1950 - Also in 1950

With his six brothers as co-owners, Salvatore “Sam” Bilello opens Bilello’s Restaurant and Lounge on St. Mary Street in Thibodaux, Louisiana. The menu features Italian and French dishes at reasonable prices as well as such Cajun standbys as fried crawfish tails, crawfish étoufée, broiled oysters with bacon, and stuffed mirliton.