The French Press - Lafayette (Review)

We went to Gulf Brew this weekend, so we stayed overnight in Lafayette. A friend recommended the French Press for breakfast the next morning so we took that suggestion. French Press is on E. Vermillion, downtown, and is a fairly small place. I found it odd that a place that serves breakfast didn't open until 9 on a Sunday but we didn't get there until about 920ish anyways. For only being open for like 20 minutes the place was packed. We had 4 guys and even though there was no one else waiting, most of the tables didn't have food yet so the wait was going to be a long time. We opted to take a seat at the bar and eat up there. Nothing wrong with the seating, the bar was really nice and so was the bartender. Loud atmosphere but not overpowering like Franks in Baton Rouge is.

Since the place was called the French Press, I opted for a french press of coffee (sm 3.50, lg 5.50). I wasn't terribly impressed but it wasn't bad coffee. I was expecting a little more, I make better coffee at the house. Still cool that it came as an entire press though.

The menu started off with traditional breakfast fare but that is not the reason we were told to come here. I chose to go with grits and grillades which came with 2 eggs and the option to get fried oysters. Obviously I went with the oyster option and figured that poached eggs would be a good choice. Regular price was 8.50 and oysters added 3.00 to the meal. I thought it was a fantastic plate of food overall. The grits and grillades were really tasty. Perfectly cooked grits and a nice chopped/shredded pork stew. Slight tang of tomatoes in the sauce. The eggs were perfectly poached, probably the best poached eggs I have ever had. Surprisingly though the oysters stole the show. Amazing flavor to the oysters and perfectly crisp. Great breakfast.


A buddy got their "Sweet Baby Breesus" which is 3 biscuit sliders topped with Stein's syrup, bacon, and fried boudin. Served with a side of cheddar grits. I didn't taste them but he thought they were great.

Once we left at about 1040 there was a 45 minute wait. Great option for breakfast even if the coffee was blah.