La Carreta, the popular Mid City Mexican restaurant, is scheduled to open a second Baton Rouge location next month on Bluebonnet Boulevard. The restaurant will open in the former On The Half Shell building during the first week of December, says Saul Rubio, one of the owners of La Carreta. Rubio says the Bluebonnet location will have the same menu and prices as the Government Street restaurant. Rubio says he’s taking a chance, even though the national recession makes it not a good time to open a restaurant. “There are a lot of big neighborhoods in that area, and we want to be their kitchen,” he says. La Carreta on Bluebonnet will have about 25 employees and seating inside and outside for 100 people. This will be the eighth La Carreta, joining locations in Denham Springs, Hammond, Amite, La Place and Mandeville.—Timothy Boone
La Carreta set to open Bluebonnet location
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