Carolyn ordered the Goldbrick Sundae and she really liked it. Although Goldbrick is a popular famous candy, I had never heard of it. It is chocolate and pecans. They melt the candy to make the topping.
Mary Jane and I ordered the chocolate nut sundae. It was hot fudge with walnuts. The walnuts were not just sprinkled on top.....they are in a maple sauce and were liberally poured on the sundae. It was delicious.
The Borden's Ice Cream Shoppe was owned and managed by the Levy for generations. When Flora Levy died in 1981, she willed much of her property including the land and the ice cream business to the University of Louisiana Lafayette foundation. The foundation ran it for many years. In 2009, the foundation sold property and the business to Red Lerille. He remodeled it while keeping the same nostalgic look. His daughter Kackie manages the ice cream icon these days.
You will find lots of great items on the menu including the Gold Brick Sundae and the Chocolate Nut Sundae. Some day I ill get back there and I think I will order the Gold Brick Sundae just to make sure it is really as good as Carolyn said it was.
Once we got lunch out of the way, we decided to tour downtown Lafayette. The weather was less than great so we did our tour in the car.
There are lots of interesting buildings downtown and the Christmas decorations that were still up were really nice. It's a great downtown.
This house is already prepared for Mardi Gras. Those are strings of beads covering the whole fence.
Carolyn pointed out several very popular restaurants.
The whole downtown area is laid out really nicely. Next time we will have to do a walking tour.
They have some beautiful murals on the buildings.
In addition to some nice Christmas decorations, the lamp posts were sporting some other interesting decorations depending upon the location.
Some areas really reminded me of the New Orlean French Quarter.
This is one of the public buildings....kind of looks like a jail.
This former gas station is now a unique restaurant.
This building with the interesting observation post on the top is a museum.
I think this building with the unique head statues is the courthouse.
Next up was the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist.
It is a beautiful building.
The cathedral even has a cemetery on it's extensive property.
I look forward to seeing more of downtown Lafayette in the future.
Just had to get the buildings washed off so they could dry for Mardi Gras! You really need to change your pic at the top. Harley deserves top status!
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