re: Pictures from days gone by....

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and she had the reputation of being quite the slut,

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I wonder if she had those awesome nips when she was younger, or did they develop when she got older.

The original Piccadilly restaurant on 3rd street in Baton Rouge. It opened in the 1932. I'm not exactly sure of the specific address, but the photos of their earlier restaurants always impressed me with their higher end mid century designs. Those architectural features have definitely come back into style, especially in Baton Rouge. This cafeteria style restaurant pre-dates fast food, and it offered a quick homestyle meal in a nice setting, making it ideal for areas with a lot of office, hospital, or factory workers.




In the 1950s, Piccadilly opened several brand new suburban locations including on Government Street at Westmoreland Shopping Center and on Plank Road in the larger Delmont Shopping Center. The designs of both stores would probably fit in very well among modern buildings if they were still around in that form. The Government Street location closed when a larger and uglier Picadilly was built on Florida Blvd in the 1990s. The Delmont Village location on Plank Road near Redemptorist is still open today despite the surrounding neighborhood declining since the 1980s. Unfortunately that location has been reconfigured and renovated several times and doesn't look anywhere near as cool anymore - although it's likely far more energy efficient without all of those giant windows.



The chain has gone through several transitions, and filed for bankruptcy at least once. Their newer locations built in the 1980s and 1990s didn't follow the same architectural theme as the earlier locations. Newer Piccadilly restaurants, on the other hand, seem to be trying to offer somewhat of a throwback to the company's happier, more prosperous era of fast casual dining. The new restaurant in Juban Crossing has a lot of windows and a more modern style that isn't too far off from the early and mid 20th century locations.

Piccadilly has recovered somewhat and is now back into acquisition mode. I do wish they'd focus more on their existing stores and bring back the style experience from the past.

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Piccadilly restaurant

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the cafeteria chains back in the day, and Piccadilly in particular, served some really good food, it used to be considered a "dining out" experience

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Aren't pacifiers supposed to look like nips?

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yeah, if you like nips that are almost two inches long

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Golf tee tits...

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that's it!

Great post, didn't know Harley made snowmobiles. In the 70's, I was just a little guy. First machine I learned how to drive, Artic Cat Kitty Cat. That was a fun winter.

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