Trail Restaurants

Located in Lafayette's earliest inn, Cafe Vermilionville serves award winning cuisine in a historic & romantic setting. Listed on the National Register. Highly recommended by AAA and Mobil Travel Guide.

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Main Street Grill at le Rosier in New Iberia's Historic District features a regionally inspired menu based on recipes from around the world. Built in 1870 this fully restored and lavishly decorated restaurant offers a scented repose from the world with a front veranda tucked among antique roses and tropical plants in a stunning garden in the shadow of the Shadows-on-the-Teche plantation home and garden. The menu offers seafood, pasta, steaks, soups, gumbos, bisques, sandwiches, salads and other items sure to satisfy the most discerning culinary traveler. Plan to linger longer with an overnight stay in the le Rosier Country Inn just steps away from the main house restaurant.

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Lagniappe Too Cafe is one block from the famous Shadows-on-the-Teche Plantation Home and Gardens and in the heart of New Iberia's Historic District. The owners Al & Elaine Landry combined talents to create a fresh, delicious and healthy menu at a moderate cost. Elaine is principal chef as well as a doll maker and is often assisted by their son Field in preparing gumbos, soups, salads, sandwiches, bisque, desserts and regional cuisine. Try a slice of Elaine's famous Bread Pudding or homemade cake. Al is the table hopper, general all around "Gofer", greeting diners, assuring dishes are to their liking. He also creates the art work decorating the walls. Featured in numerous national and international travel guide books and magazines, Lagniappe Too Cafe attracts tourists from across the USA and world. When you visit, please be sure to sign the guest book and walk out backwards so we'll think you're walking in!

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Discover a downtown eatery from the famed Detective Dave Robicheaux novels of New Iberia native and award-winning author, James Lee Burke.  Located in New Iberia’s Historic District, Victor’s Cafeteria is the perfect spot for good old fashion cooking with cafeteria-style service.  Enjoy local favorites like stuffed bell peppers, jambalaya, gumbo, red beans and rice, chicken pot pie, fried seafood, and the best breakfast in town.  This plate lunch haven is the place to be to mingle with locals that never meet a stranger.  Eat where Dave eats and the Breakfast Club meets. After a delightful meal stroll New Iberia’s award-winning historic district.  Walking tour maps are available.

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Capture the ambience of French Louisiana at the award-winning Prejean's. Prejean's team of chefs prepares gold medal Cajun specialities, fresh Gulf seafood, steaks & wild game, while you enjoy live Cajun music nightly.

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El Chile Verde continues to live up to its name with our wide variety of tasty menu selections and a traditional Mexican atmosphere which you can only get at El Chile Verde.  If you are hungry, we offer a variety of hardy platters ranging from enchiladas to fajitas.  We also have a great selection of seafood and even offer a vegetarian menu to please all appetites.

El Chile Verde also has a bar and lounge where we offer all your favorite alcoholic beverages and the best in music.  Saturday nights is Latin Night where you can enjoy and dance to the latest in Latin Music.  So come dance the night away with your friends at El Chile Verde.

We pride ourselves in the quality of our food and services; so please let us bring a traditional Mexican atmosphere complete with all the great food to you and your family and come enjoy it all at El Chile Verde.

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This family owned restaurant is a favorite of locals and visitors alike. Only the freshest and locally caught Gulf seafood is used to prepare their Louisiana delicacies such as seafood gumbo, stuffed soft shell crabs, shrimp stew, oyster po-boys, seafood pastas and many more! All ingredients are set into motion when your order is placed. Bring your appetite, as portions are generous and delicious. Here you will experience the ongoing vitality of being 'down the bayou'. Signature dishes will excite your taste buds and you'll be back for more!

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Fine dining with an Italian emphasis but not limited to just Italian. Beautiful bar with an excellent wine list. Strolling guitarist 5 nights weekly.

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Open Wednesday and Thursday, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 6 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. and Sunday, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Located in Cypress Bayou Casino, Mr. Lester's Steakhouse is an upscale restaurant and a “don't miss” restaurant for foodies.  The service is impeccable, the food delicious and atmosphere romantic.  The evening begins with a complimentary bread basket of assorted breads and three special flavored butters.  Nightly specials vary.  Appetizers of fried soft shell crabs with crawfish cream sauce (in season) and Louisiana crab cakes are rich and tasty.   For soup and salad, you can’t go wrong with the crab & corn bisque and the spinach and seafood salad.  The seafood salad is so wonderful you keep saying "just one more bite and I'm stopping" until you've finished the meal and barely have room for the entrée.  Whether a steak lover, a fish eater or veal chops kind of person - you won't be disappointed with your selection.  There are over 10 special sauces and toppings including seafood, wine or standard béarnaise.   If you have room after the entrée, enjoy the Praline Parfait, bread pudding or crème Brulée.  Mr. Lester’s has an extensive wine list as well as a cigar bar for smokers.

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Cafe Jefferson's signature dish Seafood Heaven, angel pasta with a white sauce and a bounty of shrimp, crawfish and crab will please the most discerning culinary traveler. The cafe is located on Jefferson Island nearby the Joseph Jefferson mansion and in the midst of Rip Van Winkle Gardens. It is nestled in a grove of a dozen massive ancient live oaks offering a breath-taking view of the gardens and Lake Peigneur. Some menu choices include specialty sandwiches, gumbos, etouffees, salads and deserts. Stay overnight in a beautifully appointed Acadian cottage in the heart of the gardens to capture the tranquility of a very special place. The Joseph Jefferson mansion and gardens are open for tours.

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Cafe Jo Jo's in Morgan City is a combination of Cajun - Italian cuisine.  The owner and executive chef likes to mix his dual heritage into his culinary creations.  Lunch and evening specials are offered and vary according to season.  The crab cake can be ordered as an appetizer or as a meal.  Light and flavorful, the crab cake is a house special. Seafood bread layered with cheese is wonderful and easily shared.  A daily soup is offered and always delicious.  Personal favorites include spinach and Tasso, tomato basil and roasted onion.  For those that prefer salads, the crab salad is a personal favorite.  Others include the house salad of Italian flavors.  Entree specials are added daily.  House favorites include Eggplant Jo Ann, medallions of eggplant, with grilled shrimp and crawfish etched with roasted peppers and a cheddar cheese sauce.  Tilapia Brents, a pan fried Tilapia lightly dusted with peppercorns finished with a lemon butter sauce and stuffed Flounder are also wonderful.  Another interesting entree includes the oyster spaghetti. Made with oysters, garlic and olive oil, it's delicious.  Be sure to order another basket of bread to dip into the sauce.   Top off the meal with the white chocolate bread pudding, another house specialty or the chocolate lava cake.  Cafe Jo Jo's has a nice wine list.

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Two steppin', toe tappin', taste temptin'. Good times, good food, good music. Where the young & the old "Laissez les bons temps rouler".

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