re: Lafayette Area Recommendations

For Lafayette proper, if you want to eat where the locals eat and have a few weeks:

1) La Fonda (more about the atmosphere and drinks than the food)
2) Judice Inn for old school burger and chips.
3) Vestal is the newest, most popular spot now for more elevated food.
4) Poor Boys Riverside Inn
5) Old Tyme Grocery for Poboys. Also, Pop's or Chris'
6) Johnson's Boucanerie for smoked meats/bbq
7) Marcellos for italian
8)Pizza is a toss up between Alesi's (old world) and Deano's (new world). Central Pizza is the newcomer and is great. Antoni's in the oil center is also awesome.
9) T-Coons or Dwyers are longtime spots for breakfast and lunch.
10) Blu Basil for Thai
11) Mazen Grill for a steak
12) Rachael's for an awesome plate lunch
13) Dwight's for Sunday bbq plate lunches

I would spend a day travelling out to Arnaudville to the Little Big Cup or Sunset to Cafe Josephine. Same goes for Dupuy's in Abbeville.

If you are in New Iberia, drive down to Cypremort Point and catch a sunset at the Bayview. It's cheap, freezer-to-fryer type foods (pretty decent burgers) at a little refueling dock, but the drinks are strong and the views are great.

There's also going to be every choice imaginable for cajun meats. Best Stop, Dons, Hebert's, Kartchners, Bourque's, NuNus. Billy's.

If you also need recommendations for a gym or personal trainer let me know