James Beard award winning chef Donald Link has done it again. Not content with three mainstay restaurants in New Orleans— Herbsaint, Cochon and Cochon Butcher or with his rock-solid reputation as a city supporter who puts his money where his mouth is (he opened his second restaurant, Cochon, six months after Katrina hit at a time when other local chefs were closing doors and firing staff), the chef has just added another delicious link in his pork-centric empire.
On September 15 Cochon Lafayette opened its doors in Lafayette, Louisiana about two hours from New Orleans. Two weeks later I had lunch there...
