Comments for Second Helpings at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 11 out of 11 comments http://www.theind.com Thu, 23 May 2013 06:56:59 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7382-second-helpings#comment-26970 Consider Dozo's the Gilligan's Island of restaurants....the ENTIRE restaurant (even the ones seated after us) ate before us! We ate 3 HOURS after arriving!! The reason being--the reservation for 19 people (that was made a week ago) was not a clue...the excuse they gave us was they did not think the "new" chefs could handle a table that large! They had a week to plan--for GRADUATION WEEKEND!! The order was messed up--my 6-year-old ate 2nd to last (2 1/2 hours after arriving) and the ticket was "recalculated" (we will comp this and that=$75 first ticket and $105 for 2nd ticket!!!) I got to eat a cold "rare" steak as everyone's boxes were being requested....rrrrrrrrgh!! - Ke Hebe Tue, 03 Jul 2012 06:01:09 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7382-second-helpings#comment-17651 along with a heck of levis rilassato a crab au gratin. There is a great boiling place, Gator Cove, that I love to go to for casual dining, but I've had big problems trying to give them dollars if I want something other levis delle donne than crabs or crawfish. The deserts there are special, so if the food wasn't up to par, I can justify the calories of the desert. Consistency - the cook has to know more than how to levis fidanzato say it.... My dollars are just too tight right now for me to levis ragazzi waste them on crappy food cause the cook is having levis giacche a bad night. - levis rilassato Thu, 12 May 2011 19:32:21 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7382-second-helpings#comment-13112 written by Southsider "Say it ain't so! NOT a taco truck! ----------------------- Where, where? I could use a good barbacoa taco. - Eat Prey Kill Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:28:00 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7382-second-helpings#comment-12925 My restaurant dollars are more precious right now, so when I go out to eat, I eat the restaurants I can count on. If I want good fried catfish, I "can find them now" & that's where I go. If I want fried shrimp & a good stuffed potato, DON'S DOWNTOWN is the rest. from childhood that I can count on to be consistent!, along with a heck of a crab au gratin. There is a great boiling place, Gator Cove, that I love to go to for casual dining, but I've had big problems trying to give them dollars if I want something other than crabs or crawfish. The deserts there are special, so if the food wasn't up to par, I can justify the calories of the desert. Consistency - the cook has to know more than how to say it.... My dollars are just too tight right now for me to waste them on crappy food cause the cook is having a bad night. - Morrow Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:20:03 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7382-second-helpings#comment-12921 I had lunch at Mel's Diner on the first day it opened. I had Deduct Eggs with SOS. I'm a breakfast fiend and today I again had Deduct Eggs with SOS at Mel's. Old habits are so hard to break, and some things never change, Mel's has the whitest grits in town without the little black flakes as in the other eaterys in Lafayette, there is another reason I eat at Mel's, and that reason is that my cup of coffee never smells eggy like it wasn't well washed. Don't you just hate it, when you lift your cup to sip that first hot sip, and the cup smells "Eggy. "Oh, by the way TUT TUT, your GC for "DEDUCT EGGS is being hand delivered, hang up your stocking. - Gad About Gaddis Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:41:03 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7382-second-helpings#comment-12919 Say it ain't so! NOT a taco truck! Do we really want to be the next Houston, with those tacquerias(sp) everywhere? Good idea for the Dept. of Homeland Security to setup to catch the illegals. Whats next? MORE used car lots? - Southsider Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:23:57 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7382-second-helpings#comment-12873 I seem to remember a similar article in The Ind a while back, profiling a few young restauranteurs - there was a quote from someone to the effect of (I'll paraphrase from memory) "any new restaurant in Lafayette can succeed for the first year - curiosity will take care of that - it's the second year (and beyond) that makes or breaks it." Wasn't it Macaroni Grill that won The Times' Readers' Poll's "Best New Restaurant" (or something similar) and closed in the same year? I grew up here, then moved to Colorado for ten years, returning six years ago. I spent the last ten years traveling extensively throughout the U.S. as an IT consultant. I enjoyed that travel because it allowed me to find tons of interesting places to eat. I've just begun working from home, and I must say the current Lafayette restaurant scene excites me. While we've always had world class Cajun food and seafood, we've lacked variety for a while. Sure, there's been a history of good Middle Eastern fare, and we've always had Chinese and Italian places (name me a place that doesn't), and then there was the curious Sushi explosion a while back. I'm hoping some of these places stick around, and have my fingers selfishly crossed for a southeast Asian explosion soon - more Thai and Indian food please! At any rate, we're moving steadily away from a story I'll never forget that happened to me around 1996. I had returned to LA for a visit, and, being that crawfish were in season, met some friends and family at a local seafood boilery. When the waitress came around for drink orders, I, being a spoiled Colorado resident at the time, reflexively asked what was on tap. The answer of "Bud Light, Miller Lite..." snapped me back to reality, so I countered with "Do you have any imports?" which was met with "What's that, an import? We got Miller Genuine Draft, that's kinda different." I accepted the MGD (and defeat?) and enjoyed every sip along with the excellent crawfish. - Dave in Broussard Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:10:34 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7382-second-helpings#comment-12869 Eat Prey Kill....if you go onto urbanspoon.com, you can see alot of reviews of local restaurants. I use it all the time and I can tell you, one of the main reasons that Sage, Serrano's and Shanghai Moon didn't last is because of inconsistent food quality and/or bad service. I never went to Sage or Shanghai Moon because most of what I heard from friends and read online about both of these establishments was BAD. I actually went to Serrano's a couple of times and the food was nothing special....I could get better, cheaper elsewhere. Lafayette is a picky town; we love our food and we know what good food is. There are too many choices in town to bother with bad food and/or lousy service. Restaurants need to manage the quality of the food that comes out of their kitchen. They also need to take the time to train their staff on the items on their menu and how to do their jobs. Too many restaurants have young people on staff who have no real idea of what is on the menu and too many of them spend most of their time "hanging out" with their co-workers and ignoring their customers. You can tell the restaurants that take the time to train their staff. It shows in the workers' attitudes and the quality of their service! - Knowledge is Power Thu, 02 Dec 2010 07:36:34 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7382-second-helpings#comment-12833 Location, menue, and quality could have something to do with that. - Clint Reno Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:13:49 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7382-second-helpings#comment-12832 If you own a restaurant in Lafayette, the food has to be great and consistant. Its too easy to mark a place off your list and go to the next one, after one bad meal. So much GOOD FOOD! - Northern Cynic Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:12:28 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7382-second-helpings#comment-12830 "There’s no recession in Lafayette’s restaurantarama" Tell that to Sage, Serrano's, Backyard Burger, Shanghai Moon, Phoenician Grill, oh, sorry not enough space. - Eat Prey Kill Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:21:12 +0100