Just four months after emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Street Breads has permanently closed its restaurant near the Perkins Road overpass.
A sign on the front door of the restaurant posted late Friday says Street Breads will cease operations at the Perkins Road location but will continue to operate its original location in Lake Charles.
The restaurant’s owners did not return a request for comment.
Street Breads, which specializes in gourmet sandwiches, opened in Lake Charles in 2010 and expanded to the Perkins Road location in Baton Rouge in 2012.
In late 2016, then-owner Josh Priola opened a third location on Bluebonnet Boulevard but closed it a year later. At the time, Priola told Daily Report sales at the Bluebonnet location were slow but that his other two restaurants were exceeding projections and that he hoped to soon announce a new partnership and expansion.
In February, however, the restaurant filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing more than $846,000 in outstanding debt. In June, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court confirmed a reorganization plan for the restaurant, after a Lake Charles-based equity investor agreed to assume Street Breads’ debt.
The closure came as a surprise to employees and regular patrons of the restaurant. As recently as last week, an employee at the Perkins Road location told diners Street Breads would soon be rolling out a new menu.
It’s unclear who might move into the space, which for more than 50 years was home to Frank and Bennie’s beauty salon.
