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"Why have some of Baton Rouge's most notable restaurants shuttered recently?"
Posted on 7/15/24 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 7/15/24 at 1:48 pm
Thoughts on this article?
Thought this was an interesting article. First example is Zeeland Street Market, who decided to turn into a trendier nighttime spot. I remember when the article was released saying they were going to do this, but I've heard zero about it since that article. I was pretty stunned to read that they already did it and that it has failed.
FDL closed because the owner was ready to close, did it not? I don't think it was because of lack of customers.
My understanding of Govt Taco is that the media company who took it over ran it into the ground. My understanding of The Shed was that it was garbage (and rambunctious at night).
The part about Louisiana Lagniappe is very interesting, though, as it touches on their wholesale prices forcing them to raise their menu prices so high.
Thought this was an interesting article. First example is Zeeland Street Market, who decided to turn into a trendier nighttime spot. I remember when the article was released saying they were going to do this, but I've heard zero about it since that article. I was pretty stunned to read that they already did it and that it has failed.
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Local institution Fleur de Lis Pizza shut its doors for good in 2022. Gov’t Taco, founded by media darling Jay Ducote, caused a social media stir when it shut down in November 2023. The Shed BBQ, last year’s Best New Restaurant according to 225 voters, closed in December—just 18 months after opening.
FDL closed because the owner was ready to close, did it not? I don't think it was because of lack of customers.
My understanding of Govt Taco is that the media company who took it over ran it into the ground. My understanding of The Shed was that it was garbage (and rambunctious at night).
The part about Louisiana Lagniappe is very interesting, though, as it touches on their wholesale prices forcing them to raise their menu prices so high.
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Posted on 7/15/24 at 1:50 pm to LouisianaLady
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Baton Rouge's most notable restaurants
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Gov’t Taco
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The Shed BBQ
Really?
Posted on 7/15/24 at 1:56 pm to LouisianaLady
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Local institution Fleur de Lis Pizza
Their pizza was always arse and their business practices sucked. Got what they deserved.
Posted on 7/15/24 at 1:58 pm to LouisianaLady
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The Shed BBQ, last year’s Best New Restaurant according to 225 voters, closed in December
Posted on 7/15/24 at 2:09 pm to LouisianaLady
The shed was not a smart location and a taco shop from Jay who hasn’t had a restaurant before not lasting isn’t shocking.
FDL had an impressive run, you cannot take that away.
FDL had an impressive run, you cannot take that away.
Posted on 7/15/24 at 2:11 pm to SemiNoblePursuit
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Their pizza was always arse and their business practices sucked. Got what they deserved
They lasted for literally generations. Yet they didn’t know what they were doing. Lmao!
Posted on 7/15/24 at 2:12 pm to notiger1997
I chuckled at that too. Did they really win that? Wow.
Posted on 7/15/24 at 2:29 pm to LouisianaLady
Well i thought the Fleur de lis owners just wanted to retire. The shed was here for like a couple years and is too large of a building. Gov Taco was also a bad idea, trying to sell fancy tacos right next door to superior grill, c'mon. There are too many good restaurants/bars in baton rouge for a mediocre place to do well. Plus the popularity of fast food/fast casual hurts the sit down places.
Posted on 7/15/24 at 2:42 pm to LouisianaLady
Zeeland seems like a shitty concept to go along with poor advertising.
Everyone has already stated what happened with teh other 3.
They can blame it on inflation all they want, but high prices is what keeps us from eating out. Cost me $220 for just my wife and I in New Orleans Saturday night. Add in 2 kids at a cheaper restaurant and it's still very expensive.
Everyone has already stated what happened with teh other 3.
They can blame it on inflation all they want, but high prices is what keeps us from eating out. Cost me $220 for just my wife and I in New Orleans Saturday night. Add in 2 kids at a cheaper restaurant and it's still very expensive.
Posted on 7/15/24 at 2:44 pm to SixthAndBarone
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They lasted for literally generations. Yet they didn’t know what they were doing. Lmao!
I ate their 1 time in my life. The pizza was gross. Tasted like someone was smoking a cigarette while making the sauce. And the ceiling tiles being all yellow didn't make for an appetizing environment.
Hearing from others on here at the time of closing, i don't think screaming and yelling at your staff in front of customers makes for a cozy atmosphere for pizza. They may have been good at one point, but it seemed towards the end of the business, they were a sinking ship.
This post was edited on 7/15/24 at 2:45 pm
Posted on 7/15/24 at 3:40 pm to LouisianaLady
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. First example is Zeeland Street Market, who decided to turn into a trendier nighttime spot
what??
they don't do lunches at all anymore?
Posted on 7/15/24 at 3:41 pm to LouisianaLady
The restaurant business is an extremely tough one. The skilled labor you need to be competitive is hard to find. Good food is hard to duplicate night after night. The patrons are so fickle. Generally speaking so much depends on one or two people thd operation of a restaurant is so vulnerable.
They say coaches are hired to be fired, well restaurants are opened to be closed.
They say coaches are hired to be fired, well restaurants are opened to be closed.
Posted on 7/15/24 at 3:51 pm to CBandits82
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they don't do lunches at all anymore?
They still do. They were hoping to do 1 concept during the day and 1 concept at night.
I liked the idea, but it sounds like they didn't market it and I had no idea it actually happened. Also sounds like the chef getting sick didn't help.
Posted on 7/15/24 at 4:18 pm to LouisianaLady
Posted on 7/15/24 at 4:47 pm to LouisianaLady
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I liked the idea, but it sounds like they didn't market it and I had no idea it actually happened. Also sounds like the chef getting sick didn't help.
Pretty sure it was Dickensauge who was the executive chef. Feels like that guy wears out his welcome quickly.
Posted on 7/15/24 at 5:29 pm to SCTmo
Was he? Oh boy.
He has mentioned before in an article that he would like to basically make a career out of helping restaurants start up with menu/recipe planning, and then part ways once they're all set. I think that's a very good idea for him considering how many places he's had to leave on bad terms.
Oh boy. He has mentioned before in an article that he would like to basically make a career out of helping restaurants start up with menu/recipe planning, and then part ways once they're all set. I think that's a very good idea for him considering how many places he's had to leave on bad terms.
Posted on 7/15/24 at 5:59 pm to LouisianaLady
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Reception for Beloved seemed strong at first. But over its first few months, numbers fell short of expectations. Then in mid-January, a seasonal freeze wiped out Phares’ refrigerator compressor. She got sick soon after, as did the chef consultant she had hired to run Beloved’s kitchen. Another winter freeze caused pipes to burst in the restaurant, which closed operations for a few days. Then, her freezer gave out.
FDL was garbage and Govt Taco got a bit stale and was horribly overpriced. I can't speak to The Shed as I never went.
The only restaurant I can think of that closed relatively recently that I cared about was Kalurah, but Brad's concerns about the length of the lease combined with the interstate project affecting the Overpass area was completely reasonable.
Beyond that, considering how unstable the restaurant business historically is as a whole, Baton Rouge has actually been doing pretty well holding onto restaurants, in my opinion.
Posted on 7/15/24 at 6:01 pm to LouisianaLady
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The Shed BBQ, last year’s Best New Restaurant according to 225 voters
Yeah because the way they do the voting is rigged
Whatever the best restaurants are from their list isn't a reflection of where people spend their money
Posted on 7/15/24 at 6:03 pm to Joshjrn
I agree.
The article seems to imply specific things are at play (Covid, inflation, etc.) that are the direct reasons restaurants are closing, but each example they used (besides LALagniappe and City Hospitality) are restaurants with individual reasons to have failed.
I'm sure food costs have forced everyone to increase their prices as the LA Lagniappe interviewee mentioned, but it doesn't appear to me that anywhere really solid is hurting for business. In fact, we dine out at 5pm specifically because of how hard it can be to get a table at the more popular places.
The article seems to imply specific things are at play (Covid, inflation, etc.) that are the direct reasons restaurants are closing, but each example they used (besides LALagniappe and City Hospitality) are restaurants with individual reasons to have failed.
I'm sure food costs have forced everyone to increase their prices as the LA Lagniappe interviewee mentioned, but it doesn't appear to me that anywhere really solid is hurting for business. In fact, we dine out at 5pm specifically because of how hard it can be to get a table at the more popular places.
This post was edited on 7/15/24 at 6:04 pm
Posted on 7/15/24 at 6:08 pm to LouisianaLady
Yeah, waits have been creeping up, even at odd hours. And just frick you if you try to eat out on a Friday without a reservation
Apropos of mostly nothing, a not actually new but mostly new to me because it took me a long time to give it a shot restaurant that's been rising in my rankings is Pizza Art Wine. I don't like the pizza quite as much as I do Rocca, but it's really solid, and the rest of the menu is surprisingly interesting and well executed. And they frequently have live music, if that's your jam.
Definitely a place I hope manages to do well.
Apropos of mostly nothing, a not actually new but mostly new to me because it took me a long time to give it a shot restaurant that's been rising in my rankings is Pizza Art Wine. I don't like the pizza quite as much as I do Rocca, but it's really solid, and the rest of the menu is surprisingly interesting and well executed. And they frequently have live music, if that's your jam.
Definitely a place I hope manages to do well.
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