You’ll find Wepa! Cafe right on Earl Avenue, just North of the entrance to McDonald’s. It’s Lafayette’s one and only Puerto Rican cuisine cafe, also known as cocina criolla. The joint is bright and vibrant with a fun and inviting vibe. Puerto Rican cuisine is also bright and vibrant with “Spanish…
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Ohana is the Hawaiian word for family with a meaning that is both simple and complex. Ohana includes the people to whom you're related, as well as the larger group of folks outside your bloodline who support and sustain you, to whom you feel indebted and responsible. For the second time recently…
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Some of you may remember the past lives of the Scott Street Pub. For many moons, it served the people as Tom’s Parkside Deli. Once they abandoned ship, it transformed into Parkside Seafood and Oyster house for just a short span of time. A few years ago it found a new version of itself as the Scott…
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You might not know about Parkway Pizza and Subs, but you should! It’s kind of tucked away behind Lindo Mexico on Sagamore Parkway. Once you find this treasure, you’ll be glad that you did! Upon entry, the first thing I noticed was the absolutely delightful aroma of flavors! This place has an…
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Almost 12 years ago, the Dining Divas were born to do ethnic eatery blogs for the Visit Lafayette – West Lafayette website. There were 4 of us, and the VLWL staff did most of the other non-ethnic restaurants. Then Covid hit, we missed a couple of years, and when we regrouped in 2021, we added some…
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Gosh diggity dang it I love pizza. We find ourselves on this gloomy Friday way out in the land of the uncommon, Pizza Uncommon, even. I live for all things strange and unusual, but for today, uncommon will have to do! We gluttonous gangsters are obviously each getting our own pies, as we can’t…
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Readers: Hey, we heard you reviewed a new restaurant in Downtown Lafayette. Tell us, where did you go? Divas & Dudes: KNOW Readers: Why not? Divas & Dudes: What do you mean? Readers: Why won’t you tell us where you ate? Divas & Dudes: We said KNOW! Readers: Fine, be wise guys then! Divas & Dudes:…
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The Dining Divas & Dudes entered a brave new world when they dined at YGF Malatang (110 S Chauncey, WL) and it was an amazing new world! Kiki, our Indonesian host, showed us the ropes. You grab a big bowl and a pair of tongs and go to the wall of food arrayed near the entrance. Fresh vegetables…
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If you’re on your way to People’s, per our recommendation, and you find yourself distracted by a hankering for a breakfast or burger, we can help! Turn left instead of right and try out the Tick Tock Tavern where it’s been beer thirty since 1947. The menu has breakfast, lunch, and dinner served…
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Unless you live under a rock, you already heard the 6 th Street Dive is open again under new ownership. What you may not know is how its history reads like a Tex-Mex flavored episode of Friends! Starting in 2016, friends Brandon Stevens and Nick Williams opened the 6 th Street Dive with its “Hoosier…
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