Restaurants in Lafayette
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Pamplona Tapas Bar
A bit more upscale, this place does a robust trade in excellent Spanish tapas (eg bacon-wrapped dates on a bed of blue cheese; chorizo-stuffed mushrooms) and a fabulous Spanish wine selection (by the glass $6 to $11).
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T-Coon's
Head to local favorite T-Coon's for crawfish omelets in the morning and bodacious plates of étouffée (a thick Cajun stew) or smothered rabbit for lunch.
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Your place if you're jonesing for vegan/vegetarian food, or even just a hookah. There is a variety of live music every night.
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Old Tyme Grocery
Famous po'boys.
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Johnson's Boucanière
This resurrected 70-year-old family prairie smoker business turns out detour-worthy boudin (Cajun-style pork and rice sausage) and an unstoppable smoked pork-brisket sandwich topped with smoked sausage. You can smell it from a block away and can't miss the chic aluminum-sided shack with wraparound porch.
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French Press
This new French-Cajun hybrid is a breakfast pleaser, with an outstanding breakfast sandwich, cheddar grits (that will kill you dead), organic granola (offset the grits) and black bean and crab cake eggs benedict, served in a modern cafe atmos-phere with excellent French press coffee.
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Randol’s
Dishes like crab cake au gratin are quite tasty, but the nightly live Cajun tunes are the why-go. Regulars are always here scooting around the floor; sit on the bench around the dance floor (separated from the tables by some awkward plexiglass) and you will be asked out onto the floor.
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Prejean’s Cajun Dining
Live music accompanies every dinner and weekend brunches (old-timer Gervais Matte is a regular), but food takes center stage here. Have crawfish omelets for breakfast, fried oyster salad for lunch, and lump crab and eggplant Abbeville (in a Worcestershire cream sauce) for dinner. Don’t forget to say hi to Big Al, the 14ft stuffed alligator, on your way in.
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Old Tyme Grocery
For shrimp or roast-beef po’boys at lunch or dinner, this no-frills joint is heralded as the best in town. In summer, swing round the back for a refreshing ice-cream treat.
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Creole Lunch House
Sausage-stuffed bread is what this little lunch house (literally, a house) is known for. Two slices make a meal, but you might also try the specials like chicken fricassee.
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Blue Dog Cafe
Make reservations if you hope to enjoy the live jazz and Cajun music brunch; any given Sunday, the line stretches out the door by 10:30am. Shrimp Rockefeller soup, pork grillades (thin, browned strips with gravy) and cornbread dressing are just some of the reasons why. Louisiana native artist (and restaurant co-owner) George Rodrigue displays more than 150 of his works here, including many incarnations of his Blue Dog. Live music Thursday through Saturday evenings.
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