re: Downtown Lafayette getting ZERO new high rise towers

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Staying away from downtown because 1 time 10 years ago

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It pretty much happens annually.

More doorways for bums to sleep in and to take cover from the weather as they accost passers-by.

It had been years since I'd been downtown Lafayette and went for dinner a couple of weeks back. I was stunned by what I saw. I'd expect that shite in Baton Rouge or New Orleans.

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Don's closed down over a year ago.

Then it was an empty building until a local group of investors decided to do something with the place.

It's not like they bought Don's while they were still open and then shut it down

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Never knew this. I much preferred the actual dons over the other one on johnson since it's a completely different thing.

Man I'll miss that bisque.

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Outside of that one location, I've always found Don's to be kind of underwhelming.

I'm disappointed they closed the good one.

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Same name, two different restaurants. That's why. They're under a similar umbrella but dons downtown was always treated as its own thing.

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Same name, two different restaurants. That's why. They're under a similar umbrella but dons downtown was always treated as its own thing.

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Yea, It must've been some family dispute to have them split up

Same with all the different Meche's around here

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It pretty much happens annually.

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Someone gets in a fight after leaving a bar (probably around 1-2am) and dies? Maybe?

I'm not advocating for people to "go out" downtown until 2am or whatever. But, it's not some sketchy area that should be avoided for dinner and post dinner drinks. We probably leave by 10pm most nights out there, and never encounter any sort of "trouble".

I also still enjoying dining out and drinking in New Orleans, and hundreds of people literally die there every year. I'm not going to be "scared away" by 1 person dying in a neighborhood "annually".

Baw you're upset about losing the old Don's? I get it now, you're over 65 aren't you?


Sorry to hear about your friend, that's tragic, but you should give downtown another shot, its different from even a few years ago. I lived in Freetown up until about 9 months ago and never had any issue aside from the occasional bum downtown trying to ask for money, that's pretty much any city. We'd walk/ride bikes to Downtown Alive, Festival, etc. go have drinks in the afternoon, dinner in the evening, then more drinks, and walk home to Freetown without a single incident over 10 years. I miss being that close.

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You sure you live in Lafayette?

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Probably a good indication of why it closed. It's one of those places people considered a "cherished institution" but seemed to rarely visit.

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I also still enjoying dining out and drinking in New Orleans, and hundreds of people literally die there every year. I'm not going to be "scared away" by 1 person dying in a neighborhood "annually".

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That's a bad analogy because downtown lafayette is riddled with crime and you're implying that eating in nola is like eating in the wards the only time you ever go there.

Crime per area, Downtown and freetown are pretty bad after hours.

Now if you just said "eating in lafayette" vs "eating in nola", it'd make more sense because you'd use data for the whole city.

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Cajunhawk81




Just ignore this dude. He's an escaped mental patient from RaginPagin. This wet blanket's origin story is he was a meter maid during college. Explains a lot.

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Dude's been laying low for a bit