Chef Wayne Hooker opens Big Mamou Cajun on the Go outside Mardi Gras in downtown Springfield
The aroma — the scent of meat slow cooking in a smoker, of Cajun spices, of cornbread — is Chef Wayne Hooker’s secret weapon. It filled the parking lot of the Mardi Gras, 350 Grill and Smokey Joe’s Cigar Lounge at 350 Worthington St. Tuesday for the soft opening of his Chef Wayne’s Big Mamou Cajun on the Go kiosk. The new venture opens Wednesday, and its regular hours will be 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.