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Today In History, Tony Seafood!
Posted on 3/18/26 at 6:03 am
Posted on 3/18/26 at 6:03 am
Today in Baton Rouge History
March 18, 1972
In 1959, Tony Pizzolato began boiling crawfish and selling shrimp at his open air fruit and vegetable stand and realized that the demand for seafood in Baton Rouge was practically unlimited. The store was enclosed and Tony’s Seafood Market was born. In 1972, the Pizzolatos moved to their new location in an abandoned service station next to Delmont Village Shopping Center. According to the company brochure, the store has been known to sell as much as 50,000 pounds of live and boiled crawfish in one day. Today, Tony's Seafood occupies most of the block at 5215 Plank Road and is the largest seafood market in the Gulf South.
March 18, 1972
In 1959, Tony Pizzolato began boiling crawfish and selling shrimp at his open air fruit and vegetable stand and realized that the demand for seafood in Baton Rouge was practically unlimited. The store was enclosed and Tony’s Seafood Market was born. In 1972, the Pizzolatos moved to their new location in an abandoned service station next to Delmont Village Shopping Center. According to the company brochure, the store has been known to sell as much as 50,000 pounds of live and boiled crawfish in one day. Today, Tony's Seafood occupies most of the block at 5215 Plank Road and is the largest seafood market in the Gulf South.
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Posted on 3/18/26 at 6:32 am to LSUDad
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is the largest seafood market in the Gulf South.
That’s gotta be Joe Patti’s in Pensacola.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 8:57 am to LSUDad
I asked Bill Pizzolato why he didn't open a location in SEBR, he said "why should I, SEBR comes to me."
True.
True.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 9:06 am to LSUDad
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In 1959, Tony Pizzolato began boiling crawfish and selling shrimp at his open air fruit and vegetable stand and realized that the demand for seafood in Baton Rouge was practically unlimited.
Before that he was selling tomato plants. He also used to trade his tomato plants for fresh caught fish from poor people
Posted on 3/19/26 at 11:45 am to BigBinBR
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Before that he was selling tomato plants.
Where his building is now, it was once an Esso gas station.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 11:47 am to andouille
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