East-side Cajun restaurant Papa Roux is a place known as much for owner Art Bouvier's point of view as it is for his po’ boys, and he spared no opinions Sunday when he announced that the Indianapolis restaurant is closing.

“Increased taxes and fees just to operate,” Bouvier lamented in a lengthy explanation of why Papa Roux’s will serve its last meals on Oct. 13.

“It certainly feels like the town is suddenly hostile to small business in every possible way.”

Since opening Papa Roux in 2007 at 8950 E. 10th St., Bouvier has drawn cheers and jeers for his positions.

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In February 2013, reporters were all over Papa Roux after Bouvier hired a man off the street who was prepared to walk six miles to a job interview. In 2014, some people were outraged when Bouvier posted a Mardi Gras photo that featured a man in blackface.

The following year, after a man claiming he had a gun robbed Papa Roux, Bouvier offered a 25 percent discount to anyone who showed their license to carry a handgun.

Bouvier outlined problems beyond the scope of government in a 1,400-word statement about Papa Roux’s pending departure posted on the restaurant's Facebook page and in a PDF file at the place's website.

No-show staff, late food deliveries, vendors being out of ingredients needed for Papa Roux dishes and various equipment failures that cost “multiple thousands of dollars” were all on Bouvier’s list of problems.

“Everything takes its toll eventually,” Bouvier wrote.

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The closing puts a deeper dent in Indy's Cajun and Creole food scene. B's Po' Boy in Fountain Square; SotSot Cajun Table on College Avenue, at 24th Street; Borel's Cajun & Creole Cookery on the north side; and Chef Dan's in Irvington all closed in 2017, although Chef Dan's continues to operate a food truck and catering business.

Yats and Jazz Kitchen still serve Cajun and Creole dishes, as do Mudbugs Cajun Cafe in Carmel and Zydeco's in Mooresville.

Oddly, Papa Roux on Saturday experienced one of its busiest days in months, even running out of the daily catfish special, a post on Papa Roux's Facebook page reported. Alas, it wasn't enough,

"We simply don’t have the energy to keep going," Bouvier wrote.

Closing will bring its own woes, Bouvier said, as outstanding loans still must be paid.

"Each time an independent (restaurant) closes, I say the same thing: this stuff ruins lives. Nobody believes it when they start down this path, but closing can ruin everything. People lose houses. People lose any hope of recouping the life savings invested to open," Bouvier wrote

"Closing the business is expensive. For us, closing is actually more expensive than operating."

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