After the pandemic canceled Free Comic Book Day entirely in 2020 and moved the event to August in 2021, the annual event returns to its traditional May spot this weekend on Baton Rouge and national calendars.
Fred’s Bar and Grill filed a $4.5 million permit Monday for a planned three-level beer garden that will be constructed in the parking lot of the existing bar.
Executives at some of the country’s biggest retailers, manufacturers and consumer-products makers say they are seeing signs that people are becoming less willing to absorb price increases, The Wall Street Journal reports. Â
It’s estimated that Saturday night’s Garth Brooks concert will draw over 100,000 fans to the Baton Rouge area, a number the city normally only sees for LSU football games in fall.
D’s Garden Center on Pecue Lane will open a second location this summer at the former site of Garden District Nursery on Government Street, owner Darren Duffy says.Â
The Baton Rouge-area retail market has rebounded from the lows of 2020 and is on an upward trajectory through the first quarter of this year, according to Charlie Colvin of Momentum Commercial Real Estate.