This page will be used to tell the story of Dog n Suds Lafayette

The Lafayette Dog n Suds was first opened on July 26th 1956 by Joe VanDame, "Grampa Joe" ran the store for 12 years and then turned it over to his son Don VanDame. Don ran the store along with his wife Carol till March of 1998 when it was sold to the current owner Dan Washington.

In it's hay day the Dog n Suds chain reached a high of 750 stores!

Today, sadly there are only 11 of us "old timers" left.

We still have the same menu we have had for years. We know what we do well so we stay with it!

We still have "carhops" who bring your food to your cars or to your table at our picnic area

The old car you can see here

is 2 front ends of an old crosley attached and still seen in the back of our store. Many pictures are taken with this old car.