond in Youngsville.

Background:Taste it all at Plate Lunch-A-Palooza

Come hungry and round up a group of people. You're going to want to taste a lot of plate lunches.

Each vendor will sell a signature plate lunch for $5. The portions will be smaller than the typical plate lunch to allow for more sampling opportunities.

Here's a sneak peek of the businesses that will serve plate lunches during the event.

Abacus

Acadian Superette

Braza Grill

Champagne's Market

Chops

Cochon Cannery

Cricket's

Dark Roux

Dix Daiquiris

Johnson's Boucaniere

Laura's II

Nunu's Market

Papa T's

The Cajun Table

Ton's

Vermilionville's La Cuisine de Maman

The event is all about bringing the old and the new together, according to festival co-founder Gus Rezende.

"That means bringing some really old eateries and some up-and-coming eateries together," Rezende says. "And that also means bringing the newer generation together with the older generation — people who grew up on these meals with maybe those who didn't."

A self-proclaimed "stew guy," Rezende's favorite plate lunches include meatball stew, hamburger steak and shrimp stew.

Plate Lunch-A-Palooza will include music by Louis Michot, Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band and Brass Mimosa. Louisiana Red will also play after the festival during the Sugar Jam after party.

The free event will also feature canoeing and other water activities on the pond, kids activities, pop-up shops and streaming of the Ragin' Cajuns and LSU football games.

Major sponsors of the festival include Tony Chachere's Famous Creole Cuisine, Cox Communications and Don's Automotive Group.

Learn more by visiting platelunchapalooza.com.

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