EatLafayette for Your Chance to Win a Free Cruise!

While you are enjoying the fabulous food at any one of the EatLafayette restaurants, you may be thinking that a fabulous vacation might be nice. Once again this year, whenever you visit any of the 57 participating EatLafayette restaurants, you can enter for a chance to win a free, 4-day* Caribbean Carnival Cruise for two, courtesy of Travel Machine. Entrants can register to win as many times as you like at any of the EatLafayette restaurants, no purchase necessary. The deadline to enter is August 15th, 2011. The more you EatLafayette, the more chances you have to win a free cruise!

If you do not see the cruise entry forms displayed, ask your server or host/hostess for more information.

Click on the life preserver for more information about the cruise giveaway.

While you are in the mood for travels and free stuff, how about signing up for the New Fly Lafayette Club? Registering is free and easy. Every time you Fly Lafayette, you could win great prizes like gift cards to local businesses, free parking or free admission to local events and exhibits. Click here to sign up! EatLafayette, Fly Lafayette.

Allons Manger, Lafayette!

*5-day cruise also available depending on winner’s desired departure day/length of cruise – based on availability. Dates to be determined after winner collects prize. No purchase required to enter drawing.

Entrants must be 18 years of age or older to register.

Kick-off Slideshow!

Tons of photos from last night's EatLafayette kick off event at the AcA can be found at theadvertiser.com!
We're getting hungry all over again!

It's time to EatLafayette!

It's that time of year again! Starting today, until August 15th, 57 locally-owned restaurants are participating in the seventh annual EatLafayette™ campaign. Brought to you by the New Fly Lafayette Club, EatLafayette™ is a celebration of the great food and restaurants that make our area so special. Many of the participating restaurants are offering mouth-watering specials just for EatLafayette™ diners. Check out the new website to find out which restaurants are participating and which have specials!

Again this year, when you visit a participating restaurant, you can enter to win a 4-day Caribbean Cruise for two, courtesy of Travel Machine. Enter to win as many times as you like until August 15th.

There are tons of ways to get involved and stay informed about EatLafayette™. "Like" us on Facebook, be our friend on Foursquare and follow us on Twitter to receive daily updates about restaurant specials. Subscribe to the EatLafayette blog to read about our dining experiences. See our restaurant ratings or read reviews on Urbanspoon. Or check out the EatLafayette YouTube channel to see our commercials, Dine Around videos by the DJs at Townsquare Media, or footage from the kick-off event. Please feel free to tell us about your own dining experiences too! We'd love to know how others are participating in EatLafayette™!

And here are the 2011 Participating Restaurants - how many can you handle?

1. 2Paul's Radically Urban Barbecue
2. Abacus
3. Agave Cantina
4. Andoli's Sandwich Press
5. Antoni's Italian Cafe
6. Bailey's Seafood & Grill
7. Bangkok Thai Restaurant
8. Bella Figura
9. BJ's Pizza & Deli
10. Blue Dog Café
11. Buck & Johnny's Pizzeria
12. Café Des Amis
13. Café Habana City
14. Café Vermilionville
15. Catahoula's Grand Coteau
16. Charley G's
17. Country Cuisine
18. Dean-O's
19. Don's Seafood & Steakhouse Downtown
20. Dozo Restaurant
21. Euro Breads & Pastries
22. Fat Pat's Bar & Grill
23. Fezzo's Seafood, Steakhouse & Oyster Bar
24. The French Press
25. Gallagher's Café
26. Gator Cove
27. Hub City Diner
28. iMonelli
29. Joey's
30. Johnson's Boucaniere
31. Jolie's Louisiana Bistro
32. Judice Inn
33. La Fonda
34. LA Seafood House
35. La Cuisine de Maman
36. Lagneaux's "King of Seafood" Restaurant
37. Lil Daddy's BBQ
38. Little River Inn
39. Masala
40. McGee's Landing
41. Nimbeaux's Restaurant
42. Olde Tyme Grocery
43. Pamplona Tapas Bar & Restaurant
44. Pete's Family Sports Grill
45. Picante Mexican Restaurant
46. Poor Boy's Riverside Inn
47. Prejean's Restaurant
48. Randol's Cajun Restaurant
49. Rochetto's Pizzeria
50. Romacelli
51. Sandra's Café and Health Food Store
52. ThiboDough's Breads and Bagels
53. Ton's Drive Inn
54. Trynd Ristoranté, Lounge & Special Events
55. Tsunami
56. Village Café
57. Zeus Greek & Lebanese

Seventh Annual EatLafayette™ Kick-Off Event

(Lafayette, LA) – The seventh annual EatLafayette™ brought to you by The New Fly Lafayette Club campaign promotes locally-owned restaurants in Acadiana. The Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission, and local and national businesses sponsor the campaign and a nominal fee is collected from each restaurant. A multi-media campaign will promote the restaurants and specials they are offering as a part of the event. The official website, www.eatlafayette.com, has a complete listing of all the participating restaurants. The campaign runs June 20-August 15^th, 2011.

A Taste of Lafayette, the Kick-Off Event for the 2011 EatLafayette™ Campaign will take place on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 from 5:30PM – 7:30PM. The party will take place at Acadiana Center for the Arts located at 101 West Vermilion Street in the downtown Lafayette area. 38 EatLafayette™ restaurants will provide samples of their food. Tickets are required for admission.

Sponsors:
A Taste of Lafayette Kick-Off Event is sponsored and funded by: The New Fly Lafayette Club, Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Sysco, Event Rental, Event Staffing, Bon Temps, Coca-Cola, Glazer's, and Bayou Teche Brewing.

EatLafayette™ is brought to you by The New Fly Lafayette Club, Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission, Louisiana Pick Your Passion, Townsquare Media, Cox, KADN Fox 15, KLFY TV10, The Independent, Travel Machine, Atmos Energy, AT&T, and Louisiana Gold Pepper Sauce.

57 restaurant....WOW. Find all of them on the EatLafayette website.

This year's event is two months long and we really don't know how we are going to eat at all this fabulous locally owned restaurants - but we are doing are best.

1. 2Paul's Radically Urban Barbeque
2. Abacus
3. Agave Cantina
4. Andoli's Sandwich Press
5. Antoni's Italian Café
6. Bailey's Seafood and Grill
7. Bangkok Thai Restaurant
8. Bella Figura
9. BJ's Pizza & Deli
10. Blue Dog Café
11. Buck & Johnny's Pizzeria
12. Café Des Amis
13. Café Habana City
14. Café Vermilionville
15. Catahoula's Grand Coteau
16. Charley G's
17. Country Cuisine
18. Dean-O's
19. Don's Seafood Downtown
20. Dozo Restaurant
21. Euro Breads and Pastries
22. Fat Pat's Bar & Grill
23. Fezzo's Seafood Steakhouse & Oyster House
24. Gallagher's Café
25. Gator Cove
26. Hub City Diner
27. iMonelli
28. Joey's
29. Johnson's Boucaniere
30. Jolie's Louisiana Bistro
31. Judice Inn
32. La Cuisine de Maman
33. La Fonda
34. LA Seafood House
35. Lagneaux's “King of Seafood” Restaurant
36. Lil' Daddy's BBQ
37. Little River Inn
38. Masala Indian Kitchen & Spanish Fusion Tapas
39. McGee's Landing
40. Nimbeaux's Restaurant
41. Olde Tyme Grocery
42. Pamplona Tapas Bar & Grill
43. Pete's Family Sports Grill
44. Picante Mexican Restaurant
45. Poor Boy’s Riverside Inn
46. Prejean's Restaurant
47. Randol's Cajun Restaurant
48. Rochetto's Pizzeria
49. Romacelli
50. Sandra's Café and Health Food Store
51. The French Press
52. ThiboDough’s Breads and Bagels
53. Ton's Drive In
54. Trynd Ristoranté, Lounge & Special Events
55. Tsunami Sushi
56. Village Café River Ranch
57. Zeus Greek & Lebanese

EatLafayette™ is brought to you by The New Fly Lafayette Club and is sponsored by the Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission, Louisiana Pick Your Passion, Townsquare Media, Cox, KADN Fox 15, KLFY TV10, The Independent, Travel Machine, Atmos Energy, AT&T, and Louisiana Gold Pepper Sauce.

For more information contact the Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission at (337) 232-3737 or visit the EatLafayette™ website at www.eatlafayette.com.

About EatLafayette™
What started as a conversation between two local businessmen in Lafayette, Louisiana has evolved into a successful promotions campaign that provides a unique opportunity for people to experience local cuisine in Lafayette. Charlie Goodson, owner of Charley G's Seafood Grill, and Gerald Breaux, executive director of the Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission got together in early 2005 to discuss how locally owned restaurants could gain visibility in a market flooded with big-dollar franchise restaurant advertising.

The result of those conversations was a summer EatLafayette™ campaign that is now in its seventh year. EatLafayette™ is a two-month celebration showcasing the restaurants that make Acadiana culture so appetizing. This year's campaign is a true success with 57 restaurants signed up to participate.

Tag. We're it.

We geotagged every print piece and print ad so consumers could easily find EatLafayette.

57 Restaurants.

The 2011 website is so close to launching we can almost taste it. Campaign kicks off on June 20....brought to you by the new Fly Lafayette Club.