USA Today gave Lafayette the blue ribbon for the "best place for food".
http://travel.usatoday.com/destinat...e-five-best-small-towns-in-America/49573514/1
They also did a list on the top 10 places to eat Fried Chicken. One of the places was local to me when I lived in Misssissippi (Julep Jackson, MS). I tried it out and got fried chicken drizzled in Rosemary Honey..... It was interesting, but doesn't belong on a top 10 places to eat Fried Chicken list.
All that being said, I have no doubt the food in Lafayette has great food.... It's in South Louisiana; how can it not?
Anyway for the OP, Welcome aboard. You need to eat some crawfish. Hopefully, you will be here while they are in season.