re: Baton Rouge nostalgia: Bennigan’s, El Chico and Roadhouse Grill by Cortana Mall.

Chi Chi's

Mamma Brava’s in the mall. Ate so many slices there

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Paul Allen

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I swear you do this thread once every 6 months

In San Diego there is a Chi Chi's Mexican Cantina with the same look style everything. I thought I was in an old Chi Chi's, although I didn't eat people were seating down eating. That night in the hotel, I google what happened (salsas was bad, people died in Pittsburgh) then Outback bought them all and closed them and reopen their restaurants in the buildings. that's when I realized that I was in a

Piccadilly

Was Cortana or Bon Marche the one where everything was decorated like you were on a ship? Thought I was high rolling as a kid in there.

Someone got pulled over right there on OnPatrol Live this weekend. I got so nostalgic for buying a Sierra point and click video game, getting a grunge album, then choking on fried cheese at Benigans.

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El Chico was the best…you could rave all night to techno then get fried ice cream when the sun came up

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Care to elaborate? I'm younger than most of the board, so I missed out on (but am fascinated by) the 80s/90s BR party scene. Rolling all night and eating fried ice cream for breakfast at a Mexican joint sounds like a great time as a degenerate college kid

I just remember getting on the saddle in the foyer at El Chico, circa early 90s.
It’s one of those places that I vividly remember the layout of, despite being so young at the time.

Once it closed, our family spot became ninfas, back when the piñatas covered the ceiling

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Was Cortana or Bon Marche the one where everything was decorated like you were on a ship?

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Cortana.

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Onion loaf FTW

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I assume that was the massive order of onion rings? If so, I 100% agree. I was a kid when it opened but I remember loving their massive pile of onion rings!