Hebert’s

Parish: Vermilion

Location: Nunez

Paul Breaux: “To me, this was the very best night spot around the area. Today what you see here, is Hebert’s Restaurant, and that is what killed the night club part. Initially, and for years, it had a small area with some 6 or 7 tables in it, and the food was delicious. But the night clubs side, maybe 3 times larger in area, was where it really counted. Bands did not play very often, but a guy named Charley M., who worked for the city of Kaplan, DJ’d Thursday, Friday, Saturday and most Sundays. Charley had a talent for picking good music, and his thing was ONE slow song, then ONE fast song. ALWAYS, the songs were played in that style. And I have never seen such a demand and response, for Jitterbug music. If you couldn’t dance it, you were really at a loss. Jitterbugging always had people trying to do things, to impress everyone, and when someone did, someone else would try to out do it. The dancefloor was big, but so many people at times wanted to jitterbug, there was hardly any room, to move around… When the owners wife won her way, the lounge part was closed, they remodeled, and the whole place was then a restaurant. Great food…, but a loss to so many of us. It’s located on Hwy. 14, in Nunez, which is half way between KAPLAN AND ABBEVILLE.”