Drago's is closing

[CajunVic]

Dragos has great chargrilled oysters…but then that’s it.

Both Don’s and Chimes blow it out the water for other menu items, in my unprofessional opinion.

Everybody has their own professional opinion when it comes to eating and spending their eating $$$$.

Chimes is definitely an LSU institution. Not that they can't become a UL institution, but just like any other local business, LSU probably draws more than UL in Lafayette. So there is that.

[KajunKrazy]

Heard years ago that the lease the property owners offer is easy to get in and then the price balloons to an unsustainable amount after a certain amount of time.

That make sense because I have never gone there when it wasn’t packed. Seems like the owners would negotiate on a fair lease rather than have it sit empty.

[RedTails]

Someone just needs to try a new concept at that location and call it "Cursed Building." Make it a year-round haunted eatery that serves the most popular dishes belonging to every restaurant that closed down prior.

[Swamp]

Anybody remember when it was Booties? Server came to table and she looked like she'd been up for two days and on the comedown, all strung out

[zeppelincajun]

That spot reminds of me of the Tokyo at the corner of Ambassador and Johnston. Before Tokyo finally stuck, it was Bennigans, Shenanigans, and Tilted Kilt.

I only went once to Drago’s for a Krewe Allons event. I thought the food was decent. Never good to see a pro-UL business closing doors. Hopefully whatever lands there next breaks the curse.

[moorecajun]

Heard years ago that the lease the property owners offer is easy to get in and then the price balloons to an unsustainable amount after a certain amount of time.

If that is the case, I hope the place stays unleased for a long time.

The same thing happened downtown. We went downtown to eat at a restaurant I had never been to before, Cafe Luna. Well, when we get to the address we find it had closed the week before. Same reason, the owner jacked up the rent significantly. And this was after the tenants revamped their bar (so I was told since i never made it inside); in hindsight they should have renegotiated the lease before they invested in the upgrade, but sometimes you just don't expaec the greed!

They have two locations in Lake Charles and I made it a point to visit one while we were in town a few months back. I found it to be a neat place with good food and atmosphere. Too bad they have such a bad memory of Lafayette.

[KajunKrazy]

Someone just needs to try a new concept at that location and call it "Cursed Building." Make it a year-round haunted eatery that serves the most popular dishes belonging to every restaurant that closed down prior.

I was telling my wife this morning make it into a dance bar live music at times more high energy... You got the more relaxed corner bar next door people could flow between the 2 and get the best of both worlds and avoid the craziness of downtown.

[jaxmc1023]

I was telling my wife this morning make it into a dance bar live music at times more high energy... You got the more relaxed corner bar next door people could flow between the 2 and get the best of both worlds and avoid the craziness of downtown.

Corner Bar is horrific now.. last time we went by it was 90% 18-21 year olds and every seat at the bar was some cheesy old man buying drinks for young girls

[facelessjonmoon]

Corner Bar is horrific now.. last time we went by it was 90% 18-21 year olds and every seat at the bar was some cheesy old man buying drinks for young girls

It hasn't been the same since Scott Farmer left town

[CajunVic]

It hasn't been the same since Scott Farmer left town

I feel confident the cheesy old man and the fine coeds are the same.

[ZoomZoom]

I give The Chimes..at the gates of River Ranch..five years. Lafayette is a very fickled town when it comes to food and entertainment. Same thing with whatever they're building at the Randol's site. Top Golf, Dave and Buster's, all the same. There is only so much discretionary money to go around. Novelty and newness, then forgotten. WalkOns...ain't what it was at the beginning, had not been in a few years.

When that interchange at Ambassador and 90 is complete, there is your next hot zip code. Ask any local old timer...in a rough 50 years window, went from 70501 to '06 to '03 to '08.

[Swamp]

Corner Bar is horrific now.. last time we went by it was 90% 18-21 year olds and every seat at the bar was some cheesy old man buying drinks for young girls

Can't be recently, haven't been there in months