Serop’s Express opening on Perkins

A Serop’s Express is set to open this fall at the intersection of Perkins Road and Bluebonnet Boulevard. The restaurant will go into a space that had been occupied by Pizza Hut. Pizza Hut largely pulled out of Baton Rouge and New Orleans early this year as a result of a dispute between the chain and the local franchise owner. Vasken Kaltakdjian, who owns Serop’s, says the new location will have a drive-through window. Kaltakdjian says the Greek and Lebanese restaurant chain has wanted to be in the area because of all the surrounding homes and businesses. “It seems like that’s the direction the city is growing in,” he says. Mark Hebert of Kurz & Hebert Commercial Real Estate brokered the deal. The new location will give Kaltakdjian four Serop’s Express restaurants, in addition to two locations of Serop’s Cafe. —Timothy Boone