What are your favorite ways to Eat, Sip, Be and Do Downtown?
The nominations are in for the 2015 Downtown Awards. Votes will be accepted until Friday, Oct. 23, at midnight.
Winners will be announced Nov. 1. The awards ceremony is Nov. 18. Details soon.
EAT. Who’s your favorite Downtown Chef/Restaurant? French Press Pamplona Pop’s Poboys Dwyer's
EAT. Where is the best Downtown place to take Paw Paw to lunch? Dwyer’s Pop’s Poboys Johnson’s Boucanière
EAT. What’s your favorite Downtown menu item? Banh Banh Shrimp at Pop’s Poboys Burger at Jefferson Street Pub Gumbo at Dwyer’s
EAT. Where’s the best place to eat outside and enjoy the Downtown air? Filling Station Dwyer’s Johnson’s Boucanière
SIP. Who’s your favorite Downtown barista or coffee master? Black’s Café Carpe Diem! Reve Coffee Roasters
SIP. Who’s your favorite Downtown bartender? James at Pamplona Marshall Kemp at Tsunami Michael Dunn at The Studio Downtown
SIP. What is the best Downtown cocktail? Old Fashioned at Don’s Downtown Wasabi Bloody Mary at Tsunami French 75 at Pamplona
SIP. Where is the best Downtown Happy Hour? Don’s Downtown Tsunami Pamplona
SIP. What is the sexiest bar Downtown? Pamplona Tsunami The Studio Downtown
SIP. What bar or restaurant hosts the most successful single mingle environment? Artmosphere Tsunami Jefferson Street Pub
BE. Who is your Downtown hero? Anya Burgess, SOLA Violins Michael Dwyer, Dwyer’s Megan Arceneaux, Hub City Cycles Jillian Johnson, Parish Ink
BE. What is your favorite new Downtown business? Pop’s Poboys SOLA Violins Rêve Coffee Roasters
BE. Who is a champion for the creative class and a cultural catalyst for Downtown? Acadiana Center for the Arts SOLA Violins Mark Falgout, Blue Moon & Warehouse 535 Jillian Johnson
BE. What is the coolest place to live Downtown? Freetown Apartments above Teche Buchanan Lofts
BE. What are the best Downtown accommodations? Juliet Hotel Blue Moon Saloon and Guesthouse Buchanan Lofts
BE. Who has the best Downtown storefront? SOLA Violins Genterie Supply Co. Creations by Fire
DO. What is your favorite Downtown cheap thrill? Downtown Alive! ArtWalk Lafayette Public Library
DO. What’s Downtown’s best kept secret? Dwyer’s Lafayette Public Library Cité des Arts
DO. Who is Downtown’s best new band? Zydeco Radio Cedryl Ballou Soul Creole
DO. What is your favorite new event Downtown? ArtStomp Uncle Sam’s Jam Mid-Week Farmer’s Market
DO. Where is your favorite spot to experience the performing arts? Cité des Arts Theatre 810 Acadiana Center for the Arts
DO. Where is the best place to shop? Parish Ink Sans Souci Gallery Genterie Supply Co.
DO. What is your favorite art gallery? Sans Souci Gallery Acadiana Center for the Arts Kelli Kaufman Gallery
DO. Where do you go for live music? Artmosphere Downtown Alive! Blue Moon Saloon and Guesthouse
CAST YOUR VOTE TODAY: https://downtownlafayette.wufoo.com/forms/pkd03rt1j134ah/