Restaurants & Retail

Five Guys is set to open a location at The Settlement on Shoe Creek shopping center in Central.

Negotiations are underway to develop the remaining commercial tracts in the Rouzan development off Perkins Road.

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The Hive Pizza restaurant in the Acadian Perkins shopping center on Perkins Road has closed after roughly six months in business. 

Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux has named a new CEO for the second time this year, reports Restaurant Business.

Now, the neighborhood grocery is set to reopen Saturday, transformed by proprietor Kristen Guarisco and with a new name—Belli. 

Counterspace Baton Rouge, a from-scratch bakery, has entered new business lines and grown its revenue since opening its current location across from Towne Center on Jefferson Highway a year ago, owner Sarah Joy Hays says. 

Baton Rouge-based Capitol City Produce is investing $22 million to expand its distribution center on Commercial Avenue to help support growing demand. 

The former Winn Dixie property at the corner of Burbank and Lee drives has been leased. 

Light House Coffee is expanding to increase seating and add coffee roasting equipment that will allow the stand-alone coffee shop to create its own branded beans.