Restaurants & Retail

Stationed across from the Parade Grounds on LSU’s campus, The Lounge inside The Club at Union Square is a hidden gem open to the public. It serves LSU-themed drinks, small plates and sandwiches.  

Baton Rouge restaurateur Stephanie Phars has made style shifts to her popular Zeeland Street eatery every few years since it opened nearly three decades ago. 

The Planning Commission on Monday afternoon is set to consider revised plans for Benton...

The owner of the downtown Baton Rouge building that hosts Happy’s Irish Pub has filed to evict the bar, the second such action against the same bar owner in as many weeks, public records show. 

A Gonzales developer hopes to bring new restaurants and residential spaces to Choctaw Drive. 

Boudreaux & Thibodeaux’s, a bar, live music venue and event space in downtown Baton Rouge, plans to move across the road and about a block south on Third Street, though the owner has unfinished business with his current landlord.

At 12.4 million employees, employment levels in food services and bars have finally crept past February 2020 levels, according to the latest jobs report.

The Kolache Kitchen’s Bocage location on Jefferson Highway closed this week, says Will Edwards, who is the partial or sole owner of the chain’s restaurants. 

Firehaus, Mid City’s new lounge featuring a rooftop bar, food truck venue and coworking space across Government Street from Electric Depot, held a soft opening last month. 

Main Street Market, downtown’s public marketplace and home of the Red Stick Farmers Market every Saturday, will undergo a $1 million renovation starting in November.