Dwyer's Cafe - Lafayette, LA

Dwyer's is a great place for Cajun-accented hot lunch as well as breakfast sweet potato hot cakes. When you order pancakes, the waitress will ask what kind of syrup you want: cane or maple. Sugar cane is a major crop around here, and the pancake syrup made from it is thick, dark, and resonantly sweet.

100% Approval Rating (12 votes)

Overall: Worth planning a day around

Must Eats

Crawfish Fettuccine ($5.00)

Smothered Pork ($5.00)

Rice Jambalaya (N/A)

Sweet Potato Hotcakes ($3.00)

Sausage ($5.00)

Written Reviews

Michael Stern

" Mike Dwyer is a wonderful salesmen. No one makes lunch sounds as good as he does. You will hear his pitch as you approach the cafeteria area of Dwyer's Café, where he enumerates the day's choices, one by one, with pride and exuberance to make appetites growl. It's a ..." [Read More].

Logbooks

12/11/2003 - Michael Stern, $4

Map & Directions

323 Jefferson St., Lafayette, LA
337-235-9364

Hours & Policies

Seasons:	Open Year Round
Meals Served:	Breakfast, Lunch
Operational Hours:	Always Call Ahead!
Credit Cards Accepted:	No
Alcohol Served:	No
Outdoor Seating:	Yes
Reservations Accepted:	No
Delivery Available:	No
Takeout Counters:	Yes

"The sweet potato pancakes are light and tender with a sweet earthy flavor. Cane syrup is thick and intense. These two sing harmony together! And those are pretty good sausage patties, too."
Michael Stern

"Dwyer's has been a local meeting and eating place since 1927. In its new, modern location, it continues that community tradition."
Michael Stern

"On the Cajun scale, crawfish fettuccine is a mild comfort food. Oh, those crawdads are delicious!"
Michael Stern

"Mike Dwyer describes smothered pork chops as basic baked pork chops, but "smothered down" with a gravy containing onions and bell peppers."
Michael Stern

"The sausage on Dwyer's cafeteria table is made in nearby Opelousas."
Michael Stern

"That's rice jambalaya in the lower left. Barely visible to its left is eggplant casserole; above that: green beans, then yellow squash, red beans, and white rice. These are just some of the choices of side dish to go with Dwyer's main course."
Michael Stern