Back in my grandma's time -- and I'm on the other side of 50 from most of the posters here -- the Westmoreland Shopping Center (Plaza?) was quite the center of commerce.

And on Sundays the Piccadilly had lines out the door out to the street. Deserts that used to be at the front of the serving line (evil genius marketing), giant slabs of beef from which the "roast beast" was carved, and real-glass glasses full of either iced tea with 2" of sugar dumped in it (I can still hear the "clink clink clink" of the tea being stirred all over the room), or your choice of spotlight-illuminated "pink drink" or "red drink" for wide-eyed Mississippi kids like me who had never seed nuthing like that before.

Plus the magic conveyor belt where the dirty serving trays disappeared into a hole. Oh, did I mention that servers used to take your tray to the table and dispense the plates of food?

It. Was. Magic.

Think I'll be there in the next few days to drop a large honorarium in Henry Gray's tip jar? Count on it.

South side of Government just west of Acadian Throughway. Don't miss this real part of Baton Rouge's history. And please tip Mr. Gray -- he is Mr. Baton Rouge.

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Posted by Icansee4miles

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Posted on 6/26/14 at 11:03 pm to DoctorTechnical

DrT you brought back a lot of memories. And very person got their own receipt at the end of the serving line stuck to the sweaty water, tea or pink drink glass. That was a rare treat on the occasion my parents would take us out to eat, especially on Sunday. I think half our church service would be in there.

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Posted by G Vice

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Posted on 6/27/14 at 11:33 pm to DoctorTechnical

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Back in my grandma's time -- and I'm on the other side of 50 from most of the posters here -- the Westmoreland Shopping Center (Plaza?) was quite the center of commerce.

And on Sundays the Piccadilly had lines out the door out to the street. Deserts that used to be at the front of the serving line (evil genius marketing), giant slabs of beef from which the "roast beast" was carved, and real-glass glasses full of either iced tea with 2" of sugar dumped in it (I can still hear the "clink clink clink" of the tea being stirred all over the room), or your choice of spotlight-illuminated "pink drink" or "red drink" for wide-eyed Mississippi kids like me who had never seed nuthing like that before.

Plus the magic conveyor belt where the dirty serving trays disappeared into a hole. Oh, did I mention that servers used to take your tray to the table and dispense the plates of food?

It. Was. Magic

This.

I miss going to eat there with my grandmother in the 70's and 80's. She loved the place and didn't live too far away either.

I would get the satellite plate (which was a kids plate) with that haddock or cod fish with hush puppies and thought I was eating like a king.

Not the same now.

ETA: I don't know what hurts more: this old Piccadilly closing, or seeing that the old Happy Note has been bull-dozed and is now BRCC campus. Will have to have a drink on that one......

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