Take a Drop, Don’t Stop
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Take a Drop, Don’t Stop
Lafayette Acadiana’s first olive oil tasting bar, Graze Oil, has surfaced in Lafayette, courtesy of the high-end charcuterie boutique, Graze Acadiana. Patrons graze on such ultra-premium offerings as blood orange-infused olive oil with a side of dark chocolate balsamic vinegar in the bar flanked by pouring stations and products. Guaranteed to entice your foodie friends, especially the chef cooking demos (grazeacadiana.com).
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Nuances of NOLA
Instead of braving icy roads for a romantic evening in New Orleans, an ample holiday alternative is Lafayette’s snazzy new Whiskey & Vine, designed to transport guests to a reimagined French Quarter setting via live jazz, vintage décor and Big Easy-driven dinners. Situated in the former Jolie’s Bistro. Sip craft cocktails at the sleek bar near life-size saxophone-lamps, sink into the loft’s seductive red velvet banquettes or gravitate to grand piano opulence between headliners (wvlounge.com; facebook.com/WVloungeLafayette).
Scholarship Available for Nova Scotia
Abbeville The Abbeville Cultural and Historical Alliance announced the availability of the Russell Gaspard French Immersion Scholarship (valued at $4,200) to be awarded to a Vermilion Parish high school student for the 2023 summer French immersion study program at the Université Sainte-Anne in Nova Scotia (July 2-Aug. 5, 2023). Applicants must be age 15 by the time the program begins. To apply, contact Lloyd Doré III at 337-893-5400 or email L3Dore@doretax.com). Completed applications due by Dec. 30 with interviews scheduled for Jan. 8 in Abbeville.
Lafayette
Oxtails, Seafood and Soul
With a catchy nickname like Booga, it’s certainly fitting that a local entrepreneur’s new eatery would emerge as Boogäloo’s Seafood Kitchen, located in the former Shoney’s on Lafayette’s northside. Featuring year-round boiled crawfish (Booga dabbles in the crawfish distribution biz), fried seafood and soul food plus classics like gumbo and rarities like oxtail plus greens galore (2208 Northeast Evangeline Thruway).
