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Cochon Lafayette Set To Close – Ruffino's To Open

Jeremy Lawrence — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:37:10 +0000

The new restaurant will take it's place after Cochon shuts it's doors on February 10th.

Rascal Flatts Launch Restaurant Chain

Megan Pacella — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 01:12:39 +0000

Rascal Flatts members Joe Don Rooney, Gary LeVox, and Jay DeMarcus are about to add another venture to their growing list of achievements: restaurant owners. In 2013, fans of the popular trio will be able to pull up a seat at a series of new Rascal Flatts-themed restaurants.

Good Burger, Great Butt: Restaurant Gives Discounts for Being Hot

Jackie Mancini — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:22:22 +0000

Lots of restaurants have a schtick: Dick’s Last Resort in Las Vegas makes their patrons don huge paper hats with insults written on them, while Modern Toilet in Taiwan offers diners the chance to eat while sitting on a toilet bowl.

Restaurant Offers Discount to Customers Who Hand Over Their Cell Phones — Dollars and Sense [POLL]

Shauna Wright — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:30:15 +0000

In the past few years, it’s become increasingly common to see cellphones on restaurant tables alongside the standard napkin and silverware.

But one Los Angeles eatery wants to change all that — and playing along will save you money.

Sit, Eat and Poop at Chinese Toilet Restaurant

Ernio Hernandez — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 07:00:34 +0000

A restaurant in Beijing, China has taken “gastro-pub” to the next level with a scatalogical-themed eatery. Patrons sit on toilets and soft-serve piles of ice cream and other food from steaming plates that resemble bed-pans. “The restaurant brings [crap and dining] together and does it well,” one diner is quoted. Really? So does your colon, [...]

Hooters Updates Its Image to Attract Female Customers

Don Deane — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 12:30:32 +0000

Hooters, the restaurant best known for bodacious waitresses who flaunt their womanly assets, is undergoing a makeover that includes a new menu, updated decor and an attempt to attract patrons who normally wouldn’t be caught dead in the “breastaurant” — women.

5 Restaurants Where Bruce Would Not Dine

Bruce Mikells — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:02:06 +0000

Delicious food in a strange setting, could you stomach the ambiance and still enjoy your meal? Take a look inside at some of the strangest places you could ever eat.

Lafayette's Most Missed Resturants

Sam Stokes — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:00:10 +0000

The following is the unofficial list of Lafayette’s most missed restaurants. The ones we wish we could have back, and the ones will never forget.

5 Lafayette Restaurants To Take Out-of-Towners

Jude Walker — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:27:41 +0000

We decided to compile some of our favorite Lafayette restaurants and share a little bit about what we like about each.

30 Things Your Waiter Really Wants You To Know

Bruce Mikells — Tue, 24 May 2011 09:37:08 +0000

An evening out, it's supposed to be fun and carefree but far to often it winds up being another stressful situation created by poor service and lousy food. Not so fast my friend, the problems you might experience while dining out may have more to do with you and your approach than what is really happening in the kitchen. Food service professionals from across the country have tossed in their two cents to help your evening out be an enjoyable one. Here are 30 things your waiter wants you to know, really you need to know these things.

Hottest Item At Swanky Hotel Restaurants? Live DJs

Stephanie Crist — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:00:14 +0000

Awesome! Where can I sign up? Is that a DJ in my restaurant? (via Hottest item at swanky hotel restaurants? Live DJs – USATODAY.com.)