Remember Kiva's Ristorante in BR?

Actually, I remember it in its earlier location, on Airline not too far from Siegen.

No idea why it closed, but it seems like Portobello's was a bit more casual IIRC.

Never knew it moved to jefferson/corporate. Always thought it was on Airline.

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I used to work at Kiva's too. I think they just changed the name

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Never knew it moved to jefferson/corporate. Always thought it was on Airline.

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I know it had to be there for a handful of years. I do remember now that they moved to that location from Airline.

I proposed to my wife at that restaurant. The story I always heard was that the old man retired and left it to his son, who runs portabellos. Loved the place at both locations, was a sad day for my wife and I when he hung it up.

I went to school with a Kiva IIRC and I think his family owned it

Owner's name was Ken.

Used to work there in college. This was back in 05-06. Food was great..The owner Ken (Kiva's father), had been trying to retire for a few years before they closed the doors and changed the name to Portabello's. It definitely wasn't a bad place to work..money was damn good back in the day.

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that fricking bread

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That bread was a bonafide cure to even the worst hangovers!

I liked when that spot was "Jacks" before Kivas. That was a frequent post-game LSU meal.

I was working there during Katrina, so '05