Ami Eats Everything

06/18/2026

Kiss my Tejas Kitchen Bar Patio

I am not being vulgar. In Spanish “Tejas” means “friend” and Friends are definitely who you make when you go there. Kiss them if they want you to.

I see in local groups ALL the time “I’m not into the bar scene but I want to make friends” then you probably haven’t been here. I don’t think I have ever been here and not made a new friend.

Today when I went to bring my friends at Tejas some of the hot sauces from the Snaketuary hot sauce challenge I did with the folks over at Good Morning Shreveport this week to try and share with ANYONE who had the guts.

On the weekends they have brunch with a “Build your own Bloody Mary” bar that has an extensive variety of Bloody Mary mixes, hot sauces, werchestershire sauce and all the fun little veggies you stick in the little drink that you eat.

Tejas may be IN Spanish but in the words of Beyoncé: this AIN’T Tejas…. Woo… It aint no mexican food, so lay your cards down and down a few of Shreveport’s FAVORITE hot wings with some of that Steve’s Snaketurary snake sauce on them if you’re sizzlin’.

They have Chipotle Orange wings… and I left the Snaketuary Chipotle Orange HOT sauce… I’m not sure which one is hotter, you’ll have to figure it out yourself.

Again, unless you’re a fan of the pain, I don’t recommend trying much of this at once or ALL of them at once like I did… but if you do you’ll live and and if you’d like to try the hot sauces before buying them from Steven Kennedy… local firefighter, reptile rescuer, and hot sauce maker, who worked with a chef to develop the bold flavors that accompany the bold heat.

You can contact him to order your own. And it’s for a great cause. They rescued all the turtles that were trapped in the fountain at St. Vincent Mall… they had a lot of vet work. Buying this sauce helps pay for stuff like that.

If you DO go for brunch and burn, I recommend trying some on the brunch bowl which includes their homemade chorizo… or their homemade everything.

This is a made from scratch kitchen. They don’t even have a freezer. The ingredients are fresh and your order is made to order by some excellent chef’s after you order so expect to take your time, enjoy the hot sauces

So sit down for a spell and make some NEW Best Tejas’ at Tejas Kitchen Bar and Patio

06/16/2026

Ringside seats at the cost of one All Star Breakfast.

"We wanted to showcase Louisiana's toughest citizens," Landry said during a press conference. "After reviewing military personnel, professional fighters, and people trying to merge onto I-10 at 4:40 PM, we unanimously agreed that Waffle House employees were still the safest bet."

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06/16/2026

ONLY in Louisiana would I ACCIDENTALLY find myself in a hot sauce eating contest…

When Cade Worley, one of the hosts of Good Morning Shreveport said “Will you come be on the show with me and foodie Addison Blackmon?” I had COMPLETELY forgotten he and I had previously months ago talked about doing a food challenge.

I thought he was just talking the video podcast and said yes and he put together a promo flyer with the little yellow star that said “FOOD CHALLENGE”

Oh God No.

Ami Eats Everything came about because I eat food all over the place. Not because I literally eat everything, or anything.

I know Cade by reputation only. He’s a young up and comer building his empire… out of LEGO’s and I like to surround myself with people who elevate the world around them without apology so of course I wasn’t going to say no.

But when I saw “food challenge” on that already tagged and photo specal with MY face on it flyer I was totally about to say no.

I didn’t know what they were going to do. I was imagining what a twenty-something Lego building YouTuber would want to make me eat?

Scorpions? 40 pieces of bubble gum? Legos?

NOPE now I’m staring down 10 bottles of Snake Venom hot sauce and the local couple that makes it… under bright lights and a camera and me with my stupid fake lashes I’m always terrible at putting on.

I couldn’t back out now.

I’m going to look like Alice Cooper in front of Shreveport…. GREAT.

It turns out it wasn’t THAT bad.

I mean… it was HOT and I snagged a bottle of the Copperhead Venom. It’s the 4th hottest one but I REALLY liked the black pepper paired with the tear-inducing level of heat…

But didn’t punch me in the face.

By the time I got to the 6th sauce filled chip I don’t know if I could feel my mouth anymore. I just kept taking bites and hoping the next sauce topped chip wouldn’t knock off my left eyelash…

It was hanging on like a champ… so I was going to hang in there too.

I DO NOT Recommend eating all 10 of these at one time… though each one has a different distinct taste, I could tell them apart by flavor more than the heat levels that I was told were incrementally getting hotter but I was in my head just trying to talk my taste buds into not giving up on me either.

But I DIDNT DIE

I came home to a bottle of pepto, a handful of tums, and just ate ice cream for dinner. I’m ok now… and Chang Liu the inventor of another local heat ma*****st favorite “Lava Sauce” those glow in the dark dragons and figurines from all the local markets and Pepper Pals fame just invited me to eat hot wings with the Mayor…

I reminded her the last time I went to one of her events I ACCIDENTALLY picked up the HOT version of the La Cubanita Cuban instead of the regular version and almost jumped in the pool to keep my mouth from melting…

She said “It’s ok. You dont have to participate. I don’t. I just watch them like Jane Goodall from the audience”

We’ll see. I will NOT be accidentally winding up in a hot sauce eating contest in Louisiana TWICE…

even if it is with Tom Arceneaux…

WEEKEND BRUNCHERS:
I’ll be dropping off 4 varieties of Steve Snaketuary’s Snake Venom (not the pepto), INCLUDING my favorite Cooperhead with the black pepper to the Bloody Mary bar up at Tejas Kitchen Bar Patio for anyone to try.

06/13/2026

Have I been quiet?

It’s because I’ve been on a diet.

Not really a diet, I have just been eating at home because dummy me has lived in the desert so long I forgot about “red bugs” that AREN’T crawfish and decided prancing in a field of sunflowers for a photo op wearing sandals was just going to leave me a little muddy…

I am COVERED in red welts for a week now. It’s like a second round of chicken pox. Everything itches. Even clothes. So I’ve been eating at home.

So it’s not an intentional diet.

I’d called this “Munch-housing by proxy.” But I think that’s already taken.

But today I couldn’t take my eggs anymore. I needed someone else’s egg’s so I rolled out of my calomine lotion stained sheets and into real clothes and rolled my leopard printed skin into Strawn's Eat Shop, Too. The one on Youree.

Because they have the mini-pies I can bring home and munch in-MY-house back in my caladryl cocoon for pie-noon (what I like to call it when I meet pie in my fridge at 12AM for a showdown).

The home fries in this location are bigger, fluffier, with a char if you ask for them crispy.

We split the veggie omelette, not for health reasons, but because the SECOND best slice you can get from Strawn’s other than pie is this 8oz slice of ham steak.

This isn’t your typical boneless skinless pre-shaped processed oval of salty pig butt, but real “ham steak” half grilled on the same seasoned griddle as all of the rest of the best breakfasts and blue plates served in town.

It’s a hearty hunk.

So if you’re not on a diet. Or on that meat-o diet, or like me on a diet by-proxy of the tiny red bugs that live in the ditches around here that eat us instead of us eating them, I recommend this breakfast… and wearing shoes with socks and pants if planning to walk in the ditch.

06/12/2026

Ain’t nothin like a Shreveport party….

This coming Monday I’ll be joining Cade Worley and the delightful Addison Blackmon on Good Morning Shreveport to talk about food, culture and friendships I’ve experienced during the 3 separate times in my life I’ve lived in Shreveport.

Everything in this city but Strawn’s used to be something else to me, join me Monday to let me show you why that’s a good thing.

MONDAY! It’s going DOWN on GMS!

We will be joined by up and coming food influencers, Addison Blackmon, and Ami Eats Everything! We are excited to talk good eats, the best spots, and more!

At GMS we are all about shining a light on local talent, and the influencers who make our city proud! ☀️

We are highlighting local personalities over the next couple of weeks and would love to highlight you! Just let us know!

06/08/2026

There’s a new Philly in town…

🔥 Call us crazy... but we just took a cheesesteak to a whole new level! 🔥

NEW Brisket Cheesesteak loaded with slow-smoked brisket, grilled onions, jalapeños, and smothered in rich Fat Tire beer cheese. 🤤🍺🧀

Tender brisket. Melty beer cheese. A little heat. A lot of flavor.

Come see what everyone will be talking about it and decide for yourself if we're crazy... or just plain genius. 😎

Get it before it’s gone!

06/03/2026

I got to return to the land of Narnia today as I ate lunch like some Greek goddess in the all but grandiose well air condition intention of this fine establishment Yeero-Yeero

But you can have a pretty big lunch here for $10 on Wednesdays. It’s worth the stop in.

You don’t have to be dressed up but you can have a pretty fancy date in here too. Everything is dressy and showy.

The Apollo fries and tzatziki and pita… well… the Apollo fries come with pita but if you want both here is your chance. It’s delicious and tangy with a garlic kick that balances out with the creamy yogurt. Not too many chunks of cucumber. It’s delish hit of dill. It’s yum.

So I would have gladly had two I just didn’t want to surprise you.

Their sweet tea is the kind of sweet teas you like. It’s the kind of sweet tea we all like.

The sampler is full of Greek goodies I can’t ever spell but I’ve written about before and I would get anything but the spanikopita again.

Would I eat here again? Of course. I’ve been eating here 25 years why would I stop over a difference in spanikopita. This place is great!

There’s drive though if you want to feeel less Greek goddess’s but you don’t have to worry about your wardrobe too much here. It’ll just feel like it.

06/03/2026

I still think about you
I still dream about you
I still want you and need you by my side
I'm still mad about you
All I ever wanted was you
You're still the one
You're still the one

Kornbread Sandwich & Pie Bar

06/02/2026

The Breads & Spreads Garlic Herb Spread and LSU AgCenter FREST tomatoes make this rainy day BLT taste like sunshine.

If you’re a BLT lover like me, head over to Local Market On Line and pick up a tub of this creamy garlic kicker to your favorite chicken or sandwich. It’s not aioli, it’s a spread, so it’s good on toasted bread by itself too!