🦉Half Price Coney Dogs Anyone?

You made it to Friday, Lafayette!

Real quick here,

The first ever Lafayette Lookout Dinner Club is next week and you can find more info on that just under this section.
The majority of you know real estate prices in the area. The answer for Tuesday’s home price was $575,000. You can see what I’m talking about here

Carry on

Here’s what’s in Friday’s edition:

Join 19 locals at the first ever Dinner Club
Coney dogs are here
An Indiana treasure
Humane Society keeps doing good work
Events, Events, Events, and Events

Lafayette Lookout Dinner Club Next Wednesday!

The time has come, we are only a handful of days away from the first Lafayette Lookout Dinner Club. So far, 19 locals have signed up for what should be an awesome night.

This event is for everyone. Whether you’re new to town or you’ve lived here forever. It is an amazing opportunity to meet your neighbors and make some new friends!

Here’s the rundown of how it works:

📝Take a quick quiz about your interests, food preferences, what types of folks you want to meet, etc.

🤝Get matched with 5 other Lafayette locals based on your quiz results

🍽️Dinner time is set for Wednesday, February 25th at 6:30 pm right here in Lafayette. The morning of, you’ll get a message that reveals which restaurant you are going to.

📍During dinner, you’ll receive a message with the location of the casual, after dinner meetup. This is optional, so if you’re in a food coma, you can just go home and sleep it off.

Here is the link to give you more information and get you started.

Photo Credit: Dog N Suds

Dog N Suds 70th Season

Opening day for Dog N Suds in on Monday, February 23rd (this coming Monday). That alone is worth mentioning. This is Dog N Suds 70th season in Greater Lafayette and to celebrate, they are offering half price coney dogs Monday through Wednesday.

So go ahead and treat yourself to a couple (or even a handful) of coney dogs and a root beer.

It’s coney dog season

(Imagine him pulling up to Triple XXX)

The Triple XXX

In Tuesday’s newsletter, the trivia question was “which is Indiana’s first and oldest drive-in?” As you might have guessed, the answer is Triple XXX.

If you've driven past the orange-and-brown striped building on the hill at 2 N. Salisbury in West Lafayette, you've driven past a genuine piece of American history.

The Triple XXX Family Restaurant opened in 1929 and is both Indiana's first and oldest drive-in. Founder Bert Wright named it after the Triple XXX root beer brand, once a chain of over 100 "Thirst Stations" nationwide. Today, West Lafayette has the last one standing.

The Ehresman family has run it for decades. Jack and Ruth bought it in 1980. Their son Greg and his wife Carrie took over in 1999. Greg and Carrie got the bottling rights and recipe for the Triple XXX Root Beer brand in 2008.

Guy Fieri came (hence the gif). MSNBC named it Indiana's best diner. Nearly 100 years in and still a must-visit place when visiting campus.

Photo Credit: Humane Society for Greater Lafayette

Lafayette Renews Animal Sheltering Agreement with Humane Society for Greater Lafayette

The City of Lafayette officially renewed its animal sheltering contract with the Humane Society for Greater Lafayette (HS4GL) at this week's Board of Public Works and Safety meeting. The deal keeps the rate at $35,000 per month for 2026 and was approved unanimously, with board members expressing satisfaction with how the arrangement has been working.

HS4GL took over animal control duties for Lafayette, West Lafayette, and Tippecanoe County when it opened its doors on Sagamore Parkway South back in September 2024. The shelter spans about 17,000 square feet, with room for around 68 dogs and over 160 cats under one roof.

The nonprofit was established in 2022 and is run by Executive Director Josh Klumpe, who spent over a decade working in animal control for the Lafayette Police Department before stepping into the role.