Guidry’s Bar and Grill was founded in 1957 by LC and Glendola Guidry. LC fought in World War II and when he came home, he wanted nothing more than to build a place like the ones he’d seen in Europe, a true family pub. Glendola’s parents had left her the bait shop and wharf, so they expanded and soon Guidry’s was as much a focal point of Papillon society as the local church. Always holding fast to the idea that this was a family business as their personal family grew, they did it at the restaurant. Children have always been welcome and a generation of Southern Louisiana bébés grew up at the wharf. Guidry’s became a place to celebrate at and to gather when the community mourned. It is a true American business, dependent on family and giving back to the community it serves. Though LC and Glen have departed this earth, their love lives on in the spirit of the business they built and passed down to the grandchildren. Welcome to Guidry’s where we hope you pass a good time.

There was another picture, this one in color. LC and Glen were much older and surrounded by family, including a heartbreakingly handsome teenaged Remy. They all stood together smiling in front of the Guidry’s she was standing in now.

Tears blurred the words. Once there had been two people who took a chance on each other. Had neither of them hurt the other? Were they utterly blameless and mistake free? She doubted it. They were human and hurting each other happened. No, she was sure there had been very bad times for that smiling couple. What they hadn’t done was let it break them. She was mistaking stubbornness for strength.

Two people had taken what they had and built something great. They’d built a family that hadn’t existed before—first through the children and then through this bar. They’d built something that lived on after they were gone.

She was never leaving this place. She had found her home and she would fight for it. She would work her hardest to maintain and grow what Remy’s grandparents had given into his hands. She would learn from them and grow a family, her love for Remy expressed in new human beings, boys and girls she would love unconditionally, and this would be their birthright. This place and town, the bay and bayou would be theirs.

She loved her family in Texas but she would always be the baby, the one who needed help and protecting. The family she created here in Papillon would look to her for strength.

And one day, it would be her and Remy on that menu. Older, wiser, even more in love.