Restaurants & Retail

A national firearms retailer is poised to move into the Baton Rouge market with a location planned for the Greens at Millerville, Windy Gladney’s mixed-use development at Millerville Road and Interstate 12.

A local entrepreneur plans to open an automated pizza system in a 25-foot container in the Tigerland parking lot in February, building on a make-your-own pizza trend that appears to be coming to Baton Rouge.

Local restaurateur Mitch Rotolo Sr. has plans for a new pizza restaurant. The Hive Pizza, which will be in the Siegen Professional Plaza retail center next to Burger Smith, will feature personal-sized pizzas, according to its menu. The restaurant will offer build-you-own pizzas as well as a curated selection of specialty pies. 

Some residents of the Sherwood Forest, Tara and Sharpstowne neighborhoods left last night’s Metro...

Like many employers throughout the pandemic, Louisiana Lagniappe owner Kevin Ortego has received “base claim” notices from the Louisiana Workforce Commission—form letters asking him to verify that a claimant seeking unemployment compensation previously worked for him. But unlike employers who know, or at least, recognize the names of the former employees they’re being asked to verify, Ortego has received what he estimates to be between 50 and 100 notices about people he’s never heard of, much less employed at his restaurant.

A husband-and-wife team has opened a French-inspired dessert shop on Essen Lane, near Anselmo Lane. 

Hollywood Casino of Baton Rouge’s plan to move the gaming facility on land includes...

Frustrated bar and club owners across Baton Rouge argue they’ve been unfairly targeted by Louisiana’s pandemic regulations.

Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux has received a significant investment from private equity firm 10 Point Capital, which will enable the Baton Rouge-based restaurant chain to accelerate its already rapid growth.

Cafe Petra, a Greek and Lebanese restaurant in St. Francisville, is expanding to Baton...