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| à la Carte - 301 Heymann
Blvd. In the Oil Center, an easy walk from the Hilton. Cajun/Creole
cuisine. A good place for breakfast & lunch; salads &
a daily lunch buffet. 235-8493. |
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| Antoni's Italian Café -
1118-A Coolidge, Lafayette (in the Oil Center). Casual Italian
dining. Very good calzone, salads, pasta. Great fresh spinach
vegetarian pizza. For dessert lovers, there's great Italian
cream cheese ice cream. 232-8384. |
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| Bella Figura - 340-C Kaliste
Saloom Rd., Lafayette. Popular ristorante italiano, featuring
Tuscan food and wine. Expensive, but worth it. Good atmosphere.
Good food. Reservations recommended. 237-5800. |
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| Blue Dog Café - 1211
W. Pinhook Rd., Lafayette. Owned by a Cajun artist, the Blue
Dog features innovative Cajun cuisine and good atmosphere. Many
original George Rodrigue paintings on the walls. 237-0005 |
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| Café Jardin - 1521
W. Pinhook Rd. In the Hilton. Cajun and Continental cuisine.
Breakfast and lunch buffets. 235-6111. |
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| Café Vermilionville
- 1304 W. Pinhook Rd., Lafayette. Expensive, casually elegant
restaurant, housed in an 1800s Acadian Inn. Easy walk from Hilton.
Menu features upscale Cajun and Creole dishes. Listed on the
National Register of Historic Places. Reservations recommended
for dinner. 237-0100. |
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| Charley G's - 3809 Ambassador
Caffery, Lafayette. Progressive Cajun cuisine in a casually
elegant setting. Excellent and imaginative dishes. Great wine
list. Live contemporary jazz on the weekends. 981-0108. |
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| Copeland's of Lafayette
- 3920 Ambassador Caffery, Lafayette. Local branch of Copeland's
Famous New Orleans Restaurant and Bar. "Cajun American
cuisine." Good food with big portions. Unusual décor.
Open every day at 11 am. Always crowded. 991-0320. |
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| Coyote Blues - 5741 Johnston
St. Southwestern menu and décor; wonderful chips and
salsa, and innovative specials. 988-3668. |
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| Guamas - 302 Jefferson St.
(downtown). Popular Caribbean restaurant. Wonderful yucca, plantain,
black beans, etc. 267-4242. |
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| iMonelli - 4017 Johnston St.
Northern Italian cuisine, featuring new and old favorites. Fresh
baked bread and exciting desserts. Full service bar. Good wine
list. Lunch: Tues.-Fri. Dinner: Tues-Sat. Closed Sun. and Mon.
989-9291. |
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| La Fonda - 3809 Johnston.
Tex-Mex and steaks. Especially popular as an early evening Margarita
watering hole. Open 11am to 10pm. 984-5630. |
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| Lafayette's Restaurant - 1025
Kaliste Saloom Rd., Lafayette. Live jazz brunch on Sundays.
Lunch buffet M-F. Good food, but somewhat noisy. 216-9024. |
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| Mustang Sally's Grill and Bar
- 1801 W. Pinhook. In the Best Western Hotel Acadiana. Open
for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. 233-8120. |
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| Outback Steakhouse - 1600
W. Pinhook Rd. Fine steaks, less expensive than Ruth's Chris.
235-8640. |
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| Poor Boy's Riverside Inn -
240 Tubing Rd., Lafayette, just off US 90 East. A favorite Lafayette
restaurant since 1932. Along with Don's, one of the originators
of upscale Cajun cuisine. Fine seafood, including grilled stuffed
flounder, crabmeat étouffée, flounder extravaganza,
and the shrimp dinner. Also serving live Maine lobster, a full
line of steaks, and heart-healthy items. Closed Sunday. 235-8559.
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| Randol's Restaurant & Cajun
Dance Hall - 2320 Kaliste Saloom Rd., Lafayette. "Two
Steppin', Toe Tappin', Taste Temptin'" hall features Cajun
music, food, and dancing 7 nights a week in a casual, family
atmosphere. 981-7080 or (800) YO-CAJUN |
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| Ruth's Chris Steakhouse -
620 W. Pinhook Rd. A moderate walk from the Hilton, serves serious
filets, richly marbled, corn-fed beef, custom-aged and cut by
hand. Pricey, but worth it. Must order side a la carte, so best
to share. Reservations recommended. 237-6123. |
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| Sakura - 3217 Johnston St.
Offers a variety of sushi and non-sushi entrees, including Bento
boxes. 989-9698.
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| Shangri La - 4702 Johnston
Street. Great sushi bar, fine Chinese menu, and delightful Japanese
grill. 988-4588. |
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| The Blair House - 1316 Surrey
St., Lafayette. Just off Pinhook near Vermilionville. One of
Lafayette's old guard restaurants. Traditional and progressive
Cajun cuisine. Great wine list. Lunch M-F; Saturday dinner only.
234-0357. |
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| The Original Don's Seafood &
Steakhouse - 301 E. Vermilion, Lafayette (downtown). Third
generation family-owned restaurant located in historic downtown
Lafayette. One of the first restaurants to experiment with traditional
Cajun cuisine back in the 1930s, producing innovative dishes
such as crawfish stuffed flounder. Most of the crawfish dishes
are good, and the eggplant dishes are also noteworthy. Newly
remodeled. Specializing in fresh seafood and steaks. 235-3551.
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| The Peking Garden - 4416 Johnston
St. Taeppanaki Seafood, Japanese Steak, & Chinese cuisine.
Japanese dishes prepared at table especially recommended. Reservations
recommended for dinner. 984-1290. |
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| Tsunami - 412 Jefferson St.
Popular downtown sushi restaurant known for its chic decor and
busy happy hour. Salads, steaks, and grilled fish also available.
Closed Sunday and Monday. 234-3474. |
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| Zea Rotisserie & Grill
- 235 Doucet Road, Lafayette. A favorite spot for lunch or dinner.
Big city atmosphere. Great food with interesting choices. Interesting
lunch specials. A great place for dinner. Smartly casual. 406-0013.
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| Restaurant
list compiled originally for the 1995 American Folklore Society
Meeting; updated 2002 by Marcia Gaudet and Barry Jean Ancelet;
updated 2005 by Kasey Pharis and Amy Clary, University of Louisiana
at Lafayette. |
