USA Cajun Station!

Founded in 2019 in Union Springs, Alabama, USA Cajun Station has been serving up the best Cajun cuisine in Alabama for over 5 years. Our restaurant has become a staple in the area, and we are grateful for all of our loyal customers who have supported us over the years.

"Chef Cha-Cha," just like Gordon Ramsey, is a self-made chef.  Austin’s love for cooking started as a little girl, back when she began cooking in the at a mere 6 years old. She said her grandmother first taught her

how to make a traditional fried chicken meal in an iron skillet with the standard fixings of collard greens, biscuits, yams, mac and cheese and hot-water cornbread. Learning this sparked her interest to experiment with non-traditional “Southern Soul” recipes to

think outside of the box as a budding chef.  “I began baking homemade pastries, stir frying vegetables and cooking up different fusions of varying ethnic foods,” she said. “Think pan-seared catfish filets with summer vegetables from my own garden, on handmade, fried, Indian Roti bread.”

This garden, which she started at 11 years old, showed how her determination to become a chef and restaurant owner continued throughout her childhood.

Although she enjoyed trying different takes on classic dishes growing up, the chef fell in love with traditional Cajun cuisine during the summer before her senior year of high school, back when she studied at Xavier University in New Orleans for a pre-medical summer program. Not only did she have a passion for the food, but she also enjoyed the flare, lore and mystery of this new city.

“On the first trip to drop me off at the dorm room for the summer, my family went out to eat to get some local cuisine,” she said. “My grandmother, while eating Cajun-smothered catfish and rice, said, ‘This is the best food that I’ve ever tasted.’ She said it with so much zeal and contentment.

Since then, I’d started working on my menu of Cajun cuisine for my first restaurant, while still in high school.”