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re: Lafayette Nostalgia thread
Posted on 1/16/08 at 5:04 pm to supatigah
Posted on 1/16/08 at 5:04 pm to supatigah
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were you guys after work players or lunch bunchers?
I did both. When I played there alot it was in the summers and during a year I took off of school, so I played all the time. But I eventually had the same experience as you. I enjoyed waxing the high school kids for a couple of years, but then I got old and quit going. Those were some good times though.
Posted on 1/16/08 at 6:53 pm to cwill
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Not really - I was there in the 80s and it was snooty - the school liked to portray itself as college prep pipeline to the Ivy Leagues.
I disagree. I remember going to my cousin's ESA graduation. In the program were listed the colleges that each student was going to attend and Ivy League schools were very well represented.
At about the same time, I read the Advertiser listing of the valedictorians of eac area HS, and it was nothing but LSU, USL, USL, LSU,LSU, with the occasional Ole Miss or Centenary or Nicholls.
Furthermore, I have run into several Ascension kids I went to school with over the years and a very high percentage of them are successful professionals and businessmen, much moreso than the public or Catholic school kids.
And I don't know what your perspective is on the so-called "elite" neighborhoods, but the mentality is very different now than it was in the 70's and 80's.
Posted on 1/16/08 at 7:04 pm to blueboy
I grew up with several kids who went to ESA and they've turned out like you said. It is a high quality institution focusing on academics with very small class sizes. I wish I'd gone there and if I lived in Lafayette, my kids would be going to ESA.
Posted on 1/16/08 at 8:29 pm to coolpapaboze
Golden China was the best chinese restaurant.
What was the name of the BBQ place next to Burger King on Johnston? Or the mexican place on Bertrand and Congress that is now a Blockbuster?
What was the name of the BBQ place next to Burger King on Johnston? Or the mexican place on Bertrand and Congress that is now a Blockbuster?
Posted on 1/16/08 at 8:32 pm to tigerfootball10
That Mexican place was Cisco's Hacienda, or something like that.
You are right: Golden China was head and shoulders better than any other Chinese place in town.
You are right: Golden China was head and shoulders better than any other Chinese place in town.
Posted on 1/16/08 at 8:36 pm to G Vice
quote:YES
Cisco's Hacienda
Posted on 1/16/08 at 8:39 pm to tigerfootball10
One more restaurant..Longneckers where Daiquiri Supreme is now. Still no answer on th BBQ joint
Posted on 1/16/08 at 8:52 pm to tigerfootball10
Anyone remember the original Japanese restaurant in town, Peking Gardens? Had the little bridge to cross over as soon as you walked through the door, cheesey Christmas lights, dimly lit, old wood paneling from the 60's?
Take you back at all?.............
Hasn't changed ONE BIT in 40 yrs. Cheese factor is high, still trip on the bridge, but at least I toss a penny in the little river.
Take you back at all?.............
Hasn't changed ONE BIT in 40 yrs. Cheese factor is high, still trip on the bridge, but at least I toss a penny in the little river.
Posted on 1/16/08 at 9:04 pm to G Vice
Don's vs Best Stop!
Posted on 1/16/08 at 9:07 pm to Rowdy
Partial to Don's. Best Stop also very good. 
Posted on 1/16/08 at 9:09 pm to G Vice
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Anyone remember the original Japanese restaurant in town, Peking Gardens? Had the little bridge to cross over as soon as you walked through the door, cheesey Christmas lights, dimly lit, old wood paneling from the 60's?
Hey, don't knock it. The food was good and the concept is what Benihana makes a fortune off of.
Posted on 1/16/08 at 9:14 pm to blueboy
Not really knockin' it, b/c the food quality is consistently good and the family is very respectable. But the decor 
They need to modernize/update at least a little. Check out Shangri La. When they got rid of their big Chinese buffet and put in Hibachi grills with good, entertaining chefs, they (almost) single-handedly exploded the hibachi-style dining scene in Lafayette.
They need to modernize/update at least a little. Check out Shangri La. When they got rid of their big Chinese buffet and put in Hibachi grills with good, entertaining chefs, they (almost) single-handedly exploded the hibachi-style dining scene in Lafayette.
Posted on 1/16/08 at 9:16 pm to G Vice
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they (almost) single-handedly exploded the hibachi-style dining scene in Lafayette.
I think they have a sushi/hibachi restaurant on every corner now.
Posted on 1/16/08 at 9:19 pm to yellowfin
Hell, I pick up sushi in Target and am almost done eating it at the red light on my way outta there.
Posted on 1/16/08 at 9:27 pm to yellowfin
Did someone already say Pack 'n Paddle?
Posted on 1/16/08 at 9:29 pm to SloMeaux
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Did someone already say Pack 'n Paddle?
That's still there, don't know how, but it's still open on Pinhook.
Posted on 1/16/08 at 9:43 pm to tigerfootball10
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Still no answer on th BBQ joint
Which Burger King was it next to?
Posted on 1/17/08 at 9:46 am to blueboy
Now the builing is Pimon Thai. It used to be a BBQ joint back in the day. I just thought of it---STOP AND SHOP BBQ
Posted on 1/17/08 at 9:55 am to tigerfootball10
El Torito's was way better than Tampico's
Posted on 1/17/08 at 10:17 am to G Vice
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They need to modernize/update at least a little.
they just remodeled Peking Gardens and it is nice inside now
Cisco's Hacienda had the first self serve ice cream machine and we used to go crazy on that thing
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