{"id":88685,"date":"2026-04-21T11:19:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/?p=88685"},"modified":"2026-04-21T11:26:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:26:51","slug":"saulers-cajun-nation-restaurant-started-with-backyard-seafood-boils-selling-on-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/eat-see-do-2\/eat\/saulers-cajun-nation-restaurant-started-with-backyard-seafood-boils-selling-on-facebook","title":{"rendered":"This new Cajun restaurant started with backyard seafood boils and selling on Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After eight years as a pop-up and catering business, Sauler\u2019s Cajun Nation opened its first brick-and-mortar location on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt’s been a dream of ours to have this,\u201d owner Steven Sauler said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sauler has worked as a cook his whole life and loves exploring different foods. When his wife asked him to make her favorite food, a shrimp seafood boil with Cajun seasoning, Sauler was excited to take on the challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he made more and more seafood boils, Sauler shared them with family and friends. Seeing how much everyone loved his food, he decided to try selling it. Sauler started testing the waters by listing the food on Facebook Marketplace and was surprised to see it really take off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Steven Sauler, right, and his wife Hanna Sauler at the location of their new restaurant, Sauler’s Cajun Nation, in Long Beach on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2026. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt first, it was just extra money, but it kept growing,\u201d Sauler said. \u201cMore orders, more repeat customers, people telling their friends. That\u2019s when I realized this could actually be something bigger than just cooking at home, it\u2019s something that I can leave to my family when my time is up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sauler officially started Sauler\u2019s Cajun Nation in 2018 and has continued to grow his business ever since, garnering over 186,000 followers on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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