Lafayette Restaurants

Restaurants in Lafayette

  1. Pamplona Tapas Bar

    A bit more upscale, this place has an amazing Spanish wine selection and delicious plates, like flatbread topped with roasted pig, figs, shallots and blue cheese.

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  2. 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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  3. Artmosphere

    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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  4. Old Tyme Grocery

    Has famous shrimp or roast beef po'boys (sandwiches).

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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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