Dine for the Diner will be held on Thursday, May 16th, 2024, at participating local restaurants, where 10% of the restaurant's proceeds from the day are donated back to St. Joseph Diner, a program of Catholic Charities of Acadiana. The community is invited to support St. Joseph Diner by visiting one or more participating restaurants on Dine for the Diner Thursday.

Held annually, Dine for the Diner raises critical community support for St. Joseph Diner, a program of Catholic Charities of Acadiana. St. Joseph Diner has served meals to those experiencing hunger and food insecurity since 1983. St. Joseph Diner serves over 5,200 meals per week.

St. Joseph Diner is a 100% donor funded program. St. Joseph Diner is serving more of our neighbors than ever and at a higher cost to us. You can help us in a major way by pledging 10% of your proceeds from Dine for the Diner Thursday.

We will publicize your involvement through traditional and social media channels, inviting thousands of our donors, volunteers, supporters, and the community to patronize your restaurant and feel good about it. You are the lifeblood of making Dine for the Diner a success and ensuring critical funds to St. Joseph Diner.

Use the form below to sign up your restaurant:

Here’s the list of restaurants that have pledged to support St. Joseph Diner in past years:

  1. Antoni's Italian Cafe

  2. BJ’s Poor Boys & Plate Lunches

  3. Black Cafe

  4. Blanchard’s BBQ

  5. Cajun Food Tours

  6. Central Pizza

  7. Charley G’s

  8. Chris’ PoBoys - Pinhook

  9. Chris’ PoBoys - Robley

  10. Deanos - Bertrand

  11. Deanos - Kaliste Saloom

  12. Deanos - South

  13. Fezzo's Seafood, Steakhouse & Oyster Bar - I-10 Service Road

  14. Fezzo's Seafood, Steakhouse & Oyster Bar - Ambassador Caffery

  15. Fezzo's Seafood, Steakhouse & Oyster Bar - Crowley

  16. Hub City Diner

  17. iMonelli

  18. Johnson's Boucaniere

  19. La Pizzeria

  20. Louisiana Crawfish Time

  21. Marcellos

  22. Mo’Crawfish N Mowata

  23. Olde Tyme Grocery

  24. Pete’s

  25. Priya's Indian Restaurant

  26. Reve Lab - River Ranch

  27. Reve Roasters - Downtown Lafayette

  28. Rochetto's Pizzeria - Scott

  29. Rochetto's Pizzeria II - Crowley

  30. Sandra’s Cafe & Health Food Store

  31. Social Southern Table & Bar

  32. The Bus Stop Bistro

  33. Tsunami

  34. Viva La Waffle

Tax-deductible contributions can be made to support the work of St. Joseph Diner here.

St. Joseph Diner is a program of Catholic Charities of Acadiana. Catholic Charities of Acadiana cares for the sacred gift of all human life, especially the most vulnerable. Catholic Charities of Acadiana operates eleven programs that serve those currently experiencing homelessness, hunger, and poverty in Acadiana. Since 1973, its programs have represented a response to the Gospel call to carry out the corporal works of mercy: feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, offering hospitality to the homeless, caring for the sick, visiting the imprisoned, and burying the dead.