Restaurants & Retail

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

Gourmet Girls expanding into former Kiki space off Jefferson

Gourmet Girls is expanding this fall into the space Kiki formerly occupied in Studio Park on Lobdell Avenue.

Inside Southern Bicycle’s new location on Perkins Road 

It wasn’t easy for Southern Bicycle Co. to close The Bicycle Shop, its Highland Road store at the edge of LSU’s campus, earlier this year. But

Why there may be another wave of retail bankruptcies 

The retail industry is up against a potential wave of bankruptcies following a monthslong...

Our Mom’s Restaurant and Bar planning stand-alone location near Prairieville

The business owners behind Our Mom’s Restaurant and Bar are planning to open a third restaurant after closing on a 3.4-acre property.

Best of 225 winners to be unveiled June 28

The 2022 Best of 225 party, where this year’s winners will be unveiled in 225 magazine’s July edition, is one week from today on June 28.

Five Guys franchise near LSU’s North Gate closes

The Five Guys franchise on Highland Road near LSU’s North Gate has closed, the listing agent confirms.
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Check out this Father’s Day gift guide from ‘225’

With Father’s Day quickly approaching, it’s time to decide what to get for those...

Outage due to lightning strike shuts businesses in Corporate Blvd. area

Lightning struck a piece of transmission equipment near Corporate Boulevard on Thursday afternoon, leaving more than 7,000 Entergy Louisiana customers without power into the evening.

Leola’s Cafe owners open Mid City snowball stand to honor late daughter

Baton Rouge’s newest mobile stand, Aliye Belle’s Snowballs, is changing the game with specialty flavors and layered snowballs—just in time for the sizzling temps.

First Look: Tap 65, Mid City’s new Instagrammable spot

Tap 65 owner Rick Patel wanted the design of his new restaurant to be “as Instagrammable as possible”—a goal successfully met by the new Mid City spot’s interactive décor.
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