On Jefferson Street in downtown Lafayette, a small diner called Sunday’s still builds root beer floats, Italian cream sodas, and banana splits the old way, right behind the counter. It sits next door to the Lafayette Science Museum, and the scent of ice cream reaches you before the menu does.
The soda fountain was once the heart of Main Street life across America, and very few of them are still pulling sodas in Louisiana today. Sunday’s keeps that habit going with a Cajun twist or two, and it is worth knowing what to order before you pull up a stool.
A Soda Fountain Address At 431 Jefferson Street
Jefferson Street runs through the busiest stretch of downtown Lafayette, and Sunday’s holds down number 431. The building shares a block with the Lafayette Science Museum, which makes it an easy lunch stop after an hour with the exhibits next door.
Officially, it is listed as a diner. The website, sundayssodafountain.com, tells you more about how the place sees itself, since the soda fountain is the whole idea…