Restaurants & Supermarket
The boldfaced numbers below correspond to the numbers on the "Restaurant Map" that is [here] and in your conference folder (which can be picked up in MDD 209).
There are many restaurants within a brief walk of MDD. Also, (12) Champagne's Market is a nearby supermarket (at
most a 15-minute walk away; in their Deli, they have plate lunches and a few
breakfast items; more info is available here). Below is a list of restaurants
that are close to La Quinta Inn and MDD. Many of them
can be reached within 15 minutes by walking and all of them can be
reached (on foot) in 30 minutes or less.
(Note: below, "15m" means that it takes at most 15 minutes to walk to the
restaurant from MDD.)
Antoni's Italian Cafe (6): 15m, medium priced, highly recommended, nice
atmosphere, has coffee, more info is here.
Bisbano's Pizza Parlor (1): 15m, medium priced, have TVs to watch and a
bar downstairs, has coffee, more info
is here.
Blue Dog Cafe (17): basically next to La Quinta Inn, a popular local
restaurant, features the art of George Rodrigue (which explains the
restaurant's name), more info
is here.
Cafe Lola (13): 15m, for any budget, excellent sandwiches; note: open only
M-F, 10:30-2; their menu is here.
Chili's Grill & Bar Restaurant (3): 30m, medium-priced;
has TVs usually showing sports and the walk there is a nice
distraction passing over a river.
CT Grill & Seafood (11): 18m, reasonably-priced; serves some Cajun food
against a backdrop of Chinese-American music (sometimes).
Hub City Diner (16): 20m, reasonably priced,
more info is
here.
Jolie's Louisiana Bistro (9): 15m, expensive but delicious, excellent
atmosphere.
McDonald's (19): 3m; a good way to get inexpensive coffee.
Papa John's (20): 1m; a good place for reasonably-priced pizza, even without
cheese.
Picadilly (4): 13m, reasonably priced; a good place for getting a
well-balanced meal centered around Cajun dishes, cafeteria-style, great
for groups of 4, 6 or 8.
Roly Poly (7): 15m, reasonably priced, offers a wide
variety of sandwiches.
Ruth's Chris Steak House (10):
15m, more info is
here.
Sonic (8): 16m, inexpensive.
Subway (15): 15m, for all budgets, right next to Champagne's Market, has
coffee in the morning.
Subway on St. Mary's (2): less than 5m, inexpensive, has a
variety of sandwiches.
Taco Bell (21): 3m, inexpensive.
Tropical Smoothie Cafe (14): 15m, for any budget, has much more (breakfast
all day long, lunch, dinner) than what's indicated by their name, has coffee
for breakfast, more info is here.
Whole Wheatery Eatery: 15m.
Zeus Cafe, Greek and Lebanese Cafe (18): 18m, medium-priced, more info is
here.