good place to eat in shreveport? or something fun to do besides the casino?

what type of restaurant are you looking for?

superior bar and grill has a good happy hour (margaritas...although i'm not so much a fan of their food)
blind tiger is a good bar type place downtown
herby k's is a good local place
monjuni's is a local italian place - although their sauce is a little too sweet for my liking
earnest's is a good fancy pants place
strawn's is a local eatery
southfield grill is a good "home cookin" place
noble savage tavern is a good place downtown - they usually have a lot of wild game on their menu..they usually post it on facebook for the week
tokyo and shogun are both hibachi places. i enjoy tokyo more but shogun has been around longer.

as far as things to do there isn't that much besides the casinos. the boardwalk is on the bossier side of the river and it has some chain restaurants and outlet shops. there are a few art galleries around. if you google you can find them. the minor league season is about to start up. the mudbugs play at the centurytel center in bossier. you could also check into the show schedule at the strand theatre. they've got different things going on there - sometimes plays, ballet, comedians etc.

You got to grab a burger from Pappa and Company. They are great, one of the few things I miss from that town.

i never really liked pappa's burgers that much. there was nothing that special about them.

In addition to the places above, I like Johnny's Catfish but it's on the edge of town. Cheeburger Cheeburger is money for so money reasons: great burgers w/ tons of free toppings, good fries and onion rings, and great milkshakes (100 toppings and you can put as many as you want in the shake).

i was assuming he didn't want chains

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i was assuming he didn't want chains

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I think there is 1 Cheeburger in all of TX.

i didn't see where he said he was from texas

Blind Tiger

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i didn't see where he said he was from texas

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Neither did I, but the odds are probably pretty decent that he is. I assumed there was a good chance the OP was from TX, kind of like you assumed the OP did not want chains. I think there are 20-25 Cheeburgers total, so the odds are pretty low that there is one where the OP lives.

Superior - Better than average tex-mex, great margaritas, good crowd.

Oyster Bar - See above minus the tex-mex.

2 Johns Steakhose - Best in town(s) in Bossier, but damn good steak.