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    Scallops
    Griffin S.

    First time dining here was in town for a family birthday. Really cool atmosphere and building makes sense that they host weddings/events. Super attentive server (ngl he might have been the GOAT of water refills he was a sniper after any sip was taken) and all of our main entrees were excellent. Would recommend both the margarita and espresso martini

    Strawberry cheesecake for the birthday
    Mark W.

    New restaurant inside an old barn that was restored and built on site on Purdue campus. The inside is truly beautiful with the tall ceiling and all the hand cut wood. Service was first rate and our water glasses never ran empty. We had the goat cheese appetizer that was so creamy and savory. They had a cool little menu deal where you can get half a sandwich and soup or salad. We all loved our meals and enjoyed conversation in a nice booth space. Our waitress was extremely pleasant and present. The parking was a bit of a pickle because the private lot was full and all the surrounding streets have pay parking through an app. We opted for hiking a ways to avoid downloading the app.

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    Curt H.

    For a first visit not even quite a full week after opening we were quite impressed! Great atmoshphere of a relocated turn-of-century barn from the Beck's farm. This was a GREAT IDEA and tells a great Indiana story. Food and drinks were great -- baked goat cheese was amazing as we're the brussel sprouts! I'm a bit of a rib and sprout snob (ok goat cheese too) and nothing disappointed. I would like to know about the prep on the ribs out of curiosity... We will be back for sure and sit at the bar when able. I reserved a high-top but we chose the bar as that's how we roll. I sent 2 msgs earlier in the week about reserving bar seats, but it was a first week and I get it.

    Annette B.

    Easily the best restaurant in West Lafayette. They have a lovely selection of drinks, the food is top-notch, and the ambiance is fabulous!

    Steak
    Joanne C.

    Very cute new restaurant in the Purdue area -- the renovated barn turned restaurant is a great vibe. Food is on the pricey end but there are more affordable options! The short rib grilled cheese oily but SO delicious, definitely would get again. The crab cakes were crispy! The steak was juicy! I loved the fries quality. Not pictured but the dessert potions are HUGE so def shared/take home leftovers! Servers were so kind!

    Meatballs
    Amy M.

    Nailed it! Dinner at the Lawrence was excellent! It's a beautifully new built barn, very modern and comfortable. There are a few TVs around but it does not give sports bar vibes. Our service was excellent. We started with the meatballs and cocktails before moving to entrees. I couldn't make up my mind and got no help from our server who reassured me that all of the dishes are really good. My friend and I both had beef and noodles. It does have a tiny bit of spice, but I wouldn't call it hot or even mild. It was the perfect yakisoba dish and transported me back to the yakisoba shack I stopped at in Japan. My friend who also ordered the beef and noodles had a tough time with the spice because any little bit seems to bother her, so just beware if you're sensitive to heat/spice. My other friend loved her steak frites. The margarita was perfect! Not too sweet or tart and I loved the tajine on the rim. The others loved their cocktails too. We opted to skip desserts as we had brought desserts for each other, but I have no doubt their desserts are delicious. The Lawrence really nailed it for us. A great spot to catch up with friends and rave about delicious food and drinks.

    Salmon was sweet. It was good and had a nice tang.
    Tim H.

    We were seated outside when it was breezy and had a nice experience. The staff was very friendly. The food is amazing. I got an old fashion and pork chops. Friends got lemonade and salmon and cosmo with the chicken. Both were pleased with their food but they said my pork chops kicked ass. We started off with the sweet potato rolls which were fluffy like biscuits and the goat cheese. Can't go wrong with either one.

    Potato Bacon Chowder + Hummus Wrap lunch pairing
    Cat C.

    We heard about this new restaurant on social media and we wanted to try it out. It is located on the west side of Purdue's campus near the airport. We look advantage of their lunch menu and it didn't disappoint. For appetizers, we shared the crab fritters and sweet potato rolls. For the main, one had a salad, another did a lunch pairing, a wrap and a sandwich. All delish! For dessert, we had the chocolate torte which was rich and great for anyone who is gluten free. Service was excellent, friendly and attentive. It is set in an old barn which was warm and inviting. There is a small parking lot but there is street parking nearby. Will definitely be back!

    Cosmo
    Luke W.

    Exquisite reformed barnyard turned posh farmers market paradise obscured with the all time below average food, us five guys dropped in for a dual birthday celebration. Can happy say the desserts, cheesecake, creme brulee, and ice cream brownie thing, fantastic! Drinks, also near perfect! Desserts were hilariously tiny especially for the prices, an odd penny pinching pout for a city loaded up on excellent options like McGraws, Mountain Jacks, Red Seven, Black Sparrow, and Boomerangs yet these new campus food digs are addicted to a harsh diet! I don't get it. Why is the slice of cheesecake well less than half the size of a Buffalo Wild Wings cheesecake which costs half? This Cunningham restaurant group certainly is cunning. Dress everyone in black, hire the best Purdue freshman, and decorate the aura in bold rich dark academia to hide the massive cost cutting and sloppy chef skills. Now yes, here's the real issues. My scallops were cooked well, the only dish of our five to be fixed right. But look at that plate! A tiny great depression amount of food thrown together to get Gordon Ramsay swearing. The ribs and New York strip, far less, nothing special or at all worth the costs, Cheddars does both better. But the smash burger, oh my precious spice wars, were the lost here? The worst burger I've ever had, from the very birthday boy's lips, quoted to me yet again last night as we mused on The Lawrence. I didn't know a burger could be made wrong, literally some of the easiest tastiest ingredients to put together. Yet there it was, neither of the burgers were finished. I suppose others may have better experiences or low standards than us because I hope this place cleans up their barnyard.

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    Food was great! We loved going and service was great. We had Emma and she made our experience better! Can't wait to go back

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    Tremendous!! Creative, delicious entrees and appetizers, great service without ever feeling rushed, and a charming atmosphere.

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    Triple XXX Restaurant - The Duane Purvis All American

    Triple XXX Restaurant

    4.0(811 reviews)
    1.3 mi
    •$$

    Breakfast all day! Usually, this feature at a restaurant is lost on me, because I don't care for a…read morebig breakfast as my first meal of the day, or really, any time of the day. But I was visiting West Lafayette, and it was morning, and I was feeling a little "under the weather," as my Polish grandmother would say when she went too hard on the Bud Lites the night before. So breakfast at Triple XXX it was, because I could walk there from the Purdue campus, and this restaurant is a West Lafayette institution. I got the Triple XXX Breakfast Special: two over-medium eggs, bacon, fried potatoes and wheat toast. And it was good, you know? It was simple and hearty. I especially liked the fried potatoes. But what really took it over the top is when my server, who was incredibly friendly, told me that she could bring me some root beer jelly to go along with my wheat toast. Record scratch. Say what, lady? Root beer jelly? Yes, Triple XXX makes their own root beer jelly, and they also sell it by the jar. (I bought a jar.) They are famous for their root beer, which is sold nationwide, so I guess it makes sense that they would also make root beer jelly. It tastes exactly the way you would think it would. It tastes like root beer! It's delicious. The seating at this restaurant is interesting: All of the seats are bar seats, and they face the middle of the kitchen. There were no tables or booths that I saw, unless you wanted to go outside and sit at one of the picnic tables on the patio. I liked this seating setup, because I could watch the action happen before my very eyes. The black coffee was very good. It better be, at a place like this! This is the kind of greasy spoon restaurant where old timers stay a while with a cup of coffee and a newspaper. (There were three such people doing something like that when I visited, as a matter of fact.) It's just a comfortable part of the West Lafayette community.

    My wife and I were in Lafayette dropping our daughter off for college and decided to go to Triple…read moreXXX diner since it was featured on DDD. I ordered a double cheeseburger with just ketchup to taste the burger alone. My wife ordered the peanut butter burger, and we ordered curly fries to share. My burger was great, the flavor and quality of the fresh ground steak makes a big difference in the flavor being so good. My wife is a fan of the peanut butter on the burger, and we both like the bun used. We both got root beer, which is a step above all other root beers I have tasted, which also probably has to do with quality ingredients. I am a fan of Triple XXX, and so is my wife. We will be back to try out the other menu items and breakfast!

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    Triple XXX Restaurant - Outside waiting area and outdoor dining area.

    Outside waiting area and outdoor dining area.

    Triple XXX Restaurant - Triple XXX Breakfast Special

    Triple XXX Breakfast Special

    Triple XXX Restaurant - The Building- in classic root beer colors!

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    The Building- in classic root beer colors!

    The Downtowner Restaurant - Original scrambler with toast & extra crispy hasbrowns

    The Downtowner Restaurant

    3.8(72 reviews)
    3.1 mi
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    Great service great food everyday no matter the time of day experience short wait timesread more

    I had the misfortune of experiencing the worst breakfast in years at this establishment. I ordered…read morea ham and Swiss omelette, specifically requesting that my eggs not be brown. To my dismay, they arrived completely overcooked and unappetizingly brown. To add insult to injury, my toast was burnt to a crisp, nearly charred to a shadow of what it should have been. When I pointed this out to the waitress, her nonchalant response was, "It's kind of burnt," as if there are acceptable levels of burn. In my opinion, when the toast is predominantly black, it clearly falls into the category of "burnt." The overall quality of the meal was abysmal, and it was evident that the staff couldn't have cared less about my experience. While I was not charged for the meal, I wouldn't have paid for it even if I had to. There's simply no way I could bring myself to eat here again. Curiously, my husband ordered a similar omelette, but his came out perfectly yellow and appetizing, along with toast that was actually edible. This made me wonder if my request not to burn my food inadvertently insulted the cook, leading to my meal being intentionally scorched. After sending the dish back, I received not a word of apology or even an offer to prepare something else. It was a complete lack of customer service. This review, without a doubt, has to be the most negative I've ever written. Normally, I refrain from posting bad reviews because I understand that everyone can have an off day. If a restaurant attempts to rectify their mistakes, I tend to be forgiving. But in this case, the food was nothing short of garbage on a plate, and the indifference from the staff was glaring.

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    The Downtowner Restaurant - French toast with pecans and bacon

    French toast with pecans and bacon

    The Downtowner Restaurant - 1/2 large order of biscuits and gravy

    1/2 large order of biscuits and gravy

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    Boilerhouse Prime - Guests are greeted by a grand 30-seat cocktail and raw bar.

    Boilerhouse Prime

    4.4(43 reviews)
    1.1 mi

    An amazing experience, from start to finish. Boilerhouse Prime is 100% worth the splurge, in my…read moreopinion. My food was excellent, the service was top-notch and the ambiance is beautiful. It was a great place to have a nice solo steak dinner in West Lafayette. I don't eat steak often, but when I do, I want it to be amazing. And my steak was amazing! I got the 8-ounce Linz Heritage filet, Sam Allen style, which meant that it also came with grilled shrimp and a chimichurri. Yum yum yum to all three things. I usually order my steak medium-well, but the server suggested medium, so I went with it. Good choice! My server was very wise, even though he looked like he was still in college. Along with the steak, I got a side of grilled mushrooms, which came in a brown sauce with chives sprinkled on top. But first: I started with an heirloom tomato salad, which was served with stracciatella cheese, basil and these cool balls that looked like roe, but were actually balls of balsamic vinegar. Fancy! It was fresh and light, and the perfect appetizer to get during a summer in Indiana, when them tomatoes be poppin'. I don't know why I'm reviewing my meal backward, but just go with me, people. Before everything, you get complimentary rolls and butter. Oh man! I could have made a meal just from the bread and butter, both of which were tender and soft, and so salty and flavorful. At the very beginning of my meal, I started with an Old Fashioned, because I read that Boilerhouse Prime is known for their Old Fashioneds. This one was well balanced, and came with a nice bourbon cherry. I also got a glass of Malbec along the way with my meal, which went well with my steak. This seems like an adults-only restaurant, but I was sitting close to a big table that had a family with kids, so well-behaved kids are definitely allowed, even though I did not see a kids menu.

    If you judge your dining experience based on how much you spend, you're gonna love this place…read more However if you base it on the food quality given the price point, you will not be as enamored with it. Last time I got the lobster bisque and it may have been the best I've ever had. I ordered it again and it was terrible. Just terrible. Tasted kind of bitter and was much too dark for a lobster bisque. The side dishes are enormous and they were all ok. The charred broccoli is an entire stalk thrown on a grill. Char on outside, raw on inside. Lovely. My American Wagyu bone-in strip was good, though it tasted no different than prime meat and did cost $95. I would have hoped for better than just 'good'. Family enjoyed most items. I sampled the wedge and really liked that. Probably best part of the meal. Oysters were excellent. Drinks are always good here. They have upgraded their rum list and have some high quality ones now. That's great! Service is always top notch. I will definitely be back for happy hours. The food at this restaurant is good. But when 2 adults and 3 kids drop $800 on a meal, it really ought to be fantastic, not just good.

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    Boilerhouse Prime
    Boilerhouse Prime
    Boilerhouse Prime

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    Early Bird Cafe - Tres 3 Leches Pancakes

    Early Bird Cafe

    4.4(34 reviews)
    3.3 mi

    I really had high hopes for this place, realizing that amongst all the choices in West Lafayette or…read moreLafayette, this was definitely a cuter smaller probably ma and pa owned place rather than the other big conglomerate of chains. I don't like giving out low or poor reviews. However, this visit was really unfortunate. Upon walking in there was no one who greeted you and when she did emerge from the kitchen, there was nothing along the lines of high welcome or good morning rather it was how many. Our waiter only came to our table once for a refill on coffee however never asked us how our meal was after it had arrived. He also did not give us the check on his little mobile machine, although we did see him give checks to other tables right next to us on his little mobile machine, if that is what I saw. they made us walk all the way back to the front in order to check out and pay. Our waiter did take the right order, which was my omelette with no cheese however, as you can see from the pictures, there was definitely cheese in this omelette. That was also disappointing. My partner ordered toast which came with his meal, and the bread was not toasted at all in fact, it looked like it was just simply taken out of the bag. The eggs also were not fresh eggs. He definitely came out of a carton. The country fried steak he ordered was definitely not steak as well. The only thing that really went well were my hashbrowns because they were toasted on the top part. The coffee here unfortunately tasted like brown hot water. the place photographs well, with all the hanging florals this unfortunately really missed the ball and missed the point. It was a huge waste of money and they really need to work on service and food here. If you have other choices for breakfast, please go somewhere else because this is very disappointing. Our waiter was not attentive. When we saw someone cleaning a table that it really wasn't being cleaned it was simply being cleared out. No cleaning tools or cleaning fluids were used at all in the process of cleaning. I didn't think anyone could really ruin breakfast orders, but they definitely managed to do it.

    Super cute place that's open all day! Breakfast for dinner, oh yes! Service was great. I had ran 16…read moremiles that morning and I was so ready for food. We all got coffee, which was lukewarm when they serve it. Second cup was warmer, but never hot. When my food came out the fries were cold, but at least they were crispy and seasoned well. My burger had what seemed like 8 tablespoons worth of mayonnaise on it and I had to take more than half of it off. At first I thought it was cheese which I was so excited for but sadden to learn it was mayonnaise. Ask for it on the side of you don't want a lot. My burger was cooked medium well but it was fine, expected more well done. Flavor was good though. Plenty of parking. Lots of options on the menu. Nice cozy place to check out.

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    Early Bird Cafe - Chorizo omelette

    Chorizo omelette

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    The Lawrence - venues - Updated September 2026

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