Restaurants & Retail

The former Hound Dogs location on Main Street has been transformed into a rooftop bar and upscale cocktail lounge called The Main Lobby, which officially opens this weekend. 

The Massage Emporium, a Baton Rouge-based spa, is moving into a building in Electric Depot on Government Street this spring.

The Walk-On’s decision is the latest example of talented, highly educated people either not moving here or leaving Baton Rouge for a hotspot destination.

Originally planned for late 2021 or early 2022, Brandon Landry’s new restaurant concept on Perkins Road is now scheduled to open in April.

With Mardi Gras parades set to roll for the first time since 2020, the Carnival season is shaping up to be a much-needed release valve for pent-up partygoers.

Raising Cane’s today announced it will permanently close its downtown Baton Rouge location at Third Street and Florida Boulevard. 

Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux is opening an Atlanta office in the first quarter of this year to support rapid growth and hiring, the company announced today. Its headquarters will remain in Baton Rouge.

The National Restaurant Association is asking Congress to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund as...

A Planet Fitness franchisee, Mississippi-based DKW Properties, bought the former Furniture Mart location on Airline Highway near the future home of the Amazon fulfillment center at the former Cortana Mall site.

The calendar has turned, the new year is unfolding and it’s time to take a look at what’ll be hot this year in Baton Rouge’s culinary scene.