Making a fairly short visit to Lafayette. Need advice on two specific things.

1. A place with good grilled/BBQ oysters.

2. Good place for music but not so loud to preclude conversation. If there is dancing or Zydeco all the better.

(09-20-2012 09:56 AM)arkstfan Wrote:  Making a fairly short visit to Lafayette. Need advice on two specific things.

1. A place with good grilled/BBQ oysters.

2. Good place for music but not so loud to preclude conversation. If there is dancing or Zydeco all the better.

There is a place on Ambassador Caffery Pky called Phares, the grilled oysters are suppose to be really good there. A few miles down the road on Kaliste Saloom is a place called Randols...they have live Cajun/Zydeco music..also have seafood..not sure about the grilled oysters, though.

Enjoy your stay.

Z

(09-20-2012 09:56 AM)arkstfan Wrote:  Making a fairly short visit to Lafayette. Need advice on two specific things.

1. A place with good grilled/BBQ oysters.

2. Good place for music but not so loud to preclude conversation. If there is dancing or Zydeco all the better.

1) My new favorite place:

http://www.jolieslouisianabistro.com/

-best crab cakes I have ever had

2) Depends on what is your pleasure

Good place for dancing:

http://www.randols.com/bands.html

Or you can go downtown for the bar hopping experience:

http://downtownlafayette.org/

(09-20-2012 09:56 AM)arkstfan Wrote:  Making a fairly short visit to Lafayette. Need advice on two specific things.

1. A place with good grilled/BBQ oysters.

2. Good place for music but not so loud to preclude conversation. If there is dancing or Zydeco all the better.

1. You have a couple of good choices for oysters.

Shucks it's in Abbeville, just an extra 20 minutes down the road (Take Johnston street south until you run out of road) but completely worth it.
http://www.shucksrestaurant.com/ShucksMenu.pdf

Phares located on Ambassador Caffery and Johnston Street.
http://www.pharesrestaurant.net/



2. Live Cajun music with food -

Prejeans - Evangeline thruway (North Lafayette)
http://www.prejeans.com/index.html
Live music nightly

Randol's - Kaliste Saloom Rd near Ambassador
http://www.randols.com/

No one can say that we Cajuns don't have our priorities in order.

I tell people all the time that visiting Lafayette is like staying on a cruise ship, plan to gain 5 lbs!

(09-20-2012 10:25 AM)AstroCajun Wrote:  No one can say that we Cajuns don't have our priorities in order.

I tell people all the time that visiting Lafayette is like staying on a cruise ship, plan to gain 5 lbs!

Just 5 ?

I once gained 8 lbs on a weekend visit

(09-20-2012 10:44 AM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  

(09-20-2012 10:25 AM)AstroCajun Wrote:  No one can say that we Cajuns don't have our priorities in order.

I tell people all the time that visiting Lafayette is like staying on a cruise ship, plan to gain 5 lbs!

Just 5 ?

I once gained 8 lbs on a weekend visit

Got to spend more time on the dancefloor or walking from bar to bar.

(09-20-2012 12:46 PM)dchi72 Wrote:  

(09-20-2012 10:44 AM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  

(09-20-2012 10:25 AM)AstroCajun Wrote:  No one can say that we Cajuns don't have our priorities in order.

I tell people all the time that visiting Lafayette is like staying on a cruise ship, plan to gain 5 lbs!

Just 5 ?

I once gained 8 lbs on a weekend visit

Got to spend more time on the dancefloor or walking from bar to bar.

We did get on this dancefloor

And This One :

(09-20-2012 09:56 AM)arkstfan Wrote:  Making a fairly short visit to Lafayette. Need advice on two specific things.

1. A place with good grilled/BBQ oysters.

2. Good place for music but not so loud to preclude conversation. If there is dancing or Zydeco all the better.

Sounds like an Anniversary weekend.

(09-20-2012 12:59 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  And This One :

Please KR......that video is too much to handle for most (creepy)

(09-20-2012 01:18 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  

(09-20-2012 09:56 AM)arkstfan Wrote:  Making a fairly short visit to Lafayette. Need advice on two specific things.

1. A place with good grilled/BBQ oysters.

2. Good place for music but not so loud to preclude conversation. If there is dancing or Zydeco all the better.

Sounds like an Anniversary weekend.

Nope she's working and I'm tagging along to eat oysters & shrimp and drink beer.

(09-20-2012 01:18 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  

(09-20-2012 09:56 AM)arkstfan Wrote:  Making a fairly short visit to Lafayette. Need advice on two specific things.

1. A place with good grilled/BBQ oysters.

2. Good place for music but not so loud to preclude conversation. If there is dancing or Zydeco all the better.

Sounds like an Anniversary weekend.

Sounds like 'ole ArkStFan may be gettin' lucky that weekend. Oysters............Dancing......

(09-20-2012 01:39 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  

(09-20-2012 01:18 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  

(09-20-2012 09:56 AM)arkstfan Wrote:  Making a fairly short visit to Lafayette. Need advice on two specific things.

1. A place with good grilled/BBQ oysters.

2. Good place for music but not so loud to preclude conversation. If there is dancing or Zydeco all the better.

Sounds like an Anniversary weekend.

Nope she's working and I'm tagging along to eat oysters & shrimp and drink beer.

This weekend or next? If next we'd love to have you come hang out at the Oak and tailgate...maybe take in the UL/FIU game??

Let me know.

Z

(09-20-2012 01:39 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  

(09-20-2012 01:18 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  

(09-20-2012 09:56 AM)arkstfan Wrote:  Making a fairly short visit to Lafayette. Need advice on two specific things.

1. A place with good grilled/BBQ oysters.

2. Good place for music but not so loud to preclude conversation. If there is dancing or Zydeco all the better.

Sounds like an Anniversary weekend.

Nope she's working and I'm tagging along to eat oysters & shrimp and drink beer.

Both Phares and Shucks are excellent for grilled oysters. Bit of trivia; the owner of Phares is the son of the founder of Shucks. He is also the son-in-law and brother-in-law of former Cajun footballers David Rogers and Baron Rogers.

(09-20-2012 01:41 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  Sounds like 'ole ArkStFan may be gettin' lucky that weekend. Oysters............Dancing......

"Effort" doesn't always equate to "Success".

(09-20-2012 02:48 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  

(09-20-2012 01:41 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  Sounds like 'ole ArkStFan may be gettin' lucky that weekend. Oysters............Dancing......

"Effort" doesn't always equate to "Success".

You are preachin' to the choir, my friend.

What these young guys don't know

Blue Moon Saloon is in the middle of downtown. You should check the calendar though to make sure it's Cajun/Zydeco

(09-20-2012 02:48 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  

(09-20-2012 01:41 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  Sounds like 'ole ArkStFan may be gettin' lucky that weekend. Oysters............Dancing......

"Effort" doesn't always equate to "Success".

(09-20-2012 01:49 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(09-20-2012 01:39 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  

(09-20-2012 01:18 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  

(09-20-2012 09:56 AM)arkstfan Wrote:  Making a fairly short visit to Lafayette. Need advice on two specific things.

1. A place with good grilled/BBQ oysters.

2. Good place for music but not so loud to preclude conversation. If there is dancing or Zydeco all the better.

Sounds like an Anniversary weekend.

Nope she's working and I'm tagging along to eat oysters & shrimp and drink beer.

This weekend or next? If next we'd love to have you come hang out at the Oak and tailgate...maybe take in the UL/FIU game??

Let me know.

Z

This weekend. :(