Rotolo’s plans Perkins location

Rotolo’s Pizzeria plans to open a restaurant in the Panache Plaza shopping center on Perkins Road. Mitch Rotolo says the plan is to open the restaurant by Oct. 1. Panache Plaza is now under construction on Perkins, between Essen Lane and Bluebonnet Boulevard. Rotolo says he’s wanted to move into the Perkins area for a while, because of the good demographics. “This was a very difficult market for us to find a suitable location for our price point,” he says. The new restaurant will be identical to the 17 other Rotolo’s locations in Louisiana and have 30 employees and seating for about 80 people. The city-parish Planning Commission is set to vote Monday afternoon on a rezoning request that will allow the restaurant to sell beer and wine. Rotolo’s is in the middle of a local building boom. A Walker restaurant opened last week, and a location in New Roads is slated to start serving food next week. And Rotolo plans to open a new restaurant and corporate headquarters on Millerville Road by the end of the year. —Timothy Boone