Custom build outs for visionary concepts like Grocery Tavern & Delicatessen, Tchoup’s MidCity Smokehouse and Vestal take time. In a pandemic, they take even longer.
The Long Debut
What’s it like to open a restaurant in a pandemic? Tales of delay, delirium and deliverance from Lafayette’s newest dining establishments.
Seeking refuge and renewal, venerable Lake Charles restaurants set up shop in Lafayette
Either divine guidance or cosmic providence sent Luna Bar & Grill and Mama Reta’s to set up shop in Lafayette after one natural disaster and in the middle of another.
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Leap of Faith: Lafayette’s newest immigrant restaurants plant deeper roots during the pandemic
A string of next generation immigrant restaurateurs are defying the pandemic and taking a leap of faith to more established addresses in the Lafayette dining scene.
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