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re: Dear Lafayette Brethren
Posted on 1/9/25 at 8:09 pm to GruntbyAssociation
Posted on 1/9/25 at 8:09 pm to GruntbyAssociation
Also, Italian at Nuvolari’s or Sal and Judy’s in LaCombe. You really don’t know what you are talking about.
This post was edited on 1/9/25 at 8:22 pm
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Posted on 1/9/25 at 8:31 pm to SWLA92
quote:yes it is because New Orleans’ tourist industry has always been built around food
It’s not a hot take
If Lafayette’s food was that great then it would be a food tourist destination, too.
But it has like maybe 10 good places.
10 good places that have been open for more than a year
This post was edited on 1/9/25 at 8:39 pm
Posted on 1/9/25 at 8:47 pm to GreenRockTiger
Now that’s a horrible take there. Either that or a good troll
Posted on 1/9/25 at 8:48 pm to SWLA92
quote:which statement?
Now that’s a horrible take there.
I have had mostly ok meals in Lafayette- I’ve had better stuff at gas stations and grocery stores than restaurants. The restaurants I have liked in Lafayette are now closed.
None of the food I’ve had is food tourist worthy. Lafayette does not have the best food in the state. And it gets worse going west.
This post was edited on 1/9/25 at 8:52 pm
Posted on 1/9/25 at 8:57 pm to GreenRockTiger
Lafayette has more than 10 places that’s are good. They easily have better food than New Orleans. New Orleans is creole, nothing Cajun about it. Y’all can keep yalls tomato’s in yalls gumbo.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 9:00 pm to GreenRockTiger
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The restaurants I have liked in Lafayette are now closed.
the best food is found in the kitchens of Cajun homes, restaurants have never been big in Lafayette, some of the best places are holes in the walls places that you just have to know about
Posted on 1/9/25 at 9:02 pm to SWLA92
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They easily have better food than New Orleans.
You can argue Laffy has better Cajun food than New Orleans, but New Orleans wins the overall restaurant battle if they go head-to-head.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 9:07 pm to 777Tiger
quote:that is very subjective - plenty of good food found in kitchens of NOLA, too. my Cajun great grandma that lived in NOLA most her life cooked really well. My Irish grandma cooked some of the best creole food you’d ever eat.
the best food is found in the kitchens of Cajun homes,
quote:I’ve been to many hole in the wall places in Lafayette, some of my in laws have lived there for over 20 years - it’s very good, but not the best in the state.
some of the best places are holes in the walls places that you just have to know about
quote:then how can anything be compared?
restaurants have never been big in Lafayette
This post was edited on 1/9/25 at 9:09 pm
Posted on 1/9/25 at 9:14 pm to GreenRockTiger
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then how can anything be compared?
I love all of it, I didn’t pay attention as to how this argument got started but Nawlins does Nawlins well and Acadiana does Acadiana well, just my opinion but nothing in Nola is quite as good to me post Katrina
Posted on 1/9/25 at 9:14 pm to BlackCoffeeKid
To each their own but I don’t see New Orleans winning head to head. If you take a poll I think Lafayette wins if you take the whole Acadiana area for food options.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 9:15 pm to SWLA92
quote:too bad the rest of the world doesn’t think so
They easily have better food than New Orleans.
quote:No fricking shite, dumb arse - you said best food in the state, you didn’t say specifically Cajun
New Orleans is creole
quote:it’s ‘tomatoes’ - and my family doesn’t put tomatoes in our gumbo. What about the tomatoes in sauce piquant and courtboullion?? So it’s ok to have some dishes with tomatoes but not others?
Y’all can keep yalls tomato’s in yalls gumbo.
You can keep eating your burnt flour in your etouffee and red beans
Posted on 1/9/25 at 9:19 pm to SWLA92
If you believe Lafayette and the surrounding area is better than New Orleans for food, start naming some places - not to debate it with you, just I want to know what I or others here might be missing out on.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 9:21 pm to 777Tiger
quote:
I didn’t pay attention as to how this argument
Because some couyon said Southwest Louisiana has the best food in the state
quote:I love trying all foods. I just hate the Lafayette attitude - which is a major turn off for me, and plenty of people I know in the food world. If you have to keep telling me it’s the best - then im going to believe you’re trying to convince yourself
I love all of it,
quote:you gotta go back - I went to Justine for the first time last month - some of the best stuff, plus one of the best atmospheres I’ve been in in a while
nothing in Nola is quite as good to me post Katrina
Posted on 1/9/25 at 9:22 pm to GreenRockTiger
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I went to Justine for the first time last month - some of the best stuff,
noted!
Posted on 1/9/25 at 10:14 pm to BengalBlood81
Lafayette is a great place with great people
Posted on 1/9/25 at 10:17 pm to BengalBlood81
You need to try Noahs on Amb. Thats the real deal.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 10:19 pm to BengalBlood81
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Rachel’s cafe today… chooooo!
I mean, Rachels’s is pretty good. What else ya got?
What are these stellar restaurants?
I’m there weekly for work & always looking for new places. And I’m all good on T-coons.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 10:30 pm to Joshjrn
quote:
Now that’s a take.
I mean it’s 100% true. Yes, New Orleans has the best fine dining in the state, but for authentic Louisiana food, the 190 corridor between Kinder and Krotz Springs is unmatched. And I’m not biased because I’m not from there.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 10:32 pm to GreenRockTiger
quote:
You can keep eating your burnt flour in your etouffee and red beans
Someone doesn’t know how to make a roux
Posted on 1/9/25 at 10:35 pm to SWLA92
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It’s really aggravating when people say they come to New Orleans for the food. If people only knew to go 150 miles west and the food between Lafayette and Lake Charles would blow New Orleans out the water.
I’ve lived in Lafayette for 12 years and I will take New Orleans cuisine. I do love them plate lunches though! Dwight’s bbq plate lunch, chefs kiss!
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