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Trying to recall the name of a BR restaurant
Posted on 6/22/26 at 7:26 pm
Posted on 6/22/26 at 7:26 pm
Would’ve been early 90s on Airline. Between Sherwood and where Coursey is today. Good restaurant but if I remember it only had a short run.
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Posted on 6/22/26 at 7:27 pm to DR93Berlin
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Posted on 6/22/26 at 7:28 pm to Bryno1960
Calander’s?
Posted on 6/22/26 at 7:34 pm to DR93Berlin
Kiva's
Posted on 6/22/26 at 7:48 pm to BigDaddy6612
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Kiva's
That’s it!
Posted on 6/22/26 at 7:56 pm to DR93Berlin
Wasn’t it front of the old plantation inn?
Posted on 6/22/26 at 8:44 pm to DR93Berlin
Bonano's?
Posted on 6/22/26 at 9:07 pm to BigDaddy6612
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Kiva's
A little Baton Rouge restaurant nostalgia....
Kiva's dad (pretty sure his name was Ken) was one of the managers (pretty sure the main guy) that ran The Village for Ms Fannie Distafano. Ms Fannie's son Joe, owned Jack Sabin's restaurant (also on Airline). When he closed down he went to work for his mother at The Village. Joe's son was Joey Distafano (RIP) who also was a good chef and restaurantuer.
When The Village closed, Ken took a lot of the staff and opened Kiva's (named after Ken's son). For some reason, I think Ken and/or Kiva were involved in opening up Portabello's (across from Mike Anderson).
Posted on 6/23/26 at 7:20 pm to captainahab
My parents used to rave about Jack Sabins. We eat at really good restaurants and I’m curious how good the food really was. The village, maybe for BR was nothing special.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 10:06 pm to DR93Berlin
quote:was Coursey somewhere else?
where Coursey is today
Posted on 6/23/26 at 11:39 pm to captainahab
I liked Kiva's. Had a friend who worked there and he used to bring a lot of stuff home with him that they were throwing out in the evenings. Good stuff 
Posted on 6/24/26 at 6:55 am to GreenRockTiger
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was Coursey somewhere else
Coursey didn’t connect to Airline
Posted on 6/24/26 at 3:19 pm to DR93Berlin
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Coursey didn’t connect to Airline
Coursey connected with Airline sometime in the mid 80's, I think. The connection with Bluebonnet across Airline come later. I remember when Kiva's was on Airline, the building is a motorcycle business, or was, I haven't paid attention recently. I know my wife and I ate at Kiva's in the late 80's early 90's.
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