The owner of Hayride Scandal, a craft cocktail bar that opened last May in the Esplanade Shopping Center on Corporate Boulevard, is expanding his concept to Lafayette.
Rob Powell, who is also a principal in Cardinal Capital, has signed a lease on a 4,000-square-foot space in River Ranch, where he plans to open Seersucker Whiskey and Southern Craft Cocktails later this summer.
Though the name is different, Powell says his Lafayette establishment will have the same feel as Hayride Scandal, which took over space formerly occupied by Lock and Key Whiskey Bar after a $40,000 renovation.
Powell says the Lafayette area is attractive to him because there’s nothing similar to Hayride Scandal in the market.
River Ranch is a high-end Traditional Neighborhood Development and is among the fastest growing communities in Lafayette.
In the year since Hayride Scandal opened, Powell says the establishment has been well received and that revenues have exceeded projections. He hopes to eventually open additional locations in the Baton Rouge market and says he’s eyeing several potential sites.  Â
