re: Is there a Piccadilly cafeteria in BR?

I can't remember the last time I had Piccadilly, probably 15 years ago. My grandmother used to love it. I didn't realize that it began in Baton Rouge.

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Piccadilly is a shell of what it once was but I still go from time to time. They like their salt. I like the hamburger steak and black eye peas. Used to have the best étouffée around.

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THIS !

Add the cornbread sticks and Lemon pie.

I still stop at Government street for lunch on occasion just to hear Henry Gray on the piano.

That more of a treat than the lunch

Apparently recipes differ from location to location. I get the hamburger steak at Essen, and it's quite tasty. The one at Westmoreland that was recently brought home to me was pretty disappointing and nothing like the Essen. I assume they're the same dish, but this one had a thin sauce and onions, while the Essen one had a thicker gravy and no onions. Both were definitely hamburger steaks.

I'd second the crawfish etouffee at Essen. It's decent, and they give you a ton of it.

I managed a piccadilly for seven years , when they started getting away from made from scratch recipes i left . 90% of there current offerings are premade . What a shame .

My wife got the 'gumbo' on our visit. Seemed like they just tossed all of their old leftover fish into a big pot, threw in some veggies, and called it gumbo. She ate about 2 bites... thankfully my kids aren't big eaters and she was able to mooch off of them.

With training cost and having to add extra labor it is probably too late . Financially they are already in a tight spot . Acquisition of Morrisons did not help . Management bonus plan was slashed . I loved the product 20 years ago , I have not eaten at Piccadilly in 15 years . They had an awesome management training program .

An interesting read

My father built about 40 or so of them all over the south from the late 50's to the late 80's with National Construction which was Piccadilly's in house general contractor. It was run by Pete Genteel and Mr. Macintosh great guys. I worked on many during my summers. Buying Ralph and Kacoos for $38 million didn't help either.

They did have a great program and I knew several who went through it. David Rogers is a friend of mine and was at Delmont Village for 20 years until taking over the catering and deli at Tonys Seafood.

I remember when Bill Richards the CEO and son in law of the founder got run over on Essen Lane on his bicycle. He swerved in front of a guy I grew up with and got killed.

And the day they went to Chinese crawfish in the Ettoufee I knew I was done with that dish.

I've always tipped a couple dollars at the table because those poor old women that bus and wait are a pretty sad bunch and I feel sorry for them. That's a hard way to scratch out a living and you can tell they are just holding on to the fringe.

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I still stop at Government street for lunch on occasion just to hear Henry Gray on the piano. That more of a treat than the lunch

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what days is he there, I would go to hear him

I'm the same way. I feel terrible for the waitresses that work there

Chicken fried steak FTW. Loved going there with my grandmother but haven't been in a few years