Fat Calf Brasserie in Shreveport celebrates the great tradition of French neighborhood eateries, but with a unique eclectic spin that honors its Southern roots.
This week, it has made national news: Along with 46 other restaurants from across the country, Fat Calf Brasserie was included in the 2024 USA TODAY Restaurants of the Year list.
“What we’ve created is what we’ve always envisioned it to be: a place kind of like Cheers. A place where everyone knows everybody,” chef Anthony Felan said. “We just celebrated our four-year anniversary back in November, to get nominated to be in USA TODAY Restaurants of the Year list is unbelievable.”
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What makes Fat Calf Brasserie stand out
Chef Anthony Felan graduated from Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in San Francisco in the late 2000s.
After returning home to Louisiana, in 2017 he opened Fat Calf Brasserie, a stationary food trailer serving gastro-pub fare with locally raised meat. Two years later, he transitioned to a brick-and-mortar restaurant with the same name.