Allons manger! Specials and Prizes Continue in Week 2!

We'd like to thank everyone involved in our kick-off event last Tuesday and everyone who came out to enjoy it! We had a blast.

Here's what you can look forward to this week:

Follow the Louisiana Hot Sauce Bottle

1. Tuesday, June 26, Follow the Louisiana Hot Sauce bottle to Pete's Family Sports Grill at 3903 Johnston Street. From 11am-2pm, enjoy the Big Pete and Little Pete special PLUS their Round Steak, Rice & Gravy plate lunch special!
2. Thursday, June 28, Follow the Louisiana Hot Sauce bottle to Sophi P. Cakes at 3209 Johnston Street. From 11am-2pm, get $.50 off their Peach, Love & Happiness (Mondavi Woodbridge Moscato & Peach Cupcake) and Southern Belle (Made with Bruce Foods Sweet Potato Beignet mix) cupcakes!
3. Friday, June 29, Follow the Louisiana Hot Sauce bottle to Rachael's Cafe at 104-B Republic Avenue. From 11am-2pm, get $1 off the plate lunch special!

KLFY Restaurant of the Week

This week's Restaurant of the Week is Prejean's! Enter to win a gift certificate good for two dinner entrees and two drinks (non-alcoholic) by visiting KLFY.com or visiting the tabs on the KLFY and EatLafayette Facebook pages. The winner will be notified on Friday afternoon.

Weekly EatLafayette Giveaway

Visit the tab on our Facebook page to enter to win a $100 gift card to Spa Mizan, a $25 gift card to 7 Chics, a New Fly Lafayette Club aluminum water bottle and a bottle of Robert Mondavi wine! Must be 21 or older and present a valid photo ID to claim prize. The winner will be notified on Friday afternoon.

 The Independent's Dish of the Week and Dish of the Day

Find out which delicious dishes are being named the Dish of the Day and the Dish of the Week by checking out theIND.com. Want to get the Dish sent straight to your inbox every day? Subscribe to The INDsider.

EatLafayette Restaurants Work Together to Encourage Dining Locally

Media Contact:

Julie Calzone

337-235-2924 ext. 18

jcalzone@calzone.com

EatLafayette Restaurants Work Together to Encourage Dining Locally

Eighth Annual EatLafayette Brought to You by The New Fly Lafayette Club and Robert Mondavi Wines

(Lafayette, La.) – In its eighth year, the 2012 EatLafayette campaign, brought to you by The New Fly Lafayette Club and Robert Mondavi Wines runs from June 18 through August 15; with over 60 participating restaurants offering a wide variety of cuisines and experiences, diners will have many tasty options for their summer meals.

In Louisiana, many of the fondest memories and celebrations involve gathering with loved ones to share a good meal. That tradition has been proven by Lafayette’s recent recognition by Rand McNally and USA Today’s 2011 Best of the Road campaign as the Best for Food and Southern Living’s acknowledgement that Lafayette is the Tastiest Town in the South for 2012.

“EatLafayette is about bringing locally-owned restaurants together to support one another and the community,” said Charlie Goodson, owner of Charley G’s and one of the originators of the EatLafayette campaign. “We want to bring people together to experience local flavors and support local business.”

“The campaign saturates the local market with innovative use of social and digital media in addition to television, radio and print,” said Gerald Breaux, executive director of the Lafayette Convention & Visitors Commission. “EatLafayette encourages people to visit locally-owned restaurants throughout the campaign and through the rest of the year. There’s something for everyone in this year’s list of restaurants.”

Eatlafayette.com gives visitors a full list of participating restaurants. The website includes information about the campaign, special offers, contests, sponsors, a helpful map, and information about the Caribbean Cruise Giveaway. The 4-day cruise is compliments of Travel Machine.

EatLafayette is utilizing several social media outlets such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Foursquare, Pinterest, and eNewsletters to keep the community up to date on specials and promotions offered by participating restaurants and sponsors.

The 2012 EatLafayette campaign launched yesterday and will continue through August 15.

This year, the following restaurants are participating in EatLafayette:

1. 2 Paul’s Radically Urban Barbecue
2. Agave Cantina
3. Andoli’s Sandwich Press
4. Antlers Restaurant
5. Antoni’s Italian Café
6. Bailey’s Bistro
7. Bella Figura
8. BJ’s Pizza & Deli
9. Blue Dog Café
10.  Bon Temps Grill
11.  Cafe Habana City
12.  Café Vermilionville
13.  Charley G’s
14.  Country Cuisine
15.  Coyote Blues
16.  Dax on Verot
17.  Dean-O’s
18.  Dix “Almost Famous” Daiquiris
19.  Don’s Seafood & Steakhouse Downtown
20.  Dozo Restaurant
21.  Fat Pat’s Bar & Grill
22.  Fezzo’s Seafood Steakhouse & Oyster Bar
23.  Gallagher’s Café
24.  Hub City Diner
25.  iMonelli
26.  Joey’s
27.  Johnson’s Boucaniere
28.  Jolie’s Louisiana Bistro
29.  Judice Inn
30.  La Cuisine de Maman
31.  La Fonda Restaurant
32.  Lagneaux’s
33.  Lil Bite O Heaven
34.  Lil Daddy’s Bar-B-Q
35.  Little River Inn
36.  Masala Indian Kitchen
37.  McGee’s Landing
38.  Nimbeaux’s Restaurant
39.  Office Hours Sandwich Shop
40.  Olde Tyme Grocery
41.  Pamplona Tapas Bar and Restaurant
42.  Pete’s Family Sports Grill
43.  Picante Mexican Restaurant
44.  Pont Breaux’s Cajun Restaurant
45.  Poor Boy’s Riverside Inn
46.  Poseideon’s Greek Restaurant
47.  POUR Wine Bar & Restaurant
48.  Prejean’s Restaurant
49.  Rachael’s Café
50.  Randol’s
51.  Rochetto’s Pizzeria
52.  Romacelli
53.  Sandra’s Café and Health Food Store
54.  Sophi P. Cakes
55.  The French Press
56.  The Lab Handcrafted Coffee and Comforts
57.  The Saint Street Inn
58.  ThiboDough’s Breads and Bagels
59.  Tsunami
60.  Village Café
61.  Whole Wheatery Eatery
62.  Zeus Café

EatLafayette 2012 is brought to you by the New Fly Lafayette Club and Robert Mondavi Wines. Sponsored by the Lafayette Convention & Visitors Commission, Louisiana Pick Your Passion, Townsquare Media, KLFY TV 10, Cox, KADN Fox 15, WVLA, myKLAF TV, The Independent, Travel Machine, Event Rental, Lamar Outdoor, Atmos Energy, AT&T, LUS Fiber and Louisiana Hot Sauce.

 

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 & 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 eighth 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 over 60 restaurants signed up to participate.

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It's Time to Eat, Lafayette!

Welcome to EatLafayette 2012! This year will definitely our best year yet!

Here's what you can look forward to this week:

Follow the Louisiana Hot Sauce Bottle

1. Thursday, June 21, Follow the Louisiana Hot Sauce bottle to ThiboDough's Breads and Bagels and Lil Bite O Heaven at 1519 Ambassador Caffery Parkway. From 11am-2pm, get a Cheeseburger, soda, chips and a cupcake of choice for $8.49 - a 15% discount!
2. Friday, June 22, Follow the Louisiana Hot Sauce bottle to Country Cuisine at 709 North University. From 11am-2pm, take advantage of $8 Fish Fry Friday and other seafood specials.

KLFY Restaurant of the Week

This week's Restaurant of the Week is Cafe Vermilionville! Enter to win a gift certificate good for two dinner entrees and two drinks (non-alcoholic) by visiting KLFY.com or visiting the tabs on the KLFY and EatLafayette Facebook pages. The winner will be notified on Friday afternoon.

Weekly EatLafayette Giveaway

Visit the tab on our Facebook page to enter to win a New Fly Lafayette Club aluminum water bottle and a bottle of Robert Mondavi wine! Must be 21 or older and present a valid photo ID to claim prize. The winner will be notified on Friday afternoon.

 The Independent's Dish of the Week

You can find this week's Dish at Village Cafe. Try Executive Chef Jeremy Conner's twin molasses brined bone-in pork chops with honey/peppercorn glaze, two large chops served over Garber Farms whipped sweet potatoes with grilled-braised greens. This dish is paired with the 2009 Robert Mondavi Cameros Pinot Noir. To find out more, visit TheInd.com.

Sponsors Add Spice to EatLafayette

For Immediate Release

Media Contact:

Julie Calzone

337.235.2924 ext. 18

jcalzone@calzone.com 

LCVC Contact:

Kelly Strenge

337.232.3737

kstrenge@lafayettetravel.com 

Sponsors Add Spice to EatLafayette

(Lafayette, La.) – In its eighth year, EatLafayette has garnered more sponsor involvement than ever before. Many sponsors are facilitating promotions that benefit the restaurants and the public.

The New Fly Lafayette Club and Mondavi Wines are title sponsors of EatLafayette 2012 and are collaborating with EatLafayette and many of the participating restaurants to bring everything they can to the campaign.

Townsquare Media DJs are filming their dining experiences at EatLafayette restaurants and posting them on Townsquare Media radio station websites. EatLafayette will post the videos to YouTube and to their website on each restaurants’ page. Townsquare is also conducting a giveaway for tickets to the kick-off event, A Taste of Lafayette, which takes place on June 19. Restaurants have the opportunity to submit recipes to Townsquare Media which will then be “pinned” to the EatLafayette Pinterest page, where the public will be able to use and share the recipes.

KLFY TV 10 is conducting an on-air giveaway for tickets to the kick-off event and giving away gift certificates for lunch to EatLafayette restaurants on their morning and noon programs, Passé Partout and Meet Your Neighbor. KLFY is also sponsoring a Restaurant of the Week promotion in which the public can sign up to win dinner at the Restaurant of the Week by clicking on the web banners on KLFY.com or visiting the KLFY or EatLafayette Facebook pages.

KADN Fox 15, myKLAF TV and WVLA are sponsoring Public Service Announcements with the restaurants who are participating in the kick-off event, A Taste of Lafayette. Each restaurant at the event will be filmed for a short informational video that will be run on KADN Fox 15 for the duration of the campaign.

The Independent Weekly has created a new feature in the Eats section of their paper which will feature the Dish of the Week at an EatLafayette restaurant. The featured dishes will also be published on the paper’s website, theind.com.

Travel Machine is offering a free 4-day cruise for two to the public. To register to win the cruise, customers must visit an EatLafayette restaurant to fill out a registration form. There is no purchase required to enter and no limit to the number of entries one can submit. A winner will be drawn live on-air on Townsquare Media radio station 99.9 KTDY with CJ and Debbie Ray in the morning. For more information, visit eatlafayette.com.

Event Rental is making the EatLafayette kick-off event, A Taste of Lafayette, the best yet with their high-quality furniture, props and service.

Lamar Outdoor has assisted EatLafayette in creating a compelling billboard campaign that will run the duration of the campaign.

Louisiana Hot Sauce has again partnered with EatLafayette for the Follow the Louisiana Hot Sauce Bottle promotion. On certain days, the twelve-foot-tall inflatable Louisiana Hot Sauce bottle will pop up and an EatLafayette restaurant to usher in customers and signal a great deal. The deal will only run from 11am until 2pm on the designated day. The public will be notified of the deal via the weekly EatLafayette newsletter, Facebook and Twitter updates and, on the day of the event, via a billboard and announcements on Townsquare Media Radio Stations.

AT&T has continued its support of EatLafayette. Support from a national company for a regional initiative is an indication that supporting local business is beneficial for everyone.

Atmos Energy and Cox have again signed on as helpful sponsors of EatLafayette.

The Lafayette Convention & Visitors Commission and Louisiana Pick Your Passion are integral partners in EatLafayette. Their support keeps EatLafayette running each year.

EatLafayette showcases locally-owned restaurants June 18 – August 15, 2012. To learn more, visit eatlafayette.com. Brought to you by the New Fly Lafayette Club and Robert Mondavi Wines. Sponsored by the Lafayette Convention & Visitors Commission, Louisiana Pick Your Passion, Townsquare Media, KLFY TV 10, Cox, KADN Fox 15, WVLA, myKLAF TV, The Independent, Travel Machine, Event Rental, Lamar Outdoor, Atmos Energy, AT&T and Louisiana Hot Sauce.

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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 & 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 eighth 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 over 60 restaurants signed up to participate.