Good Seafood Restaurants in Lafayette?

[cajunhawk]

I went to Don's downtown Wednesday night an except for the construction in the bar area it was very good. Some of the largest oysters I have seen in a restaurant in years. They are redoing the bar and it looks like it is going to be very nice. The young lady behind the bar assured me they are upgrading their bourbon selection.

Nice to hear Mr. Pat is getting new digs. The man makes one of the best Caucasians in the city (and according to my uncle the best Bloody Mary in the world), and he gave me and my cousins all the swizzle sticks we wanted when we were kids.

[MelRock]

The bar itself has to be at least 30 feet long and I believe they said 4 large flat screen TVs. They are putting in a new door in the bar area so people can come in and out without having to go through the restaurant. I was trying to convince them to paint the bar red, I am not sure if they were going for it. It will be the light blue that is on the Don's sign with black trim.

[CajunFan3406]

But when you go to the Hut you are greeted by the ambiance of...the Sherwin Williams? Don's Seafood and Steakhouse is smack dab in the middle of downtown. If we are just comparing atmosphere's the Hut's coulee access would throw it into a tailspin in a heartbeat. I will say that the Downtown location has suffered a bit, due to changes in management, but like I said the right kind of people are back running things now, so stop in if you get a chance. This message was paid for by Citizens against the Hut.

I'm with you hawk. With all the different food choices downtown (sushi, mexican, greek/lebanese, italian), I definitely think there is niche in the market for Don's Downtown to reestablish itself.

[SlappyCajun]

Nice to hear Mr. Pat is getting new digs. The man makes one of the best Caucasians in the city (and according to my uncle the best Bloody Mary in the world), and he gave me and my cousins all the swizzle sticks we wanted when we were kids.

Who was the bartender at Don's downtown who passed away within the last couple of year?

Also, I won't comment on the last bit of your clause, but know that it could have gotten way out of hand.

[cajunhawk]

The bar itself has to be at least 30 feet long and I believe they said 4 large flat screen TVs. They are putting in a new door in the bar area so people can come in and out without having to go through the restaurant. I was trying to convince them to paint the bar red, I am not sure if they were going for it. It will be the light blue that is on the Don's sign with black trim.

I will get in touch with my uncle and see if he can push the owner to go red in the bar and put up some UL stuffs.

[cajunhawk]

Who was the bartender at Don's downtown who passed away within the last couple of year?

Also, I won't comment on the last bit of your clause, but know that it could have gotten way out of hand.

I thought the same thing when I heard the longtime bartender died, but it wasn't Mr. Pat as I found out for my cousins rehearsal supper that he is still there, and still the coolest bartender on the planet.

I know it's unmanly to say I sucked on swizzle sticks like a boss when I was young. But I don't care, they were awesome. Big League Chew awesome. It's not often you get a dull toothpick covered in sugar crystals to excite the taste buds. Homoerotic or not...swizzle sticks are awesome.

[CajunAmos]

The crabmeat Au Gratin at Lagneaux's is the best I have ever had.

I have to say I still remember the Au Gratin at Angelle's on the Thruway across from Prejean's.

[RaginDave]

Is Paul's pirogue still open? They had very good crawfish.

[CajunAmos]

I went to Don's downtown Wednesday night an except for the construction in the bar area it was very good. Some of the largest oysters I have seen in a restaurant in years. They are redoing the bar and it looks like it is going to be very nice. The young lady behind the bar assured me they are upgrading their bourbon selection.

I have to say those oysters look good. I had some in Clearwater when the girls were playing there recently, and they were tiny.

[Cajunrunner]

Best Cajun atmosphere-DI's west of Crowley
Best crawfish, oysters, boiled shrimp-Crawfish time on Verot. And get a link of boudin too. Good in the boil!

In the words of Mr. Walker (Jay, not Scott), you and I are fishing in the same hole.

I actually prefer DI's boiled crawfish to that of Crawfish Time, they're actually my favorite from a restaurant with CT on Verot in 2nd. However, the other dishes at DI's tend to be on the bland side while CT seems to keep the flavor kicking on their other items. As I stated earlier in the thread, Crawfish Time's charred oysters are excellent. As for extra bread to soak up the leftover juice!

[Crawfish]

For the record, I hate all of you!

(typed from my desk in California)

[Zeebart21]

For the record, I hate all of you!

(typed from my desk in California)

HAHA!! Whats wrong bud?? Tired of those Bakersfield bean sprouts??

Arent you coming home soon?

Z