HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, just steps from the city’s lakefront, is home to a bustling epicenter of economic growth. Historic structures, are springing back to life through a handful of restaurants, shops, and cultural centers popping up on every corner.
Th e revival’s draw is such that one of the city’s native sons, Mike Krajicek, returned home, aft er a lengthy stint of travel, with an urge to contribute to his hometown’s cultural boom. Soon aft er coming home, he opened a new restaurant based on an old American tradition: hot dogs.
It was the sentimental nature of the hot dog that first drew Mike to the idea of opening Botsky’s. “I like the nostalgia of the hot dog,” Mike says. “It reminds me of childhood, ballparks, aft er-school…
