Gingerbread: A Shot in the Dark

I’m not sure if anyone here can help, but here goes.

I can remember eating at a place in downtown Baton Rouge in the mid-1990’s that had a darn good soup and salad bar for lunch. They also had some amazing homemade gingerbread. It was like a dark cake—not like the light-colored, puffy, pink-iced little cakes sold in convenience stores (also quite good) but like an actual sheet cake and with a strong taste of ginger and molasses. In the wintertime, that lunch really hot the spot.

I can’t even recall the name of that restaurant. (If I could, perhaps I could google the recipe.). I do remember that the restaurant turned into a bar at night—not like a night club but more like a laid-back, hang-out spot often featuring live music. It was also located on the northeast corner of an intersection downtown (I think).

I would appreciate any help you could give—whether you simply remember the name of that restaurant or have a gingerbread recipe that sounds like what I described above. Also, I’d like to know if that restaurant is still open and if they still serve that gingerbread. I’d love to stop by and have lunch there the next time I am in Baton Rouge. Thanks!