re: What type of food is lacking most in your town?

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Lafayette: New American And honestly, just good restaurants. It's lacking "upscale casual" restaurants. I was obviously spoiled coming from New Orleans, but there is just a lack of good restaurants with interesting menus here. Not many "chef" restaurants. We have a handful of good spots, but I feel like we're continually frequenting the same spots.

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I share this same sentiment. Grew up in New Orleans, and my wife and I basically rotate Social, Masala, Rock-n-Sake, Charlie G's, La Pagua, and Blue Basil. We go to Nola about every 2-3 months for a date night, and haven't ate at the same place in probably 6-7 years.

As far as the OP's question, I wish there were legit Chinese places in Lafayette. It's so bad that I was briefly ecstatic when there was a rumor that PF Chang's was coming to Ambassador Caffery.