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Did the 70’s and 80’s popularity of Piccadilly shape the Baton Rouge food scene?
Posted on 10/1/12 at 10:17 am
Posted on 10/1/12 at 10:17 am
I grew up in a middle class family in the 70’s and 80’s and remember limited food choices. Don’s, Ralph’s & Kacoo’s, LaFanda’s, Hymel’s and I am sure there are a few more I am missing. They were normally full but Piccadilly was always packed in multiple locations. Did the popularity of Piccadilly create a headway for new restaurants to enter the market and thus reducing variety and creating what we find today , a city looking for a food identity between New Orleans and Lafayette?
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Posted on 10/1/12 at 10:21 am to wickowick
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70’s and 80’s popularity of Piccadilly shape the Baton Rouge food scene?
In the same way this generation of Baton Rougers will be called the Red Lobster generation, and I'm proud of that
Posted on 10/1/12 at 10:22 am to wickowick
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Did the popularity of Piccadilly create a headway for new restaurants to enter the market and thus reducing variety
I'm not sure how new restaurants entering the market equates to reduced variety. I do agree that BR is searching for identity beyond chains.
Posted on 10/1/12 at 10:25 am to fistfootway
Piccadilly and cafeterias in general we popular from the mid 60's or so until the mid 80's and the entrance of the casual dining restaurant ala Olive Garden, Ryans etc.. They were popular all over the country not just in Baton Rouge.
Piccadilly just happened to be a local owned and started Baton Rouge business thus had a loyal following. They also at the time used a bunch of fresh and local products which made the food that much better.
Piccadilly just happened to be a local owned and started Baton Rouge business thus had a loyal following. They also at the time used a bunch of fresh and local products which made the food that much better.
Posted on 10/1/12 at 10:36 am to Martini
I have never been a fan of cafeteria style restaurants, even when my cousin owned a very good one in New Orleans and we got free eats.
I think the AYCE buffet is killing the cafeterias, they are cheaper, you control your portion and the quality is frequently the same. You can eat in less time at an AYCE and no line to stand in. Except for Bay Leaf, I am not a fan of buffets, but I understand the popularity.
I think the AYCE buffet is killing the cafeterias, they are cheaper, you control your portion and the quality is frequently the same. You can eat in less time at an AYCE and no line to stand in. Except for Bay Leaf, I am not a fan of buffets, but I understand the popularity.
Posted on 10/1/12 at 10:37 am to wickowick
That's an interesting theory.
However, I would probably argue that the tastes of Baton Rouge probably is what shaped what Piccadilly was then, more than the other way around.
However, I would probably argue that the tastes of Baton Rouge probably is what shaped what Piccadilly was then, more than the other way around.
Posted on 10/1/12 at 10:43 am to Y.A. Tittle
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That's an interesting theory.
Thanks. Its Red Lobster or bust, that's sort of my families catch phrase
Posted on 10/1/12 at 10:47 am to wickowick
I just remembered that there used to be a mini Piccadilly that didn't last very long in the HI Nabor on Jones Creek several years ago...I remember asking for a receipt once after I had paid with cash and noticed that she didn't ring it up on the register. She said they didn't have receipts. 
Posted on 10/1/12 at 10:49 am to fistfootway
At the time Piccadilly was home cooked, well cooked food and catered to a wide audience. From what I remember there was very little variety in town besides hamburgers and fried seafood for the masses…
Posted on 10/1/12 at 10:53 am to wickowick
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At the time Piccadilly was home cooked, well cooked food and catered to a wide audience. From what I remember there was very little variety in town besides hamburgers and fried seafood for the masses…
Your memory is probably a bit clouded.
Baton Rouge had some really decent restaurants in the 70s and into the 80s, but they were sort of structured on a different sort of style than what we see today.
The Village, Giamancos, Chalet Brandt, Jack Sabins, were all a lot more than "hamburgers and fried seafood for the masses."
Posted on 10/1/12 at 10:54 am to wickowick
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at the time Piccadilly was home cooked
...at a restaurant
Posted on 10/1/12 at 11:00 am to wickowick
We ate at Piccadilly all the time because back then it was good. They probably had the best crawfish etouffee in South Louisiana barring someones grandmothers kitchen.
But we also ate every Friday night at The Village, Jack Sabins, The Place, Bob and Jakes, Joeys, Little Italy, Gino's, Europes, Don's, Camelot Club, City Club, BR Country Club, Phil's Oyster Bar, Ralph and Kacoos, Mike Anderson's (when both were worth a shite)Chinese Inn among others. There was and still is plenty of variety. Apparently you didn't get out much.
But we also ate every Friday night at The Village, Jack Sabins, The Place, Bob and Jakes, Joeys, Little Italy, Gino's, Europes, Don's, Camelot Club, City Club, BR Country Club, Phil's Oyster Bar, Ralph and Kacoos, Mike Anderson's (when both were worth a shite)Chinese Inn among others. There was and still is plenty of variety. Apparently you didn't get out much.
Posted on 10/1/12 at 11:01 am to Y.A. Tittle
I remember The Village, but weren't those were more of a high end variety?
Posted on 10/1/12 at 11:02 am to Y.A. Tittle
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Y.A. Tittle
The only reason you beat me is because I was pounding my head trying for the life of me to remember Giamanco's name and I probably ate there a hundred times.
Posted on 10/1/12 at 11:03 am to Martini
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BR Country Club, Phil's Oyster Bar, Ralph and Kacoos
Fancy man
Posted on 10/1/12 at 11:04 am to fistfootway
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Did the 70’s and 80’s popularity of Piccadilly shape the Baton Rouge food scene?quote:BR Country Club, Phil's Oyster Bar, Ralph and Kacoos Fancy man
And this means what?
Posted on 10/1/12 at 11:05 am to Martini
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Apparently you didn't get out much.
Perhaps my family and families’ friends ate at limited locations. I was just along for the ride…
Posted on 10/1/12 at 11:08 am to wickowick
I grew up in the 80s in Baton Rouge and this was our weekend rotation.
Friday - La Fanda's (when the old lady owned and ran it)
Saturday - Chinese Inn on Greenwell Springs
Sunday - Noolies or Picadilly
Friday - La Fanda's (when the old lady owned and ran it)
Saturday - Chinese Inn on Greenwell Springs
Sunday - Noolies or Picadilly
Posted on 10/1/12 at 11:14 am to Martini
Piccadilly was very good back in the day. Much better than todays version..and we ate there often.
The only other places we went out to back then was Don's, Berthalots in Port Vincent Raplh and Kacoo's on False River and there used to be a little fried chicken place on Florida Blvd I cant remember the name of.
The only other places we went out to back then was Don's, Berthalots in Port Vincent Raplh and Kacoo's on False River and there used to be a little fried chicken place on Florida Blvd I cant remember the name of.
Posted on 10/1/12 at 12:03 pm to MisterFaster
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Saturday - Chinese Inn on Greenwell Springs
I think that was Hong Kong Inn
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