K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen was a Cajun and Creole restaurant in the French Quarter owned by Paul Prudhomme that closed in 2020. Prudhomme and his wife Kay Hinrichs Prudhomme opened the restaurant in 1979. The restaurant is âÂÂcredited with helping put New Orleans on the culinary mapâ and popularizing Cajun cuisine. It has also been described as one of the worldâÂÂs most influential restaurants.
The restaurant was located in a building originally built in 1864. In 1996, it underwent extensive renovations.
When the restaurant opened, it had a 62 seat capacity. Eventually capacity expanded to more than 200 seats and âÂÂnightly lines of enthusiastic diners from around the world.âÂÂ
K-PaulâÂÂs has been described as âÂÂunpretentious from the outside but revolutionary on the inside.âÂÂ