Restaurants & Retail

Restaurants, shops, and retailers across the Baton Rouge area — openings, closings, expansions, and the people behind them.

Leasing and retail activity in downtown Baton Rouge increases after flood

One positive trend to emerge from the August flood has been an increase in...

The tenants of one Baton Rouge shopping center have lost their leases after the flood—and an entire neighborhood is losing the local businesses that...

The Miller Village Shopping Center wasn’t the kind of commercial hub that beckoned you...

One of Denham Springs’ beloved local businesses plans to make a comeback after the flood, but the challenges are daunting

"Big" Mike O'Neal and his wife, Jocelyn, inside the gutted Big Mike's Sports Bar...

A local institution since 1953 is gone as a result of the flood, but its spirit lives on through a creative partnership with another...

Johnny Naylor, former owner of Naylor's Hardware and Garden Center, inside Clegg's Nursery, which...

How can I reduce long wait times at my business?

Whether standing in a checkout line or sitting in a drive-thru lane, no customer...

Watermark hotel downtown now slated for October opening; second Magpie Café location set to open in about two weeks

The new downtown Marriott Autograph hotel, The Watermark, is now expected to open in...
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New Phil’s Oyster Bar ready for business

After nearly six months of construction, the new Phil’s Oyster Bar in the Southdowns...

Widespread destruction of vehicles has area dealers looking for extra inventory to fill rising demand for new cars and trucks

 Though officials numbers are yet to be released, Gerry Lane Enterprises President Eric Lane estimates...

Open or shut, restaurants took on losses in the flood

Walk-On’s, which had just opened in March, is among the restaurants and businesses in...

Recovery promises to be a lot easier for the area’s large, big box retailers than for local independent businesses

The Royal Standard at 16016 Perkins Road took on nearly three feet of water,...
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