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What was the reason DeAngelo’s restaurants shut down?
Posted on 3/22/23 at 9:54 am
Posted on 3/22/23 at 9:54 am
I never heard a clear answer why all of them shutdown. I passed the one on Bluebonnet & the sign is still on the door.
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Posted on 3/22/23 at 9:56 am to Unit225
well, the one in Dutchtown lost their liquor license for serving alcohol to minors.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 9:57 am to Unit225
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I never heard a clear answer why all of them shutdown. I passed the one on Bluebonnet & the sign is still on the door.
Part of it was simply the owner losing interest in the restaurant business.
This post was edited on 3/22/23 at 10:02 am
Posted on 3/22/23 at 10:00 am to Unit225
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I never heard a clear answer why all of them shutdown. I passed the one on Bluebonnet & the sign is still on the door.
Seems like they just stopped trying. That complacency was the death rattle. Covid was the nail in the coffin.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 10:01 am to Unit225
The one in LC just rebranded to a different name (121), keeping many of the same menu items. I'm only assuming the franchise agreement ran its course.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 10:03 am to Unit225
Rats
Posted on 3/22/23 at 10:05 am to jdd48
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Part of it was simply the owner losing interest in the restaurant business.
This was the story I heard as well. Louis (who was 17 when he came to Baton Rouge) probably made his money and simply didn’t have to work anymore.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 10:06 am to Unit225
Go to Bistro Italia on Coursey. That's Deangelo's nephew who worked for him forever. They got some good italian grub
Posted on 3/22/23 at 10:07 am to MikeBRLA
Louis' dad got involved and started kind of taking over. It was never the same
Posted on 3/22/23 at 10:08 am to Unit225
I saw that a new Italian restaurant opened up at the old DeAngelo's on Jefferson next to the CC's.
Anyone know if it's any good? Been meaning to try it, but I keep forgetting that it exists.
DeAngelo's just seemed to sort of coast for a while, which is a bad sign for restaurants. Then from there the pandemic and Baton Rouge's notoriously high commercial real estate prices probably did them in. I thought there was one still open in Zachary or Central or something but I am not seeing it online.
Anyone know if it's any good? Been meaning to try it, but I keep forgetting that it exists.
DeAngelo's just seemed to sort of coast for a while, which is a bad sign for restaurants. Then from there the pandemic and Baton Rouge's notoriously high commercial real estate prices probably did them in. I thought there was one still open in Zachary or Central or something but I am not seeing it online.
This post was edited on 3/22/23 at 10:11 am
Posted on 3/22/23 at 10:10 am to Broke
I used to love that place back in the mid 90s
Posted on 3/22/23 at 10:12 am to dewster
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new Italian restaurant
La Contea has been open 5 years. It's good stuff.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 10:14 am to Trout Bandit
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La Contea has been open 5 years. It's good stuff.
Well it's new to me I guess. Going to have to try it.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 10:29 am to Unit225
Converted the one on Coursey to the fancy sit down restaurant, so that took a lot of resources. Then he tried to expand/franchise, but did not have the correct people overseeing that. Rotolos has over 30 locations, I think if Deangelo would have had the right people in place he would have double that.
He recently opened a new restaurant in WV.
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He recently opened a new restaurant in WV.
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Posted on 3/22/23 at 10:30 am to dewster
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Well it's new to me I guess. Going to have to try it.
La Contea is pretty solid and has become our go to for Italian dinner night with family.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 10:34 am to TheSadvocate
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Go to Bistro Italia on Coursey. That's Deangelo's nephew who worked for him forever. They got some good italian grub
+1
I would rather eat at Bistro Italia than any of the "High end Italian" places in Baton Rouge. Food is just better..
This post was edited on 3/22/23 at 10:34 am
Posted on 3/22/23 at 10:35 am to Unit225
Expanded to fast, which caused a lack of quality control and consistency between locations. Seems like a new one was popping up every month there for a while. In addition, Louis wasn't focused on the business anymore and started venturing out to do other things, which also led to lack of quality control and consistency between locations. Eventually it all came crumbling down.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 10:38 am to Trout Bandit
I went once about a month ago and was extremely disappointed. The food was low quality, the service was slow, and the atmosphere felt like a low rent hotel restaurant. Maybe they just had a bad night.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 10:40 am to Unit225
Louis Jr came and spoke to our MBA class. He said they were focusing more on the supply side of the business like sourcing ingredients and such for other restaurants. Margins were a lot higher and he seemed a lot more interested in that than chilling in Hammond Aire Plaza.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 10:47 am to Trout Bandit
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La Contea has been open 5 years. It's good stuff.
Tha commercial is pretty bad though. Fly me to the moon.
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