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re: 1981 Flashback: Lafayette has more millionaires per capita than any other place on earth
Posted on 3/22/21 at 4:12 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Posted on 3/22/21 at 4:12 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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I must be one of the biggest oddballs in the world because I love the food there. I think it's one of the best old school type Mexican restaurants in the state. I prefer it to anything in New Orleans. And I'm not into the whole Lafayette "scene" of the place at all.
It’s not my favorite Mexican place, but I do like it for the food, drinks, and atmosphere. The old school nature is what I enjoy about it.
Oddly enough, it’s a similar style as the really old Los Angeles Mexican restaurants from 60-70 years back (Such as El Coyote) before that town got flooded with actual Mexicans and a shite load of fast casual “Cali-Mex” places.
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Posted on 3/22/21 at 4:12 pm to blueridgeTiger
Imagine how insufferable Reds was back then
Posted on 3/22/21 at 4:14 pm to dallastiger55
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Imagine how insufferable Reds was back then
I was a member back then, no worse than the rest of the town I guess, almost think it would be worse nowPosted on 3/22/21 at 4:14 pm to goofball
Short story . . .Wife (sorry fresh out of pics) and I lived in Lafayette in 1981. We went to dinner at upper end restaurant with a neighbor and his wife one evening. Neighbor was a geologist and worked for a major oil company. Two or three oilfield service company sales guys in the dining room began arguing over who would take care of our table's dinner bill. Money was flowing in Lafayette and expense accounts seemed to be almost bottomless . . . 
This post was edited on 3/22/21 at 4:16 pm
Posted on 3/22/21 at 4:15 pm to dallastiger55
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Imagine how insufferable Reds was back then
Probably almost as bad as Bocage is now.
Posted on 3/22/21 at 4:16 pm to 777Tiger
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not really much Mexican about it though
It's more an old style Mexican-American type place. Sort of the style in the first wave of Mexican restaurants you would see in the states. Like the other poster who mentioned it reminded him of places you would see in California in the mid 20th century.
I dig the fact that they adhere to that style.
Posted on 3/22/21 at 4:18 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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I dig the fact that they adhere to that style.
I'm with you on that, I liked the place, haven't been in years
Posted on 3/22/21 at 4:18 pm to 777Tiger
Happy hour started at noon on Friday in Laffy, still might but i have been gone 14 years.
Member the "I Believe in Lafayette" bumper stickers? We used to say I Be Leavin Lafayette
Member the "I Believe in Lafayette" bumper stickers? We used to say I Be Leavin Lafayette
Posted on 3/22/21 at 4:22 pm to 777Tiger
Noon Fridays at LaFonda’s was elbow to elbow. LeeBob would rarely seat you until 3 PM. Being an attorney, many times clients sent their bills to my table. Good Times
Posted on 3/22/21 at 4:25 pm to 777Tiger
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I dig the fact that they adhere to that style.
If they ever moved, they could never replicate it. I hope they never change. It's part of Lafayette's identity now from my perspective. The faces on the wall still crack me up.
Luckily they stay busy, and I've heard they are as good as they ever were, pandemic related restrictions aside. Looking forward to my visit to Louisiana next month. LaFonda is in the rotation.
This post was edited on 3/22/21 at 4:27 pm
Posted on 3/22/21 at 4:40 pm to goofball
Grandfather, made some serious money back then.
He was smart enough to pay off farm loans, buy land, and lived well under his means. When he passed away he left all his grandchildren money and land. I am very grateful for what he did for us.
Now my Uncle made good money as he started up a maid cleaning service late 70's to right before the bust. He ended up giving everything to his first ex wife. The man did not care he moved on starting other businesses which he got in at the right time and got out right before the markets fell out. If it was not for alcohol and his love of women he would have stayed a millionaire. Even to the day he died he could start a business that everyone else would fail at, make money, get out before the bust, and spend it all on women or drinking. He told me he loved beautiful women and they cost money.
He was smart enough to pay off farm loans, buy land, and lived well under his means. When he passed away he left all his grandchildren money and land. I am very grateful for what he did for us.
Now my Uncle made good money as he started up a maid cleaning service late 70's to right before the bust. He ended up giving everything to his first ex wife. The man did not care he moved on starting other businesses which he got in at the right time and got out right before the markets fell out. If it was not for alcohol and his love of women he would have stayed a millionaire. Even to the day he died he could start a business that everyone else would fail at, make money, get out before the bust, and spend it all on women or drinking. He told me he loved beautiful women and they cost money.
This post was edited on 3/22/21 at 4:41 pm
Posted on 3/22/21 at 4:40 pm to goofball
Worked across the street from the Ryder truck rental office on Pinhook in 1985. The day school finished they were bringing in hundreds of truck for people to move out of town. I remember most heading to Atlanta to work in the construction industry. That Uerl went bust fast.
Posted on 3/22/21 at 4:51 pm to goofball
"I'll say one thing about an oil boom; it will teach a kid that Life's a pretty rotten thing as quick as anything I can think of." —Robert E. Howard
Yeah, I remember.
Yeah, I remember.
Posted on 3/22/21 at 4:52 pm to DarkDrifter
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La Fonda's is overrated
Is it weird that I've lived in Lafayette my entire life, 41 years and I've never once eaten there?
Posted on 3/22/21 at 4:58 pm to goofball
Started college at USL in '78. Fair amount of guys thought it was ridiculous to get a degree when you could go offshore and make a killing. After a semester or two offshore, most of them got back in school.
Posted on 3/22/21 at 5:01 pm to Seldom Seen
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Is it weird that I've lived in Lafayette my entire life, 41 years and I've never once eaten there?
Yes. Not that’s there’s anything wrong with that
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Seldom Seen
Checks out. Lafonda is definitely the kind of place that people who want to be seen go
This post was edited on 3/22/21 at 5:05 pm
Posted on 3/22/21 at 5:09 pm to dewster
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It’s not my favorite Mexican place, but I do like it for the food, drinks, and atmosphere. The old school nature is what I enjoy about it.
What's funny is that the Mexican food is not the best stuff on the menu
The Fried chicken/fried rabbit, and the Don Briggs steak and the Kabob and Tuna are all better than any of the mexican dishes
Posted on 3/22/21 at 5:13 pm to Seldom Seen
It's worth going to check it out, it's probably the biggest social restaurant in Lafayette. We usually go a couple times a year with friends, hang out at the bar, pass the 2 hour wait for a table by drinking too much, and forget what we order. It gets a bunch of shite for not being a normal Tex-Mex place like El Paso, or Pedros, or Agave but it being nothing like any of those places it what makes it so special.
Posted on 3/22/21 at 5:49 pm to member12
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Lafayette is still a great town IMO. Better than New Orleans or Baton Rouge.
Way to think big
Posted on 3/22/21 at 5:54 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Fried rabbit, nachos and gringo for the win!!!
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