My fiancée and I recently went out for a late lunch on the west side. It seemed only fitting that we'd go to the Westside diner. She'd been there a few times before and was eager to get my take. The location felt familiar — it's the former site of the Route 66 diner, although it doesn't have the same car theme. Westside has a typical mix of booths and tables, but it also offers … [Read more...]
The Country Cafe
Greater Lafayette is blessed with an abundance of local places to get a good diner breakfast. But my go-to spots are closed on Mondays, so when I decided I'd rather take my kids out for breakfast on Presidents' Day, I had to look for somewhere new. The Country Cafe fit the bill. We got there around 8:30 AM on a Monday, so it wasn't very crowded. We picked a booth and were … [Read more...]
The Downtowner Restaurant
Market Square is hardly downtown. But that's where The Downtowner Restaurant has you fooled. When it opened in 1951, it resided on the 500 block of Main Street. It moved to Market Square in 1996, so in 2041 you can complain about the name. But geography aside, it's another fine entry in Greater Lafayette's collection of breakfast and lunch diners. My family loves it in part … [Read more...]
Joe’s Pancake House
I've driven by Joe's Pancake House countless times without really taking much notice of it. I mean, with a name that nondescript, it doesn't really jump out at you. But each time I went by, something whispered to me. So recently, I decided it was time to check it out. The building itself is about as generic as you can get — both inside and outside. [Editor's note: Joe's … [Read more...]
Town & Gown Bistro
With all the restaurants going out of business in town, I'm excited to see some new life coming to some familiar locations. At some point last spring, I was out running and ran by the building on North River Road that was previously Spurlocks and then, once upon a time, a place I loved called Windows on the Levee. I noticed something about the defunct building... it had flowers … [Read more...]
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