Cajun Queen

A jewel in the crown of the Queen City for 38 years ❤️. Share your CQ food posts! Live music nightly. Here's to another 32 years! Cheers, everyone.

The Cajun Queen has proudly served Charlotte since September 1985. The staff and management graciously that the people of Charlotte for embracing us for 32 years.

08/17/2024

Red Beans and Rice

Photos from Cajun Queen's post 08/17/2024

Hello Charlotte! Come out and join us for dinner tonight and brunch tomorrow morning at the Cajun Queen. Live music has started tonight, and the 7th St Gator Band will be on tomorrow night at 5:30.

Thank you for your continued support as we are turning 39 this year!! We appreciate you all and look forward to continue serving you🥂🍻❤️

08/10/2024

Have you tried Cajun Queen’s Fried Green Tomatoes? served with our housemade tomato remoulade, this appetizer is great for sharing!
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Reservations:
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Come out to Cajun Queen and bring your family and friends and coworkers along! We can accommodate large parties, so reach out and let’s get this party started! 🎉🥳
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Featured here is our Blackened 8oz Filet, our Blackened Salmon with a Shrimp & Dijon Cream Sauce with Shiitake Mushrooms, Roasted Red Peppers, Spinach and Tasso Ham, our Blackened Pork Tenderloin and our Razztini
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Reservations:
www.CajunQueen.com
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🎸Live music starts at 5:30 tonight and every night! 🥁🎶🎵🎤
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08/03/2024

Mahi Mahi
Mahi-Mahi Blackened or Grilled to perfection, topped with your choice of: Crawfish sautéed with Artichokes, Sun-Dried Tomatoes, and Scallions in a White Wine, Lemon Butter Sauce served over Rice OR Shrimp sautéed with Tasso Ham, Roasted Red Peppers, Spinach, and Shiitake Mushrooms Served over Garlic Mashed Potatoes.

Photos from AMG HERITAGE AWARDS's post 08/02/2024
Photos from Cajun Queen's post 07/28/2024

☀️Hello Charlotte! Come out and treat yourself to brunch at Cajun Queen! We have Omelettes, Eggs Benedicts, Bourbon French Toast, Biscuits & Gravy, Shrimp & Grits, and all-day specials on Bloody Marys and Mimosas!!🍾
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Come on out between 11am and 2pm 🥂
Dinner runs all day until 8pm
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📍1800 E 7th St, Charlotte, NC 28204
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🎟️Reservations: www.CajunQueen.com

07/16/2024

It’s Restaurant Week time, folks! Come to Cajun Queen Friday, July 19 - Sunday, July 28. Definitely get a reservation to guarantee a seat! The bar is first come, first serve.

Head over to www.CajunQueen.com and make a reservation TODAY!

We will offer our regular dinner menu as well as the Queen’s Feast Restaurant Week special menu, which is $45 per person (does not include tax or gratuity), and it consists of these options:

★ Beverage:
Glass Of Wine or Draught Beer or soft drink or tea (choice of one)
● Oxford Landing Chardonnay
● Line 39 Cabernet Sauvignon
● Olde Mecklenburg Copper

★ Course 1:
Gumbo or salad (choice of one)
● Cup of Creole Seafood Gumbo
● House Salad
● Caesar Salad

★ Course 2:
Entree (choice of one)
● Fresh Fish - choice of Tilapia, Salmon, Mahi Mahi, or Catfish. Blackened or seared, served with or without seafood topping;
● Diane - mushrooms, garlic, butter, green onions, parsley, and Our Queen’s Magic Spices all sautéed together; moderately spiced and served over rice with your choice of Chicken, Shrimp, Crawfish, or all three
● Etouffee - a dark, highly seasoned roux-based sauce served over rice (hot and spicy!) with your choice of Chicken, Shrimp, Crawfish, or all three
● Blackened Chicken and Andouille Cajun Pasta - with mushrooms, artichokes, roasted red peppers, and tri-colored cheese tortellini in a tomato Parmesan cream sauce
● Shrimp and Grits - blackened shrimp, grilled andouille sausage, and Creole sauce

★ Course 3:
Dessert (choice of one)
● Key Lime Pie
● Bourbon Bread Pudding

07/13/2024

🎶⚜️Happy Saturday, folks!
👉🧊Beat the heat and take a seat 🪑 at our second-story bar and order yourself a cocktail and our famous All-3 Diane.

🧈Our Diane sauce is made with our own Diane seasoning with a bunch of mushrooms, which are then sautéed with three proteins: Chicken, Shrimp, & Crawfish along with a touch of garlic and scallions and then served over rice. This is one of our top-selling dishes and also popular with first-time guests. Give it a go today!
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The bar is now open and live music begins at 5:30.
Cheers, all! 🥂🍻🍷🥃🍾
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07/06/2024

Pecan Pie

Photos from Cajun Queen's post 07/05/2024

🎶 Live music starts every night at 5:30!
⚜️ Join us for some cocktails and food this weekend.
❤️ Start your weekend off right and have a drink at our upper-level bar🍻
🥂 Cheers, everyone 🧡💚💜

07/04/2024

⚜️❤️⚜️From all of us at Cajun Queen: Enjoy the Fourth, all! We are closed today and will open back up tomorrow. Live music every night at 5:30 🎶🎼🎵
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Reservations:
www.CajunQueen.com

07/01/2024

We have a killer craft cocktail menu. Come by and try something new! https://spt.to/D4XGrQ

06/29/2024

💃🕺Hello Charlotte! Beat the summer heat with our buttery delicious Shrimp Diane 😋
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Our classic Diane sauce includes mushrooms, garlic, butter, green onions, and our own blend of biane seasonings all sautéed together & server over rice. It does have a little spice kick to it, but we consider this a medium-heat dish.
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Come try it this weekend! Doors open at 4:30.
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Reservations:
www.CajunQueen.com
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If you can’t get a table tonight, try for Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday. We have live music EVERY night 🎶🎼🎵🎤🎸🥁

Photos from Cajun Queen's post 06/28/2024

☀️Summertime is in full swing and we have the recipe for relaxation & great food at Cajun Queen! Come by and try our delicious Blackened Chicken Pasta, our All-3-Étouffée, and our Blackened Catfish Dinner.
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🫶: Reservations are here: www.CajunQueen.com
🎩: Great Date Night Place! ❤️🎶
🎵: Live music 7 days a week!
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We hope to see you soon!
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06/16/2024

❤️🎩⛑️🪖❤️ Happy Father’s Day, all you Charlotte dads! We know it’s a busy restaurant day, so make a reservation for Cajun Queen tomorrow! We have live jazz that starts up at 5:30pm. Doors open and the bar opens at 5.
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Brunch goes until 2pm today and dinner is served all day until about 8pm. Limited reservations are left for tonight! Check here for availability:
www.CajunQueen.com
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We send our appreciation to all of you for supporting us for 39 years! We ❤️ you and we’ll keep serving you.

06/15/2024

Cajun Pasta
Our Specialty Cajun Pasta features: Blackened Chicken, Mushrooms, Andouille Sausage, Artichokes, Roasted Red Peppers, and Tri-Colored Cheese Tortellini in a Tomato Romano Cheese Cream Sauce

06/14/2024

Join us on National Bourbon Day! June 14th - Sit back, relax and sip on your favorite bourbon!

06/08/2024

🌶️ Hello folks! Get a little taste of The Big Easy at Cajun Queen and try our famous New Orleans BBQ Shrimp! It is loaded with butter, garlic, scallions, lemon, a variety of spices and a touch of beer. Our own BBQ seasoning gives it quite a kick (and the seasoning is available for $10!). Come out and rip up some rolls and dip it in the excellent BBQ broth and then enjoy the shrimp that is seasoned and cooked in the sauce as well.
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Get a reservation for Sun-Tues nights— and yes— we have live music EVERY NIGHT.
www.CajunQueen.com
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Cheers & see you soon!

RBTZTV Live - rBeatz 06/05/2024

🌶️Watch Cajun Queen’s own Tim Freer in a thrilling interview with Jennifer Busco who grills him on anything and everything food & life related!

⚜️💜🧡💚 The video is in the link below:

RBTZTV Live - rBeatz RBTZTV Live - Join us LIVE from rBeatz Studio

Finding Joy: Playing after 70 is no problem for Cajun Queen musicians — they still got it! 06/05/2024

WFAE gave some love to Cajun Queen and the 7th Street Gator Band! Check out their story below!

Reservations: www.CajunQueen.com

Finding Joy: Playing after 70 is no problem for Cajun Queen musicians — they still got it! Many of the rotating musicians at Cajun Queen in the historic Elizabeth neighborhood have played there since the restaurant opened in 1985. Most are in their late 70s, but they have no problem mesmerizing diners with classic jazz tunes seven nights a week.

06/01/2024

Have you tried Cajun Queen’s New Orleans BBQ Shrimp? 😍🤤
🍤Jumbo Shrimp Sautéed with Butter, Garlic, Beer, and a Variety of Cajun/Creole Spices. Served Over Rice.💥
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Live music tonight and EVERY night! Reservations available for Monday and Tuesday: www.CajunQueen.com
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Thank you for continuing to support us & our longtime kitchen staff & our 7th St Gator Band for 39 years! We’ll keep going as long as you keep coming in!
Cheers ❤️🥂🍻

05/25/2024

Hello Charlotte! ❤️
Come out to Cajun Queen and try our Blackened Salmon topped with your choice of:
⚜️1) Crawfish sautéed with Artichokes, Sun-Dried Tomatoes, and Scallions in a White Wine, Lemon Butter Sauce served over Rice -or-
⚜️2) Shrimp sautéed with Tasso Ham, Roasted Red Peppers, Spinach, and Shiitake Mushrooms Served over Garlic Mashed Potatoes.

‘The City that Care Forgot’: Cajun Queen serves up live jazz, N’awlins-style cuisine 05/16/2024

Thanks to CharlotteFive for showcasing our live music, Mr. Roy, and the band room! Love the accompanying video as well! 🩷🧡💜💛💚💙🩵🤍

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/charlottefive/c5-food-drink/article288490281.html

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‘The City that Care Forgot’: Cajun Queen serves up live jazz, N’awlins-style cuisine From Shrimp Étouffée to talks with Mr. Roy at the hidden upstairs bar: An inside look at Cajun Queen, which offers Charlotte a slice of The Big Easy.

05/11/2024

Hello Charlotte and Happy Mother’s Day weekend! Come and try our classic Shrimp and Grits! Blackened Jumbo Shrimp served over Stone-Ground Creamy Grits, Creole Sauce and Andouille Sausage ⚜️💜🧡💚🩵🩷⚜️
Reservations:
www.CajunQueen.com
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05/04/2024

Hello Charlotte! We are open all day, so come on in and try a classic Sazarac cocktail!
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Live music begins at 5:30 🥁🎼🎶🎵🎹🎺
Reservations: www.CajunQueen.com
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Cheers & see you soon!

05/01/2024

Come Try our martinis! https://spt.to/qwDA4k

04/27/2024

Welcome to the weekend! Come try our Bourbon Bread Pudding 🥰
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Reso’s: www.CajunQueen.com
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Cheers 🥂🍻

04/20/2024

Fried Green Tomatoes
House-made Fried Green Tomatoes are breaded and fried to perfection - served with our tomato remoulade over a bed of baby lettuces, this appetizer is perfect for sharing. Breaded and fried to perfection - served with our tomato remoulade over a bed of baby lettuces, this appetizer is perfect for sharing.

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Live music at Cajun Queen tonight and every night! Come on by our bar and check out the 7th St Gator Band!
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Address


1800 E 7th Street
Charlotte, NC
28204

Opening Hours

Monday 5pm - 9:30pm
Tuesday 5pm - 9:30pm
Wednesday 5pm - 9:30pm
Thursday 5pm - 9:30pm
Friday 5pm - 10:30pm
Saturday 4:30pm - 10:30pm
Sunday 11am - 9pm

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