A new venture by local restaurateur Wayne Stabiler is set to open in the space formerly occupied by Latte e Miele on Jefferson Highway near the Jefferson Place-Bocage neighborhood and Towne Center.
A sign placed this week above the two front glass doors on the building at 7809 Jefferson Highway shows the name will be Palermo Ristorante.
State and local alcohol permit notices have been posted on the door in the past few months. The notice for the state Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control, which was recently removed, listed the applicant for the permit as Palermos70809 LLC. According to the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Corporations Database, Stabiler is the only officer in Palermos70809 LLC.
A representative of the city-parish’s Alcoholic Beverage Control and Gaming Enforcement agency says the board will review the restaurant’s application on its Feb. 12 board meeting. An employee or the ATC says the organization has not received the full application for the alcohol permit.
Stabiler owns several restaurants throughout Baton Rouge, including both Little Village locations, and Cajun Catering. He also owns Stab’s Steak and Seafood in Central and is developing another Stab’s on Jefferson Highway, just down the street from where Palermo will be located.Â
Latte e Miele’s owner Luca Di Martino closed the popular café and gelato shop in July 2014 after the death of his father and business partner, Corrado Di Martino, from brain cancer. The Di Martinos opened the Jefferson Highway store in 2012.
—Ryan Broussard
