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Our Communities: Lacombe
WITH THE LAID-BACK AND WELCOMING WAYS OF ITS RESIDENTS, Lacombe exemplifies a town comfortable in its own skin. Even the landscape, peppered with centuries-old, magnificent live oaks, is a gentle reminder to embrace time and place.
Cultural history plays a significant role in the town, with sites like the captivating 1923 stucco building of Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel Shrine and its meditation garden. Visitors are welcome, and traditions, like the Creole candle-lighting ceremony of All Saints Day, are observed. The rustic Bayou Lacombe Museum, once a two-room schoolhouse, distills and brings to life both Choctaw culture and Lacombe’s early history.
Simultaneously, the town embraces a bright future, as embodied in the Northshore Technical Community College. In a dynamic environment, students can pursue a wide range of workforce training programs. The campus also offers a cutting-edge space as an event venue.
If learning about and experiencing nature is on your agenda, you might explore the fascinating 15,000-acre Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge. Its visitor center in Lacombe offers educational and nature-focused programs as well. Lacombe is an easy drive from other Northshore communities, but a fun way to arrive there is by bicycling down the Tammany Trace.
Culinary Hot Spots
ALICE’S RESTAURANT28505 U.S. Hwy 190 - (985) 882-3888
BAYOU STUF28178 U.S. Hwy 190 - (985) 218-9277
DA CRAB TRAP28152 U.S. Hwy 190 - (985) 218-9700
JANIE BROWN’S RESTAURANT27207 U.S. Hwy 190 - (985) 882-7201
SAL & JUDY’S RESTAURANT27491 U.S. Hwy 190 - (985) 882-9443
WHITE HOUSE COFFEE AND CREAMERY61700 LA-434 Ste. A - (985) 218-9580
