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re: BR's list of restaurants/bars that opened & closed in 2023
Posted on 12/19/23 at 4:10 am to Trout Bandit
Posted on 12/19/23 at 4:10 am to Trout Bandit
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You don't know The Patio Lounge baw??
Shhhhhh. Best kept secret in BR
Posted on 12/19/23 at 7:42 am to Sir Drinksalot
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chai Thai Lao
You need to give this place another chance. Wife and I have been twice and it was great both times!
Posted on 12/19/23 at 8:07 am to Trout Bandit
Unless I'm missing a running joke, do you mean the Jefferson Lounge? Patio Lounge/Pour House are quite the dive.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 8:33 am to BilbeauTBaggins
The Patio Lounge is the bar next to Chai Thai Lao. I think he was just replying because them calling it nameless.
It's a great bar.

It's a great bar.
This post was edited on 12/19/23 at 8:54 am
Posted on 12/19/23 at 12:10 pm to cfish140
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Shhhhhh. Best kept secret in BR
It’s also one of the oldest bars, if not the oldest, in Baton Rouge. I think it’s been open since the late 50 or early 60s.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 12:43 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
Surprised Charcoal Chicken at the corner of Perkins & Staring still going. Place seems like a death trap for any restaurant but at least they made the year.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 1:27 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
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TBag
I'm talking about the Patio aka the one behind Chai Tai Lao.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 1:50 pm to Pirate0714
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Surprised Charcoal Chicken at the corner of Perkins & Staring still going. Place seems like a death trap for any restaurant but at least they made the year.
Haven't been but I've heard/read nothing but good things about Brasas Peru. Hope they make it.
The Iron Fork place that was there before was a victim of poor execution. Trying to be a to go plate lunch place with that large of a footprint was a bad idea.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 2:23 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
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Chai Thai-Lao, 8733 Jefferson
Cork's Cajun Fried Fish and Shrimp, 5131 Government St.
These places were pleasant superises.
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Yerin Korean Grill, 7064 Siegen Lane
Need to try
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Kolache Kitchen, 7930 Jefferson Highway
Soulshine, 144 W. Chimes St.
The Shed, 7477 Burbank Drive
Opie's Baton Rouge, 7112 Florida Blvd.
I really liked these places. The Shed’s food was mediocre, but it was a really fun place to hang out. Soulshine and Opie’s had great food.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 2:30 pm to Walt OReilly
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Wait what…seriously? This place had the best pizza in the area
When did it close?
Yeah, this is very surprising to me
Posted on 12/19/23 at 3:11 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
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Empire Wingz (fourth location), 623 E. Boyd Drive
Did this really open, or did they just move from their location on Burbank and Gardere?
I see that they also included a few restaurants that reopened, but they didn’t list Jasmine’s on the Bayou that reopened in January.
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