Cajun Creole Food St. Petersburg | Cajun Cuisine St. Petersburg

SUMMER HOURS:
Open Mon - Thurs 11am-3pm
Fri & Sat 11am - 10pm
​Sunday Brunch 11am-3pm

Welcome to Ricky P's Creole Kitchen!

We are proud to announce that we have opened the next phase of the Ricky P's Brand.... Ricky P's Creole Kitchen!    

Our new location is back on 4th Street!  Just North of Gandy Boulevard in the BayView Shopping Plaza with
​WInn Dixie, Funky Sweets & Cody's.  

We have felt the love and feel very welcomed into the neighborhood.
​We look forward to your visit at the new place and guess what?  There is plenty of parking!

We are open:
Monday - Thursday 11am-9pm
Friday & Saturday 11am-10pm
Sunday Brunch 11am-3pm
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Rick Parsons Living the Dream

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Rick Parsons was born and raised in New Orleans learning to cook at his Cajun mama's side.  He loved going over to his Aunt Thelma's house for the best crawfish bisque in the world.  In high school he got his first job as a sandwich maker at Jack's PoBoys - the sandwich shop for the New Orleans Saints.  (Ricky P. is proud to point out that he was at the first-ever Saints game).

He continued to learn the rest from a wonderful lady name Hattie Mae.  She taught him how to slow cook roast beef, make gravy and how to fry the shrimp just right, every time.  She also taught him how to prepare New Orleans "Blue Plate Specials" like red beans & rice, jambalaya and gumbo - all made from scratch.

Rick worked his way through college running Jack's and learning the fine art of making a great sandwich.  After a career in sales and marketing, he fine-tuned his Cajun & Creole dishes at Cafe' Creole in Ybor City.  Now, he has created the next best thing to being in New Orleans - Ricky P's.  He just loves sharing food from his home town and making people happy in the face.

It started  with a booth at the Saturday Morning Market almost ten years ago.  After hearing so many people ask when he was going to open a restaurant, he finally did, Ricky P's Po Boy Shop in St. Pete.  A small but very popular lunch place.  And for a couple years took over and managed the lunch counter at the "historic" Bob Lee Tire Company.  And four and a half years ago, took the huge leap and opened up a beautiful, full service restaurant in downtown St. Petersburg, Ricky P's Orleans Bistro!  The next phase of the Ricky P's Brand will now be back on 4th Street North, Ricky P's Creole Kitchen.

Please stop by soon and yell out a Where Yat?!

LOUISIANA SHRIMP
BOILS EVERY
FRIDAY ​@ 5PM

ALL YOU CARE TO EAT FRIED CATFISH EVERY SATURDAY 

 Cooking Demonstration @ Ricky P's Creole Kitchen on Monday July 17th @ 7pm

Monday 7/17/17 (how’s that for some good luck numerology) RickyP will present the first Creole Kitchen Cooking Demonstration in the area we refer to as our Lunch Counter.  There are 10 seats available and you will learn how to cook a few classic Cajun abd Creole dishes from start to finish. You will be served a 3 course dinner with a wine or beer selected for each course.

The demonstration will start at 7pm and finish around 8:30pm. $40 per person . Our first demo will include
  • First Course: Shrimp Cocktail – how to correctly boil small quantity of shrimp and make a delicious cocktail sauce over a bed of lettuce.
  • Second Course: Creole Jambalaya with chicken and andouille sausage.  
  • And for dessert:  a New Orleans classic Bananas Foster (without the flames). Your demo will include recipes to take home and try for yourself.  

Call 727.821.4061 to reserve your spot!

Ricky P's Orleans Bistro has recently closed it's downtown location.
Due to increased rents, Ricky P's Orleans Bistro closed on July 31, 2016. It was a great run on Central Avenue.  We held some amazing events like our annual gumbo cookoffs, Mardi Gras Parades, many community events, fundraisers, birthday partys, anniversary parties, rehearsal dinners, and even a wedding!  The Third Thursdays in the Edge with the Betty Fox Band were a blast and we enjoyed the performances of so many other fine musicians at Ricky P's Orleans Bistro.  While we will miss being downtown and the beautiful historic building that we were in for almost five years, we are happy about the next opportunity and that is....Ricky P's Creole Kitchen.  We will be focusing on the food we love to share and catering for corporate and special events.
We are now Located at 11002 - 4th Street North, Just North of Gandy Boulevard, in the BayView Plaza with Cody's & WinnDixe.  

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Ricky P's Original art created by Juan GarantonOriginal art created by Juan Santos Garanton




​Ricky P's humble beginnings started at the Saturday Morning Market and then at a little shop on 4th Street North.  Ricky P's Po Boys was open for 5 1/2 years before consolidating with the downtown location.

We'll always look back at our original po boy shop fondly and with appreciation.  We met so many great people and it really helped us get to where we are today.