Our Philosophy
At Cocodrie, we begin where every great dish begins — with what the bayou offers today. Seasonal, deliberate, uncompromising. Our kitchen draws from three generations of South Louisiana technique and reframes it for the modern table without apology or excess.
Lafayette · Louisiana · Est. 2019
Chef de Cuisine & Co-Founder · Cocodrie
Born in Breaux Bridge, René Delacroix is the grandson of a crawfish trapper and the son of a Sunday cook. He left for France at eighteen, apprenticing in Lyon under the last disciples of the classical brigade — men who had never heard the phrase "farm-to-table" because they had never known any other way. A decade later, carrying those techniques and a deep impatience for pretension, he came home. COCODRIE opened quietly in 2019 on Jefferson Street and has not been quiet since.
Dinner nightly · Wednesday through Sunday
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