quick question. Why do most threads about BR eateries have the street name

Easier especially when the eatery is new

Well if BR has multiple locations such as City Pork, Sammy's, etc then it makes sense to put the location so people know which one you are identifying. If it is a new location you want to put where it is so that people know. Even if though moved to a previous popular location.

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"Company Burger on Freret" or "Sammy's on Elysian Fields" threads

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Do they have more than 1 location?
I have seen X Mexican Resturant on Veterans, etc post before.

Some places such as Peche, Domenica, etc don't need the locations. Just as if someone was saying Coyote Blues they don't say Acadian because it is well known in BR.

Sure....ok

3 reasons:
1. Many of Baton Rouge's more popular restaurants have more than one location (Sammy's, City Pork, The Chimes, Dempsey's, South of Philly, ect)

2. There are several streets in BR that have a disproportionate number of restaurants on or around them compared to the rest of town. College Drive, Essen Lane, Perkins Road by the Overpass, 3rd Street, Jefferson Highway (due to its shear length), Government Street, Sherwood Forest (between Coursey and I-12), Coursey (between Airline and Sherwood), ect.

3. Baton Rouge is incredibly spread out and has truly atrocious traffic. This causes a certain "regionalism" to develop based on which neighborhood one lives and/or works in. People tend to stick to their "region" and rarely venture out of it unless they absolutely have to (due to traffic) or because they REALLY want to try some new/different place.

while one can get from the Warehouse District to Uptown or from the Bywater to Lakeview fairly easily most of the time, it is often really tough to move between BR neighborhoods between 3:00pm and 7:00pm. It could take as much as an hour to get from Mid City to the Sammy's on Highland, for example. It can take well over an hour to get from Downtown to Montalbano's on Florida. It could take an eternity to get from St. George to Jazmine's on the Bayou.

There are certain "walls" which people avoid breaching during large swaths of the day due to traffic unless they absolutely must. Airline, College/Lee/Brightside, Essen, Bluebonnet, I-10/12/110, ect. This causes people to inadvertently only frequent restaurants within those walls where they are at that point in the day.

NOLA has very few walls within the city limits, and fewer than BR in Kenner and Metairie.

Oh, my sweet summer child.

Huh?

What you said is wrong. I live there and drive in and out of town every day to and from nola.

Mid city to Sammy's took an hour and ten minutes? In a car?

There is literally like 20 different ways to get there from Mid City. You are either lying to support your stance or well you're just lying.

Traffic can be bad but people grossly exaggerate how bad it is.

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All of them involve either going across Essen (which is a parking lot),

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Essen to perkins from the interstate is no problem. Going to I10 on Essex from Perkins is terrible.

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College (Parking Lot)

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Right lane to the interstate from Perkins is bad. The other lane I'd fine and going to Highland is easy.

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Perkins between Acadian and Kennelworth (Parking lot)

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It will back up leaving campus at the Lee light. After that it's clear.

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Probably, the best option would be to go all the way downtown on Government, take River Road to Gardere, and come up that way. That would take maybe 40 minutes even without traffic

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The best way would be get on Perkins or Acadian and cross over Perkins to Hyacinth. Hyacinth to Lee. Go to Highland and take a left. 15 minutes.