Kalurah Street Grill, restaurant with a cocktail bar to replace Chelsea's

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The old Chelsea's will become a new restaurant that will feature a local "rock star" chef and a cocktail bar with live music. Kalurah Street Grill will open in late fall in the former Chelsea's Cafe space at 2857 Perkins Road. The restaurant is named after the street that runs between the building and the Bet-R Neighborhood Market.

"I envision the menu showing great emphasis on seasonal produce, Louisiana seafood and game, and beef and pork," McCann said. "I've always enjoyed light, crisp and bright flavors in my cuisine, and I would like to showcase that."

Design-wise, Kalurah Street Grill will have one grand entrance. The cocktail bar with live music will be on the left-hand side of the building. The kitchen will remain in the middle, and the restaurant is on the right.

The cocktail bar may operate under a different name, Watts and Hughes said. The idea with the bar is to open around 4 p.m. a few nights a week and have live jazz music.

"We're just trying to do something different," he said. "There's a popular sentiment in Baton Rouge. We always talk about wanting to be something else, or how Austin or New Orleans has these great things. Our thought is 'Why not do it now?' Let's do some of those great things in Baton Rouge."

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