Abita Springs Brewpub Food and Trailhead Lunch

Abita Springs brewpub food means po-boys, fried seafood, salads and pasta served in the original Abita brewery building, a short ride from the Tammany Trace trailhead. Abita Brew Pub, Abita Springs Cafe and Mama D's Pizza & More are each named by Louisiana's tourism office and a second source. Ride, then eat lunch.

What is Abita Springs brewpub food?

Abita Springs is a small Northshore town best known for its beer, but the food is a reason to come that has nothing to do with drinking. Abita Brew Pub sits in the original Abita brewery location, and Louisiana's tourism office describes it as a full-service restaurant with salads, sandwiches and entrees, some dishes using the brewery's beers in their sauces. Islands magazine says it is known for fish and shellfish and for Southern staples such as po-boys, crawfish and fried pickles.

This page keeps to the food. The brewpub is a restaurant first for a lunch visit, and a good place to see why the town is on the map.

Where can you eat Abita Springs lunch?

Three places come up in both sources.

• Abita Brew Pub serves lunch in the original brewery building, at 72011 Holly Street, under live oaks. Expect po-boys, fried seafood, salads and burgers, and check the menu for the day.
• Abita Springs Cafe serves hearty plates, including steaks, ribs, Gulf seafood, burgers, po'boys and pastas, according to Louisiana's tourism office, and is known for its Southern fried pecan pie. Islands adds eggs Benedict, green tomato sardou, chicken and waffles and beignets for breakfast and brunch.
• Mama D's Pizza & More is a lunch spot with stacked sandwiches and what Islands calls arguably the best pizza in town. Louisiana's tourism office also lists it.

They are not rankings. Menus and opening days change, so call first, especially on weekdays.

What is Abita Springs breakfast like?

Breakfast in Abita Springs is a cafe affair. Abita Springs Cafe is the clearest choice, with brunch plates such as chicken and waffles and eggs Benedict, per Islands, and beignets recommended for dessert. Louisiana's tourism office also lists a bakery and cafe in town with breads, pastries and custom cakes, but this page names only the places two sources agree on.

Eat early if you plan to ride, and eat again afterward. A cafe breakfast is also a good way to meet the village before the lunch crowd, and the staff are a useful source for what the kitchen is proud of that week. A breakfast plate of eggs and biscuits is the right fuel for a morning on the trail.

Where is Abita Trace trailhead food?

The trail is called the Tammany Trace, a thirty-one-mile bike ride across St. Tammany Parish with trailheads in Covington, Abita Springs, Mandeville, Lacombe and Slidell, according to Louisiana's tourism office. The Abita Springs trailhead has a playground and splash pads, and bike rentals are available in Covington and Abita Springs. The town is small, so the food stops are in the village near the trailhead, but check a map for the walk from the trailhead to the table before you plan your ride.

A simple plan: park at the trailhead, ride a few miles and come back for lunch. A family can split up, with the children at the playground and the adults at the table. Bring a lock if you rent a bike, wear a hat, and leave time for the ride back, because the afternoon heat on the Northshore can slow a group more than the distance does. Carry water, and check the day's weather first, because the Trace is open to the sky.

How do you plan Abita beer and food without making it a pub crawl?

Make the meal the point. Eat lunch at the brewpub, order a dish that uses the kitchen's local seafood and share a side. If your group includes someone who does not drink, nothing is lost, because the menu stands on its own. Plan your drive home before you order, and leave the day's tasting for another visit.

For another stop on the same shore, read the Covington restaurants guide for downtown dining, and the Mandeville lakefront guide for seafood by the lake.

How do you rate and list a trailhead lunch?

Rate the dish, not the pint. In the Mosey app only the place and stars are needed, and "Rate each dish too" lets you name the po-boy, the fried pickles or the pecan pie. Add tags such as Taproom or Brewpub, Group Dining and Kid-Friendly if the visit earned them. "Who were you with?" tags the friends on the ride, and they can add their own rating of the same meal.

Make a list called Trace and lunch with a note on each place, such as "park at the trailhead first". Share it by invite link with the people you ride with. Open the map and try Friends' picks to see where people you follow have rated or saved places. The ratings page and the lists page explain the steps.

Where next on the Northshore?

The Hammond restaurants guide covers a bigger town to the north. The Louisiana hub lists every page for the state, and the US food guides cover other towns.

Get the Mosey app, rate your Abita Springs lunch by the dish and keep the stop worth repeating on a list.