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re: Give me a Sunday lunch in Lafayette
Posted on 3/21/17 at 3:46 pm to thegreatboudini
Posted on 3/21/17 at 3:46 pm to thegreatboudini
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Dons downtown does have the best old fashioned in town. That's a fact.
Now you're speaking my language.
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Posted on 3/21/17 at 4:01 pm to Dipper Jones
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Don's is for people who haven't tasted quality seafood. I guess that's because I grew up in New Orleans where Don's is not even considered when looking for a decent seafood restaurant.
To say the food there is not decent is ridiculous. Don's is a typical old local family seafood restaurant. It's not a place to go for creative fare. If you're looking for good fried shrimp, oysters, gumbo,bisque, oysters or shrimp en brochette, typical boiled seafood salad, seafood stuffed eggplant, seafood platters and the like, then it's fine.
I don't know how it would get all the business it gets if it wasn't decent because it's not cheap though the lunch menu is very reasonably priced. Every time I'm there to pick up the frozen bisque, the place is crowded usually with some folks sitting on that bench in the lobby area, waiting.
Posted on 3/21/17 at 5:16 pm to Btrtigerfan
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I know its touristy, but I would go to Prejeans. They are fairly consistent.
Meh
Posted on 3/21/17 at 5:19 pm to bdevill
Fezzes is better than Don's
Posted on 3/21/17 at 5:32 pm to bdevill
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Why don't you name 25 places in Lafayette, you'd like to go to instead of Don's? I want to see your list.
Ok here you go:
Pamplona
French Press
Agave
Antlers
Tsunami
Johnson's
Pop's Poboys
Ole Tyme
Taco Sisters
Saint Street Inn
Pho'Tastic
La Carreta
Rusted Rooster
Bread & Circus
Blue Dog
Cafe Vermilionville
Marcello's
Ruffino's
Pour
Rock N Sake
Zydeco Poboy
Social
Don's Seafood Hut
Charlie G's
Blue Basil
Pimon Thai
25 Places I've eaten since the last time I've gone to Don's Downtown
This post was edited on 3/22/17 at 8:21 am
Posted on 3/21/17 at 5:35 pm to yellowfin
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the one downtown which does remind me of a nursing home
Fin, how bout sending me the address.
Posted on 3/21/17 at 5:46 pm to Ole Geauxt
I'll bring you, they even have a special closet for your walker to the left of the hostess
Posted on 3/21/17 at 5:49 pm to yellowfin
I'll be there next month. A walker closet is a nice touch.. Ya think nice hostess would bring me a tea glass to put my chompers in?This post was edited on 3/21/17 at 5:51 pm
Posted on 3/21/17 at 5:54 pm to Ole Geauxt
I'm sure they could help you out. You know how to find me
Posted on 3/21/17 at 5:54 pm to yellowfin
Posted on 3/21/17 at 5:55 pm to yellowfin
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yellowfin
You just killed it!!
This post was edited on 3/21/17 at 5:56 pm
Posted on 3/21/17 at 5:58 pm to yellowfin
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La Carreta
One of 2 I've never been.
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Marcello's
Posted on 3/21/17 at 6:10 pm to LildripDraws
I know I missed some and didn't include anything outside the city
Posted on 3/21/17 at 6:23 pm to Martini
Not in Lafayette, so this rec is for some other time when you just want *near* Lafayette and want something different.
Cafe Jefferson at Rip Van Winkle Gardens.
Their seafood bisque is rich and delicious and full of crab meat and shrimp. Divine! Get a cup of bisque and a half of one of their big sandwiches. The scenery is nice, too.
ETA: Great list, fin.
Cafe Jefferson at Rip Van Winkle Gardens.
Their seafood bisque is rich and delicious and full of crab meat and shrimp. Divine! Get a cup of bisque and a half of one of their big sandwiches. The scenery is nice, too.
ETA: Great list, fin.
This post was edited on 3/21/17 at 6:26 pm
Posted on 3/21/17 at 7:02 pm to yellowfin
That's a list of restaurants, some good, but the majority aren't near the caliber of or suitable alternatives to Don's, not to mention many aren't open on Sunday for lunch for a party of four, or serve beer and wine, which is what the OP is looking for. Taco Sisters, Agave, Blue Dog, Pop's Poboys, Olde Tyme, even Bread and Circus, Rock n Sake and Johnson's (where there isn't even a dining room)? No. Just no. And if anybody questions why Cochon didn't make it in Lafayette, this list provides all the explanation you need.
This post was edited on 3/22/17 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 3/21/17 at 7:08 pm to yellowfin
I'd just skip the meal before I ate at don's
Posted on 3/21/17 at 7:17 pm to bdevill
They'd all have to be closed for me to eat at Don's
Posted on 3/21/17 at 7:22 pm to yellowfin
Give em the amount of time that Don's has been serving, and they will be.
Posted on 3/21/17 at 7:28 pm to Loungefly85
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I also like Dwyers for lunch/brunch. It's a very casual place but the food is pretty damn good.
I like Dwyers a lot as well.
Posted on 3/21/17 at 8:12 pm to SOLA
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Yes, dons seafood hut is another good one.
Always liked Don's Seafood Hut. Lived nearby in Riversbend and would often call the wife to meet me for lunch there. Great gumbo and a couple of drinks. Then to the house for a nooner. Not much work those afternoons.
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