Social Coffee, which currently serves its coffee and espressos from a counter at Chow Yum Phat on Perkins Road, is moving into a brick-and-mortar location in downtown Baton Rouge.
Downtown Development District Executive Director Davis Rhorer has been hospitalized due to complications from COVID-19, which has shaken up the organization for much of the first quarter of 2021.
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Smalls Sliders is expanding its footprint with a second location, slated to open this summer in the parking lot in front of Rouses Supermarket on Bluebonnet Boulevard.
A restaurant called Juicy Seafood is coming to College Drive, with plans to open its doors in May. The Cajun seafood concept is moving into a 10,000-square-foot suite in the Village Square Shopping Center on College, near Office Depot.