Blend Baton Rouge

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Blend
Cut
Root
Knife
Crush
Toast
Crave
Dish
Park

When are these fricking cute trendy names going to stop?

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When people start being original and stop hiring marketing firms to do all their work for them

Some friends and I went there this past weekend.

I really enjoyed the atmosphere of the place; it looks so much nicer than the old Wine Loft. They have a nice wine selection and some really good appetizers. We had a cheese spread with our wine.

The place was much busier than I expected it to be. Wine Loft was always dead, Blend was packed after 1030. Although, there was a huge event going on downtown.

For the guys, our waitress was an OT9.

My only complaint was that they charges us for water. We didn't really want any and assumed it was free because they did not tell us that we would be charged for it. That pissed us off. Not that we had to pay for it, but at least let us know we will be paying for water.

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It's hard for BR to support more than one wine bar, and the Loft in Perkins Rowe is pretty popular on it's own.

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Really don't think that's the problem. These are 2 different areas of town. I think it's just the BR culture

I'm surprised you used Baton Rouge and culture in the same sentence. Maybe if they offered more wines poured out of a box? I remember asking in a bar here one time what wines they offered by the glass. Without batting an eye, the bartender said "white, red and pink". I tried to ignore the lob and didn't ask if the pink was half white and half red.