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Drago’s Lafayette location closing.
Posted on 1/28/24 at 4:29 pm
Posted on 1/28/24 at 4:29 pm
Drago’s Closing
KLFY - Drago’s Seafood Restaurant will close its Lafayette location at 3151 Johnson Street, Drago’s, a New Orleans based restaurant, will be closing its Johnston Lafayette location on Feb. 17. The location originally opened its doors on Sept. 15, 2017. A dinner only menu will be offered until the doors are closed for good at the close of business on Feb. 17.
The restaurant’s closure is said by Cvitanovich as part of the large wave of eateries closing their doors due to financial and other challenges, like an increase in unmanageable food price.
“We came to Lafayette with great confidence that we could enhance the seafood offerings in Acadiana,” Cvitanovich said. “The combination of a slow start, followed by Covid, and then the dramatic increase in food and operating costs was more than we could overcome.”
Not to mention, Bobby Silor cursed the location.
KLFY - Drago’s Seafood Restaurant will close its Lafayette location at 3151 Johnson Street, Drago’s, a New Orleans based restaurant, will be closing its Johnston Lafayette location on Feb. 17. The location originally opened its doors on Sept. 15, 2017. A dinner only menu will be offered until the doors are closed for good at the close of business on Feb. 17.
The restaurant’s closure is said by Cvitanovich as part of the large wave of eateries closing their doors due to financial and other challenges, like an increase in unmanageable food price.
“We came to Lafayette with great confidence that we could enhance the seafood offerings in Acadiana,” Cvitanovich said. “The combination of a slow start, followed by Covid, and then the dramatic increase in food and operating costs was more than we could overcome.”
Not to mention, Bobby Silor cursed the location.
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Posted on 1/28/24 at 4:34 pm to Darla Hood
That location has been a nightmare for restaurants
Posted on 1/28/24 at 4:39 pm to Darla Hood
The restaurant scene is crazy in Lafayette. 3 close and 5 new ones open up.
Posted on 1/28/24 at 10:03 pm to bnb9433
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That location has been a nightmare for restaurants
Drago's making it 6 years there was a record of sorts
Posted on 1/28/24 at 10:17 pm to Darla Hood
My best guess is that Dragos was either the 6th or 7th restaurant to fail at this location
This post was edited on 1/28/24 at 10:18 pm
Posted on 1/28/24 at 11:07 pm to jennyjones
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Drago's making it 6 years there was a record of sorts
Agree. I thought they had survived the threshold minimum time there and were on track to actually make it.
Full disclosure: We ate there twice.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 6:37 am to Darla Hood
Yea... it's just straight cursed. Both Mellow Mushroom and Drago's couldn't survive there.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 6:51 am to Darla Hood
Burger Tyme across the street is also for sale. It was never going to make it because it wasn't the original recipe (Peter Boulet- PJ's in Crowley owns it).
Posted on 1/29/24 at 8:17 am to Darla Hood
Lafayette is a very fickle market and Lafayette is a town where locals rule. A restaurant can serve anything they want, if they don't have buy in from the Lafayette, locals only crowd, they'll fail.
Neither Mellow Mushroom or Drago's are Lafayette based.
MM couldn't dream of snagging loyalty away from Deano's, Pizza Village or Pizza Inn. And Deano's has two successful locations.
Same with Drago's. Don's may have an inferior product, but they're an established Lafayette favorite.
Neither Mellow Mushroom or Drago's are Lafayette based.
MM couldn't dream of snagging loyalty away from Deano's, Pizza Village or Pizza Inn. And Deano's has two successful locations.
Same with Drago's. Don's may have an inferior product, but they're an established Lafayette favorite.
This post was edited on 1/29/24 at 8:20 am
Posted on 1/29/24 at 8:48 am to G Vice
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Agree. I thought they had survived the threshold minimum time there and were on track to actually make it.
Full disclosure: We ate there twice.
I was just thinking the same thing before hearing about the closure .... I ate at the Hilton location in Nola last week but only been to Lafayette location once
Posted on 1/29/24 at 9:06 am to bnb9433
What restaurant had the shortest tenure in that spot? Was it the Mexican place opened by that guy Gabe from Lafonda? I think that place was open a few months.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 9:11 am to coolpapaboze
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Was it the Mexican place opened by that guy Gabe from Lafonda? I think that place was open a few months.
Sarita's I think it was called?
Posted on 1/29/24 at 9:44 am to jennyjones
Bako's and it was terrible. I was eating there when my wife went into labor.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 10:08 am to bdevill
Don's has a great atmosphere. Walking into Drago's Lafayette felt like walking into a fancy Ryan's Steakhouse with operating room lighting.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 10:11 am to Darla Hood
I've always been surprised it made it this long, bummer it didn't work out, Mr. Tommy is good people. We went twice when it first opened and though we don't go out for seafood very often it was never even on the radar, we always seem to end up at Uncle Ts or Don's occasionally. Dragos had similar offerings to both places, in a location that always struggled, and were priced higher than both of those, so there's really not much of a draw to go outside of name recognition.
Additionally, I always found it funny that Dragos kept things like red beans & rice, etouffee, shrimp creole, pastalaya, fettuccini, etc on the menu, all $20+. I'm sure that stuff moves well in their NOLA market that has much more tourist traffic but you can find all that stuff in a random gas station plate lunch here for like $9.
Additionally, I always found it funny that Dragos kept things like red beans & rice, etouffee, shrimp creole, pastalaya, fettuccini, etc on the menu, all $20+. I'm sure that stuff moves well in their NOLA market that has much more tourist traffic but you can find all that stuff in a random gas station plate lunch here for like $9.
This post was edited on 1/29/24 at 10:23 am
Posted on 1/29/24 at 10:31 am to YOURADHERE
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Additionally, I always found it funny that Dragos kept things like red beans & rice, etouffee, shrimp creole, pastalaya, fettuccini, etc on the menu, all $20+. I'm sure that stuff moves well in their NOLA market that has much more tourist traffic but you can find all that stuff in a random gas station plate lunch here for like $9.
Sounds exactly like alot of people's explanation of why Cochon does really well in NOLA but didn't last long in Lafayette
As mentioned above, Lafayette is a very fickle market
This post was edited on 1/29/24 at 10:34 am
Posted on 1/29/24 at 10:46 am to Got Blaze
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The restaurant scene is crazy in Lafayette. 3 close and 5 new ones open up
With at least 2-3 of those new ones being another pizza restaurant?
Posted on 1/29/24 at 10:49 am to Boston911
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My best guess is that Dragos was either the 6th or 7th restaurant to fail at this location
Sounds like the old Calendar's location in BR on Perkins. That thing has been more restaurants than I can name.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 10:53 am to coolpapaboze
Wasn’t Toucan’s the original restaurant located there?
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