{"id":280,"date":"2011-06-07T07:22:24","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T07:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/?p=280"},"modified":"2011-08-23T18:04:58","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T18:04:58","slug":"dwyers-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/archives\/280","title":{"rendered":"Dwyer’s Cafe"},"content":{"rendered":"
A popular lunch counter in downtown Lafayette which specializes in omelets, pot roast with gravy and stewed chicken. <\/address>\n

Description<\/h2>\n

Located downtown, Dwyer\u2019s Caf\u00e9, originally Pop Stinson\u2019s, moved to its current location in 1979. During the Lafayette Economic Depression, Mr. Dwyer joined the Civil Conservation Corps and learned to be a baker, butcher, and chef during his tour of duty and then returned to work for the Stinsons, the original owners. After working for them as a cook for nearly ten years he bought the restaurant in 1965, changed the name to Dwyer\u2019s Caf\u00e9 and continued working until he was 85-years-old.<\/p>\n

Dwyer\u2019s Caf\u00e9 has always been a family-run business and Mr. Dwyer\u2019s son Michael bought it from his father in 1975 and continues to run it with his own family. On any given day you will find Michael\u2019s son cooking and his children and grandchildren helping his wife at the register.<\/p>\n

Dwyer\u2019s serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner seven days a week. For breakfast, the kitchen will accommodate just about any request and they serve – everything but waffles. Not only are the breakfasts hearty, they are also easy on the pocketbook. Lafayette natives, from families dressed in their church clothes to college students recovering from a night on the town, make their way to Dwyer\u2019s for a complete and balanced morning meal. Wednesdays at 7 a.m. is an especially good time to visit Dwyer\u2019s. That\u2019s when a group of local French speakers gather at their designated spot, \u201cle table fran\u00e7ais,\u201d just to listen and talk in their mother tongue. It\u2019s part of the effort by everyday people to preserve Acadiana\u2019s identity, and they warmly welcome strangers who want to listen and learn, no matter what their level of fluency might be.<\/p>\n

On a nice day, you can sit outside and dine while watching the day unfold downtown. If you\u2019re lucky you may even be entertained by a freelance jazz musician that likes to play on the street corner next to the restaurant.<\/p>\n

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Quoted from www.lafayette.travel<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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