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Posted on 4/5/23 at 6:04 am to
Posted by Bazzatcha
Member since May 2017
748 posts
Posted on 4/5/23 at 6:04 am to
Noah's Ark off of Jefferson. They could have charged admission just to walk through that place as it was on par with an aquatic zoo.
Posted by SNAKERIVER
Dallas, TX
Member since Mar 2016
385 posts
Posted on 4/5/23 at 6:35 am to
Shoney's on Florida. Hot fudge cake was the best.
Posted by liquid rabbit
Boxtard BPB®© emeritus
Member since Mar 2006
60269 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 8:59 am to
Chalet Brandt
Jack Sabin's
The Place
Posted by BigBinBR
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2023
4226 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 9:06 am to
I’ll throw another on here.

The Funny Bone. Baton Rouge needs another comedy club.
Posted by Godfather1
What WAS St George, Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
79747 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 9:15 am to
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ETA- What was the place (shoe store maybe) with an airplane going through the roof? I think on Florida close to N. Foster??


Mattress store. On Jefferson near Government. Across from Monjunis.
Posted by lsuhunt555
Teakwood Village Breh
Member since Nov 2008
38410 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 9:16 am to
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The Funny Bone

I can't begin to tell you how many time I signed up my roommate for free tickets. They legitimately would call him once a week.
Posted by supadave3
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2005
30274 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 9:27 am to
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The Oak Manor


Wheee exactly was that? Wasn’t it at the corner of Coursey and Airline? It was at the corner of something and Airline.
Posted by liquid rabbit
Boxtard BPB®© emeritus
Member since Mar 2006
60269 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 9:39 am to
The Oak Manor was north of where Cortana Mall is now, at 8181 Airline Highway. I remember covering a Woodmen of the World meeting back in the days when I was a cub reporter.

Posted by hawkster
Member since Aug 2010
6230 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 10:28 am to
Oak Manor was where the Home Depot is now in Airline.
Had two private swimming pools with clubhouses in the back. The Marlin Club was one of them. Can’t remember the other club. Maybe the Quarterdeck Club.
Posted by Boudreaux35
BR
Member since Sep 2007
21535 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 10:43 am to
Nobody's gonna admit to visiting Sugar's on Tom Drive back in the day?

In a not-so-NSFW category, how about Hawk's Nest???
Posted by JudgeRoyBean
West of the Pecos
Member since Jun 2018
526 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 10:43 am to
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Mattress store. On Jefferson near Government. Across from Monjunis.


Joe D's Grocery Store prior to that.
Posted by T
Member since Jan 2004
9889 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 10:53 am to
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Add Blockbuster at corner of Sherwood and Old Hammond to the list!


Alfalfa Video
Posted by OmniPundit
Florida
Member since Sep 2018
1440 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 11:16 am to
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Cortana


Before Cortana, there was a large, vegetated area to the N and E of where Cortana was built. Water soaked into that area, instead of flooding Broadmore subdivision.
Posted by Dixie2023
Member since Mar 2023
1495 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 11:16 am to
I’ve been to:

Cortana Mall
Bon Marche Mall
The Robert E. Lee theater
Fun Fair Park
Broadmoor Theater
Pac-A-Sac
the pink pizza place on Gov’t St.
Baums Bakery

Ride by: when Towne Center was a local airport, then the Arabian farm. Now it’s nothing but cluster and traffic on that side of town where it was once quiet and Burger King at Lobdell and Jeff Hwy was literally the only place to get food.
This post was edited on 4/6/23 at 11:21 am
Posted by OmniPundit
Florida
Member since Sep 2018
1440 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 11:41 am to
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Don’s Seafood on Airline
My job interview lunch was at Don's in 1973. A few months later, when I returned to BR, My welcome luncheon was at the recently opened Ralph and Cacaos (sp?) in 1974.
This post was edited on 4/6/23 at 5:07 pm
Posted by This Far
Chicago
Member since Jul 2016
69 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 1:17 pm to
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- What was the place (shoe store maybe) with an airplane going through the roof?


Why am I thinking that this was on Jefferson at Government in that strip?

And how about Steak and Egg on Florida? Old Mike Anderson’s on Highland? Del Lago? Showtown USA?
Posted by HamTheOtherPinkMeat
Member since Dec 2022
50 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 2:37 pm to
The Brass Rail.
Posted by Bryno1960
Off River Road
Member since Aug 2013
2510 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 2:38 pm to
Bon Marche Mall
Cortana Mall
Putt-Putt Golf on Florida
Fun Fair Park
Rebel Shopping Center
Poncho's Mexican Buffet
The Original Chelsea's
Calendar's on Coursey
Fuddrucker's
Shoney's
Baum's

Posted by Emteein
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2011
3890 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 3:15 pm to
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The Funny Bone. Baton Rouge needs another comedy club.


Apparently there is a comedy club on Airline, its for a specific clientele though.

Silly Rabbit Comedy club
Posted by tommy2tone1999
St. George, LA
Member since Sep 2008
6784 posts
Posted on 4/10/23 at 11:40 am to
Hawk's Nest - is that the place that was off of Sherwood behind Mango's? I've eaten there. Not bad. Sorry to see it close.
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