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former Rock Paper Taco to be turned into....A FUNERAL HOME?

Posted on 3/6/24 at 3:31 pm
Posted by RunninReb
Member since Feb 2023
133 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 3:31 pm
Can't say I've ever seen a restaurant space become a funeral home.

But considering how taking a left turn out of there is a near-death experience maybe this will work.

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Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
67052 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 3:31 pm to
Taco lost to scissors
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
95070 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 3:32 pm to
Considering the number of restaurants which have died off in that building, it is appropriate.
Posted by KamaCausey_LSU
Member since Apr 2013
14492 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 3:39 pm to
quote:

Considering the number of restaurants which have died off in that building, it is appropriate.

What other restaurants were there?
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
42451 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 3:40 pm to
they had a seafood place before the taco place and I want to say it started as a McAllisters Deli
Posted by sqerty
AP
Member since May 2022
4906 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 3:44 pm to
Discounts on the patio viewing?

I'd name it Cremation Station
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
124039 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 3:45 pm to
I mean, they've got an oven...



And boxes to put stuff in
Posted by KLSU
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2003
10290 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 3:46 pm to
Not sure how McAlisters failed there. Place was always crowded for lunch.

Maybe the dinner business killed them?
Posted by EZE Tiger Fan
Member since Jul 2004
50259 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 3:47 pm to
That sucks. I really like RPT.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
124039 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 3:48 pm to
quote:

Maybe the dinner business killed them?



Well people will be dying to get in this place


Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
95070 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 3:51 pm to
quote:

Not sure how McAlisters failed there. Place was always crowded for lunch. Maybe the dinner business killed them?


The McAllisters franchisee for Louisiana lost the rights, so the problem may not have been that location.


The other restaurants though? I’m sure having to cross fricking Perkins near Essen made people say “Do we REALLY want to eat here?”.
Posted by MasterKnight
Louisiana
Member since Jan 2016
1117 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 3:56 pm to
The seafood place was horrible. Think it was called The Shrimp Basket. Decided to try it out one Saturday afternoon a few years ago. Took my son to an LSU football scrimmage the weekend before the Spring Game. The place had maybe 6 other people.

The manage came to spoke to us a lot during the meal. Could feel the desperation in his talk. Someone was filling out an application at the bar and I wanted to tell the person to not bother.

The food was horrible. Way too much salt but no other seasoning and tasted mostly like frozen seafood. Never went back.

I think it closed a few months later.
Posted by tylerlsu2008
London
Member since Jul 2015
1086 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 3:59 pm to
quote:

Can't say I've ever seen a restaurant space become a funeral home.


Wasn’t La Carreta in BR a funeral home?

From what I know from someone in the business, it’s actually easy to put a restaurant in a funeral home given the gas lines are already there for cremation.

Guess it goes the other way as well…
Posted by SloaneRanger
Upper Hurstville
Member since Jan 2014
7673 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 4:18 pm to
Well the funeral home on St. Charles in New Orleans became a Fresh Market.
Posted by USAFTiger42
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2016
1655 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 4:52 pm to
That restaurant saved me money because I had my kid and they didn't have a high chair so I had to go home and eat.
Posted by LSUGrad2024
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2023
240 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 8:10 pm to
quote:

I’m sure having to cross fricking Perkins near Essen made people say “Do we REALLY want to eat here?”.


How do all the other businesses do? Olive or Twist/SoLou/Painting and Pinot

Seems like those have made it
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
95070 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 8:11 pm to
Rum House and most of the places on that side of the road such as Calendar’s haven’t.
Posted by Porpus
Covington, LA
Member since Aug 2022
1630 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 8:14 pm to
Wasn't there a funeral home on I-10 in New Orleans East that was a Long John Silver's?
Posted by Bullfrog
Institutionalized but Unevaluated
Member since Jul 2010
56199 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 8:33 pm to
quote:

Well the funeral home on St. Charles in New Orleans became a Fresh Market.
Yeah. Bultman Fineral Home I think. Had several relative’s services there.
Posted by CaptainsWafer
TD Platinum Member
Member since Feb 2006
58323 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 8:38 pm to
How long was RPT open? Doesn’t feel like it was long.


There’s another place where restaurants keep opening and subsequently closing not too far down Perkins as well.
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