Things to do, when not studying at ULL!

1. The Lafayette Bucket List
Katie Bercegeay & Sarah Tinsler
With countless others
& YOU!

2. We love Lafayette.
We want all others to love Lafayette.
We are savvy.
We are not Lafayette gurus.
Your input is not only welcome, it is
absolutely substantial.

3. Let’s play categories.
FOOD
NIGHTLIFE
EVENTS
FESTIVALS
UL!
MISCELLANEOUS things 

4. Bucket Item #1:
Eat.

5. Bucket Item: Staple
Lafayette Food Choices
• Judice Inn Burger
– Cheese…fried egg…mmm…
• Borden’s Ice Cream
– Chocolate frappe…classic!
• La Fonda’s (Margs! Pints!)
• Meche’s Donuts (mmm King Cake)
• Blue Dog Sunday Brunch
– Free Mimosas. Live music.
• Mel’s Diner (2AM-6AM)
– WETS and Choc are a must.
• Prejean’s. Enough said.
• Deano's Pizza. Marie Leveau?
• Old Tyme Grocery. Fried Shrimp.

6. FOOD
Other Lafayette Faves
• Don's Seafood. Tradition
• Dwight's. Crawfish.
• The Filling Station – Tailgate
for DTA!
• T-Coon’s
• Hub City Diner
• Dwyer’s Café. Great, cheap.
• Go Cajun dancing at Randol's!
• Southside Bakery – Great
burgers AND sweets!

7. • Pamplona. Get the bacon-wrapped dates. Phenomenal drink menu. Praised sangria. Absinthe menu.
• French Press. Affordable, amazing brunch. Swanky weekend evening.
• Guama's – Salsa dancing on Fridays! Great South American and Cuban food. Dragonberry Mojito.
• Agave – Great location, great patio. Great marg.
• Zeus. Dine-in or to-go Greek & Lebanese. Brilliant.
• Bonefish – Bang Bang Shrimp.
• Pizza Village, Alesi's, La Pizzeria
• Lunch Houses: Gary's, Laura's II, Creole Lunch House, Champagne's, Ruby's, Pat's Downtown
– Note: You must watch Raised On Rice And Gravy to better understand lunch house culture!
• Lunch timers: Syro's, Café Lola, Café Ahnvee, Renaissance Market (Grilled Cheese, yum!)
• Tsunami – Atmosphere off the chain. Sushi like whoa.
• Pete's
• Ground Pat'I (the original, on Johnston)
• Fat Pat's
• Café Roma – favorites?
• CRAWFISH: Dwight's, Gator Cove, The Crawfish Pot, Crawfish Time, etc.
• A Spot For Tea
• Great Harvest Bread Co.
• Campus Copies – On campus and wonderful.
• $1 Burger @ The Bulldog! & Dollar Drinks on Mondays.
• Landry's Seafood. Off I-10.
• Zea – Corn grits.
• Bisbano's
• Gallagher's. Red Dot discount.
• Charlie G's.
• Chris's Po-Boys
• Crush Frozen Yogurt. Get your Fro-Yo fix.
• Edie's Breakfast – kolache's.
• Keller's and Poupart's Bakeries
• Yes, coffee: CC's, Johnston Street Java, America's Coffee House

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9. N I G H T L I F E
Not Downtown
Downtown
• Blue Moon Saloon
• The Green Room – Drink a Blue Moon at Blue Moon!
– BEER. Smoke. Jam ?
– Cajunb a r son Wednesdays!
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• Jefferson StreetC o l l e c
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– Live music, food, beer, and HOOKAH
• Bootleggers
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– Songwriters’ Tuesdays, Blues Jams Thurs
• City Bar M y r • The Wine Loft
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• Legends
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– Good beer. Live music. No smoke.
• The Office T h e l i s t Daquiri’s Supreme
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• Trynd – Good Daqs.
• Cowboy’se t i n g ?
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• NiteTown W o r t h y o f –b Wear the garb. Boots and hat.
– Young & Crowded. • McKinley Pub
– The Keg downtown. – Drinkin’ on Lincoln!
• Krooked Nickel
– It’s a newbie!

10. Bucket this.
Lafayette offers her citizens many an
opportunity to get out of the house and
do something real and creative.
Not just food, movies, and drinks.
Like some think.
Take advantage of the following.

11. E V E N T S
• Downtown Alive
• Rhythms on the River
• 2nd Saturday Artwalk
• Bach Lunch
• PASA & AcA Events
• Gulf Brew, Patty in
the Park, Abita Pub
Crawls
• Benefits
– SGK, Heart Walk,
Autism Walk, Crouch
Stock
• Critical Mass
– Every 2nd Friday
– Sans Souci @5:30

12. Rhythms on the River 2011 Spring Series:
4/07/11 TK Hulin (Swamp Pop)
4/14/11 Feufollet (Cajun)
4/21/11 Rockin Dopsie Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters (Zydeco)
5/05/11 Sammy Kershaw (Country)
5/12/11 Louisiana Red (Variety 50's, 60's, Pop & Cajun)
5/19/11 Marcia Ball (Contemporary Rhythm & Blues)

13. FESTIVALS

14. Coming soon…
It's not surprising that after having surveyed
numerous people, Festival International was
always at the top of individual bucket lists.
Bucket this: Revel.
Plan your tentative schedule in advance using 2011
May 6-8,
the F.I. website or iPhone App.
www.bbcrawfest.com
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15. Louisiana is known for its many festivals.
Risky Bucket Item: attend ALL of them.
…or quite a few at least.
A complete list of Louisiana festivals can be found at the UL Center for
Culture and Eco-Tourism Website:
http://ccet.louisiana.edu/tourism/cultural/festivals.html

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17. The Bayou Bijou Film Series
Mondays; 4 PM, 7 PM
$2 for students w/ ID
http://english.louisiana.edu/bayoubijou.shtml
Attend a play, musical, or concert put on by the Department of Performing Arts or the
School of Music (or both). http://pfar.louisiana.edu/ http://music.ull.edu/
Join the party in the
Tour the LITE Center. http://www.lite3d.com/
library during finals.
Browse the Louisiana Room in the library.
Even if you’re finished
Tour the Beausoleil House.
with the semester!
Bring a coffee pot,
Paul & LuLu Hilliard tooth brush, pillow,
and deodorant. Feel
University Art Museum
free to order pizza,
It’s free for students. And legit. and have it delivered
to the second floor.
http://museum.louisiana.edu/
Attend a Lagniappe event, a Homecoming week event, and be sure to play flash
light tag on campus. Check out the bike cemetery beneath OK Allen. Use the
elevator in Griffin. Park illegally if you’re late for class. Make sure to walk
through every building on campus. Walk the skywalk in the quad. Take a class
with Ian Kinsella. Be sure you get a brick when you go.

18. Miscellaneous&Items of theChickens?
Mardi Gras: Glam Gowns or Chasing
Bucket…

19. BUCKET ITEM: Conquer Girard Park
• Study on a sunny day. Blanket
necessary.
• Pick up some crawfish to go (from
Crawfish Time, perhaps?) and have a
picnic with your buds. Frisbee, football, or
softball, anyone?
• Swing late at night. Avoid sketchiness.
• The lake at dawn is apparently gorgeous. BUCKET ITEM: Be care-free in the
Bring a pet or some running shoes. Parc Sans Souci Fountain.
Bucket item: Take a
Potpourri class!
Bucket Item: Bike up the side ramps of the Cajun Belly dance, French
Dome, then ride down the other side! Be careful, folks! cooking, Italian
language, web design,
bookkeeping…and so
Bucket Item: much more…
Listen to it. Especially
on the weekends.

20. Lafayette
Science Museum
& Planetarium

21. Miscellaneous…
Bucket Item: Canoe through Lake Martin
Bucket Item: Tour the Atchafalaya
Bucket Item: Stay in a houseboat overnight.

22. Cajun Jam
Sessions take
place every
Saturday 1-4
PM at the
Vermilionville
visitor’s center.
www.acadianvillage.org
Acadian Village is a must-see
during the season of Christmas.
http://www.bayouvermilion.org/

23. It’s on you.
This or that?

24. Judice Inn Burger or Southside Burger?
Downtown Alive or Rhythms on the River?
Acadian Village or Vermilionville?
2nd Saturday Artwalk or Critical Mass Bike ride?
Randol’s or Prejean’s?
Festival International or Festivals Acadiens?
Borden’s Ice Cream or Meche’s Donuts?
French Press or Pamplona Swank?

25. Deano’s or Pizza Village?
Paint With A Twist or Clayfish Bisque?
Canoe at Lake Martin or houseboat in Henderson ?
Lagniappe or Homecoming Week?
La Fonda’s Margarita or
Blue Moon at the Blue Moon?
Green Room or Tap Room?
Keg or NiteTown?
Caffe Cottage or Artmosphere?
It’s late…Mel’s or Cane’s?

26. Mardi Gras: Glam & Gowns or Chasing Chickens?
CC’s or Johnston Street Java?
Running through the Parc Sans Souci Fountain
or biking the Cajun Dome Ramps?
Tour of the Louisiana Room
Marcellos or Piper’s Haven?
or the LITE Center?
The Filling Station or Agave?
Wildcatters or IceGators game?
Cowboy’s or Grant Street Dance Hall?
Learn to Cajun dance or cook Cajun?

27. BON TEMPS
“The Official Guide to Good Times in Acadiana”
We have some for
you, or you can find
it at the LCVC
website,
lafayettetravel.com
http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=63703

28. http://www.lafayettetravel.com/
http://lafayettehubcitymarket.com
http://lafonda1957.com
http://www.bayouvermilion.org
http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=63703
www.lafayettesciencemuseum.org/
https://www.ce.louisiana.edu/wconnect/SubGroup.awp?~~POT~Potpourri
http://thefrenchpresslafayette.com/Home_Page.html
http://www.guamas.com/
http://festivalinternational.com/site.php
http://lineup.festivalinternational.com/login
http://www.festivalsacadiens.com/
http://www.downtownlafayette.org/
http://www.acadianacenterforthearts.org/
http://www.acadianacenterforthearts.org/Events/eventscalendar2.asp
http://louisianaswamptours.net/
http://www.louisianapaddle.com/
http://pasa-online.org/
http://www.citedesarts.org/Cite_Site/Cite_Des_Arts.html
http://www.citedesarts.org/Cite_Site/Calendar-Tickets.html
http://www.childrensmuseumofacadiana.com/
http://www.eatgallaghers.com/
http://www.boudincookoff.com/
http://www.cajungrocer.com/
http://www.lafayettewildcatters.com/
http://www.icegators.com/
http://techedrugsandgifts.com
http://www.judiceinn.com/
http://www.bbcrawfest.com/
http://english.louisiana.edu/bayoubijou.shtml
http://www.paintingwithatwist.com/
http://www.rokhaus.com/
http://earthsharegardens.org/