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What happened to all of the business near campus?

Posted on 6/1/24 at 11:27 pm
Posted by Ebridg3
Baton Rouge, La
Member since Sep 2016
2568 posts
Posted on 6/1/24 at 11:27 pm
I recently drove past the area. The entire shopping center near the wine and spirits gas station has gone out of business, except for Hungry Howie's. The location where Mellow Mushroom once was doesn't look any better. I'm wondering where the businesses have relocated to and why these areas are now deserted. They used to be popular spots.

Posted by LaBR4
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
52850 posts
Posted on 6/1/24 at 11:34 pm to
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Mellow Mushroom



Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
15101 posts
Posted on 6/1/24 at 11:36 pm to
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Mellow Mushroom

Open mic night with shroom tea was a blast.
Posted by ManBearTiger
BRLA
Member since Jun 2007
22125 posts
Posted on 6/1/24 at 11:38 pm to
Ben Hur turned into Section 8 Hur
This post was edited on 6/1/24 at 11:39 pm
Posted by LSUGrad9295
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2007
35364 posts
Posted on 6/1/24 at 11:39 pm to
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What happened to all of the business near campus?
quote:

The location where Mellow Mushroom once was doesn't look any better.


Stating the correct answer to this question would result in the loss of posting privileges, so I will refrain.
Posted by Ingeniero
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2013
20306 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 12:19 am to
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Mellow Mushroom


Winning a $50 bar tab at trivia Wednesday then using it at karaoke right after was a lethal combo. Those shroom teas ain't to be messed with.
Posted by UKWildcats
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2015
18160 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 12:21 am to
I feel like there's a Mellow Mushroom on every college campus. First discovered them in Boone NC at App State. Not long after we got one at UK.
Posted by TankBoys32
Member since Mar 2019
3573 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 12:21 am to
It’s a damn shame what’s happened, I hate government intervention but they shouldn’t allow section 8 housing near the freaking university like they are.
Posted by geauxpurple
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2014
14871 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 12:22 am to
Mellow Mushroom?
When I was in school, that was the original Mike Anderson's.
Posted by KRobinson
Member since Jun 2016
240 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 12:26 am to
Further out on burbank. EVerything went to shite right there. Miss the old Mellow Mushroom!
Posted by LSUGrad9295
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2007
35364 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 12:29 am to
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Mellow Mushroom?
When I was in school, that was the original Mike Anderson's.


I think you are mistaken--the original Mike Anderson's was somewhere on Highland Road. Mellow Mushroom was at the corner of Burbank and E. Boyd.
Posted by Evil Little Thing
Member since Jul 2013
11535 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 12:40 am to
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Chaos and panic broke out near the Mellow Mushroom last week after a gunshot was fired in the area. The incident led to hysteria among patrons trying to leave. At least one person attempting to drive out of the parking lot got caught in the crowd, and was attacked.


LINK /

This sort of shite perpetuated by mostly non-students.

Posted by Ebridg3
Baton Rouge, La
Member since Sep 2016
2568 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 12:40 am to
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It’s a damn shame what’s happened, I hate government intervention but they shouldn’t allow section 8 housing near the freaking university like they are.


So North Gate is now every gate on campus... got it
Posted by geauxpurple
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2014
14871 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 12:41 am to
The original Anderson’s was on Highland just outside campus. Didn’t a Mellow Mushroom open there?
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
118103 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 12:45 am to
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non-students


Maybe they’re at BRCC.
Posted by Evil Little Thing
Member since Jul 2013
11535 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 12:47 am to
Very true. I shouldn’t make assumptions
Posted by LSUGrad9295
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2007
35364 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 1:00 am to
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The original Anderson’s was on Highland just outside campus. Didn’t a Mellow Mushroom open there?


Maybe--I always remember Burbank being the original MM, but I could be wrong.
Posted by TankBoys32
Member since Mar 2019
3573 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 1:11 am to
I don’t get what you’re saying but the the lower dregs of society live not only north of campus, but also near tiger land like we already knew and now the last 5-10 years all up in those complexes on Ben Hur. It’s turning the area around LSU into shite
Posted by GetBackToWork
Member since Dec 2007
6423 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 1:16 am to
No. The original Mike Andersons was in the former College Town Grocery, a building that stood where the strip mall on Highland, with Drunken Fish, right outside the Gates near College Town now sits.

Interesting enough, that same strip mall is where the original TJ Ribs was located before moving to Acadian. Calendars then opened there and they had the big Touchdown drinks.

Mellow Mushroom was always on Burbank until it closed.
Posted by sledgehammer
SWLA
Member since Oct 2020
5548 posts
Posted on 6/2/24 at 5:53 am to
The Mellow mushroom by McNeese in Lake Charles is closing.
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