On the Half Shell

I did not know any of that...but sound like a strange purchase.

I don't know about the BR La Caretta but the one in Mandeville is the shiznit!

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Is the one in Prairieville any better or worse because of the sale?

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I've never been to the one in Prairieville but here is a link about changes.

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Brew-Bachers owners buy Prairieville restaurant

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The owners of local sandwich chain Brew-Bachers have purchased the Prairieville location of On The Half Shell, a seafood restaurant. Details of the sale were not released, but Davis Dicharry, one of the owners of Brew-Bachers, says few changes are planned. On the Half Shell will keep its name and its 30 employees. “We really like the brand and the concept," says Dicharry, who says the only changes in the works are to start accepting Visa and Mastercard and creating a lunch menu. "A lunch menu is on the horizon," he says. There are six Brew-Bachers restaurants in the Capital Region. On The Half Shell has been in business since 1996; the Bluebonnet Boulevard location was not included in the sale.—Timothy Boone

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LINK

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so a place where the average entree is around 15 bucks or so didn't accept credit cards? thats unbelievable nowdays

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think they stopped after a few cards were cloned. Don't think it was the restaurant itself that did it, but the company that handled the transactions.

I know the owners are also selling their house, so maybe they are looking to just retire. He has been in the business a long time so I would imagine he is tired of it.

I thought Davis had said nothing will change at the location on Airline at Old Perkins.

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The deal was signed this morning...remodeling will happen fast....Brewbachers at the airline location and La Carettas at the bluebonnet location

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not that I went there before, but this guarantees that I will no go if it turns into a brewbachers.

The credit card situation was the business's fault. They did not have secured transactions.

My two complaints with La Carretta's.

1. They won't cook beef fajitas medium. I've asked on several occasions and they won't budge. They only do it their way.

2. How hard is it for them to make a homemade flour tortilla?

These are the two reasons why I don't go anymore. Instead, Ninfa's and Mi Padres get my business and soon to be Coyote Blues.

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Mi Padres

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They make a hell of a screwdriver, only problem is they try to pass it off as a margarita. Other than that it is mexican food, have yet to eat at a place that I would put on a pedestal above the rest.

The Airline On the Half shell will stay the same and not be a Brewbachers just owned by the same people who owns Brewbachers.