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re: Outback Jones Creek extinct like the Tasmanian Tiger.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 4:03 pm to OweO
Posted on 10/28/25 at 4:03 pm to OweO
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This part makes me think about what were/are the long term impact from the great recession. If anyone has any books they can suggest that touches on this please let me know.
Matt Taibbi made his career by covering it for Rolling Stone before they became a garbage magazine.
His articles were combined into a book:
Griftopia: A Story of Bankers, Politicians, and the Most Audacious Power Grab in American History
I read the articles in real time as they were printed in each issue. Highly recommend his writing if you have never read him.
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Posted on 10/28/25 at 5:44 pm to thenza
Thanks! 
Posted on 10/28/25 at 5:52 pm to thenza
I lived in br for years and never even knew it was there. I can also say with absolute certainty that I never once went to that area of town.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 5:56 pm to BregmansWheelbarrow
Just noticed Arby's closed also on Sherwood. But dont worry, Baton Rouge has you covered, 10 new Vape shops have opened up...
Posted on 10/28/25 at 6:22 pm to thenza
Shame… The JC location was way better managed than Acadian.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 6:25 pm to thenza
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Outback
When you’re there, you’re family.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 6:27 pm to thenza
I wonder if it closed for the same reason the one in North Jackson closed....hmm.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 6:27 pm to thenza
I used to get outback every couple months, it was on the way home from work
Decent ribeye with 2 sides and bread for like $20
Outback has gone to shite since covid, last time I got it last year it was like a golden corral steak or something. Never again
Decent ribeye with 2 sides and bread for like $20
Outback has gone to shite since covid, last time I got it last year it was like a golden corral steak or something. Never again
Posted on 10/28/25 at 6:49 pm to thenza
I've eaten there a few times, but ordered out from them quite often. I don't understand the closure; the place was always packed.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 7:14 pm to BigBinBR
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Jasmines is always packed. Even with their big new addition. They will be fine. Plus their pockets must be deep if they were able to close down for almost a year during the remodel.
I think they do a lot of take out business as well.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 7:16 pm to SG_Geaux
Worked at the one on Acadian in the early 2000’s. Great times and great people! Was easy money while in school.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 7:33 pm to thenza
The strangest thing about the Jones Creek Outback is that its on the blue interstate restaurant sign for Millerville exit. I dont think of that Outback as being off the Millerville exit... but I guess it is/was. I always chuckle when I see it because I imagine some out of towner seeing that sign wanting Outback, but they have to drive like 4 miles through multiple interesections and turns.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 7:36 pm to thenza
Food was awful there. Surprised it stayed open this long.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 7:44 pm to thenza
Outback used to be real good. They went to crap sometime around 2010 with their shrinkflation.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 8:07 pm to thenza
My wife and I used to regularly go here to eat. We loved the prime rib. The last 6-8 times we went, the service was so bad that we quit going.
2-3 times we got up and left after no one came to our table after 20 minutes or so.
2-3 times we got up and left after no one came to our table after 20 minutes or so.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 8:18 pm to thenza
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to a different demographic that tips and pays less
Eskimos?
Posted on 10/28/25 at 10:32 pm to thenza
I once got food poisoning from a Bloomin Onion there. Good times.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 10:55 pm to thenza
One time at that location I had a waitress quit mid shift. She got our drinks, brought the appetizer, took our order…then never showed up again. We kept looking for her and didn’t see her. After not receiving our food 30 minutes after ordering we flagged down what looked to be the manager telling him we did not get our order and we did not see our waitress anywhere. He apologized. He told us she just quit, walked out, and left all of her tables unattended. He offered to comp our meal.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 11:19 pm to thenza
We went to that outback in June bc someone gave us a gift card. Well, we ordered for curbside pick up. It was good.
There isn’t much on this side of town we frequent - everything is just ‘ok’
There isn’t much on this side of town we frequent - everything is just ‘ok’
Posted on 10/28/25 at 11:20 pm to thenza
It also could be the beef contracts are up for renewal in January and it isn't looking good at all.
Outback usually procures their beef from three vendors located on the Kansas city area, this is a means of quality control. The contracts come up for renewal every 3 years (at least back in 2020)
Now you have increased payroll, rent / mortgage, utilities, renovations / maintenance--- the list goes on.
But the beef contracts are what make or break the restaurant.
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