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:
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