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From a Smoky Mountains hiking trip to Lafayette business, these powdered cocktails go anywhere
A craving for an Old Fashioned during a hiking trip in Tennessee led Clifford Couvillon to create a Lafayette-based business that makes powdered cocktail and mocktail mixers designed to be enjoyed almost anywhere. Couvillon and his friend Matt Curtis were hiking Mount LeConte in the Smoky Mountains with a group...
indiangaming.com
Coushatta Tribe to Open Feather Fuel Travel Plaza
IOWA, LA – The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana will host the grand opening of its new Feather Fuel Travel Plaza in Iowa, LA, with a celebration scheduled for Oct. 30 at 10 a.m. The ceremony will bring together local leaders, representatives from Coushatta Casino Resort and members of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana for a ribbon cutting, tribal blessing and remarks from tribal leadership.
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Developing Lafayette
Inside the Newly Opened Park Lane at the Former Café Vermilionville on Pinhook Road
Park Lane, a locally owned formalwear boutique specializing in evening wear and special occasion styling, has opened its new location inside the former Café Vermilionville building at 1304 W. Pinhook Road in Lafayette, Louisiana. Owned by Kerci McRae-Champagne, the move for Park Lane into the former Café Vermilionville brings...
Developing Lafayette
Bun’s, A Baton Rouge-based Burger, Wing & Cheesesteak Spot Coming Soon to Former Morain’s Coffee on Ambassador
A new fast-casual restaurant called Bun’s is coming soon to the former Morain’s Coffee location at 2424 Ambassador Caffery Parkway in Lafayette, LA. The building has been several restaurants over the years, including Morain’s Coffee, Smitty’s Wings, Hardee’s, KFC, and others. Bun’s with the sun,...
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Want a hands-on American history lesson? This traveling museum is coming to Cajun Field.
A traveling museum celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary will be at Cajun Field in Lafayette from Oct. 28 through Nov. 3. Freedom 250’s Freedom Truck will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 2351 W. Congress St. Admission is free. The mobile museum features interactive...
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Fat Pat’s closes original Lafayette location, but it plans to open another not too far away
Fat Pat’s Bar & Grill permanently closed its Verot School Road location, with plans to open a new location near Acadiana Mall. On Thursday, the family-owned restaurant’s first location, which opened on 626 Verot School Rd, in 2007, closed due to poor performance at the location and infrastructure issues.
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Acadiana Animal Aid spotlights our furry friends at Bark in the Dark
Acadiana Animal Aid’s premier fundraiser, Bark in the Dark, is the annual gala benefiting Acadiana’s homeless cats and dogs. Every year, the event attracts animal lovers and philanthropists who believe in the mission of the no-kill animal shelter. The organization advocates, rescues and provides shelter to protect the animals until they find forever homes. The future pets also receive lifesaving care while at the sanctuary.
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Unsound stairway support beams, organic growth in rooms among violations at Express Inn in Lafayette
The Express Inn on Evangeline Thruway in Lafayette, one of two hotels shut down last week due to excessive criminal activity, also is facing 76 health and safety code violations that include no fire alarms, unsound support beams for stairs and balconies and organic growth, likely mold, in some rooms.
thedailyiberian.com
‘Definitely chaotic’ describes start of special teal hunt guided by Huval
KAPLAN – One of many young Acadiana outdoorsmen who are “ate up,” as they say, with duck hunting recently experienced some memorable days during two special seasons in Louisiana. Trevor Huval of Kaplan hunted either by himself or as a guide all nine days of the special...