Husband-and-wife team Elton and Randee Hyndman bought Nino’s Italian Restaurant on Bluebonnet two weeks ago and gave it a complete makeover. “We started with a clean slate, threw out the old menu and started from scratch,” says Elton Hyndman, who was a chef in Seattle, New Mexico and Wisconsin, “No more 1985 red sauce.” The couple moved to Baton Rouge two years, and this is the first restaurant they owned. Menu items are healthier and include signature panini dishes, pepperonata salad, a veggie-heavy crabcake and a fresh squash lasagna.
Also in this week’s 225 Dine: Fęte Rouge’s schedule of festivities; local chefs cooking at Cannes; two Baton Rougeans competing Saturday for seafood king title in New Orleans; and the story behind the Silver Spoon’s chef Jason Juban. Read more foodie news here.
