Thanks to budding popularity and a new hire in the kitchen, a local café and gelateria is building on its successful menu. Lance LeBlanc, general manager of the Baton Rouge location of La Divina Italian Café, is adding entrées to the food menu, such as chicken tortellini, personal pizzas, lasagna and traditional breakfast items like grits, eggs and bacon.
“Altogether, we’ve added about 10 items,” LeBlanc says. “We’ll whittle it down to around five items that will be on the menu permanently by the end of the month, maybe sooner.”
The café hired Chef Erik Lefort about a month ago, and LeBlanc says the local spot is now able to broaden its scope outside of sandwiches, salads and gelato.