Dining

Frank's Restaurant

Some mornings just scream for a hearty hot plate of home-style breakfast. And be honest, the occasional afternoon does, too. So it’s a good thing Frank’s Restaurant has been serving up a.m. classics well past noon for more than four decades now.

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The Spatula Diaries

Belgium slices trigger memories

For the scads of transplants who moved to Baton Rouge post-Katrina, and for anyone with an appreciation for nostalgia fare, here you go: In May, Forte Grove Bakery began making “Belgium Slices” with the recipe created by now-closed DeSalvo’s Bakery in Marrero.

Boring Dinner? Try Menage.

Once the school year starts, suppertime can veer into one of two miserable directions: stressful or boring.

A seasonal white

As football season approaches, beer’s the beverage of choice, but it’s essential to keep some solid white wines in your back pocket as well.

Market-Inspired back-to-school breakfast

More than any other meal, breakfast has a wide range that magically stretches from savory to sweet, healthy to decadent.

Make a cake

Cakes—the savory, pan-fried kind—are a marvelous delivery device for all sorts of summer leftovers, including crab, shrimp, scallops, corn, eggplant, squash, red beans and more.

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Restaurants

Food trucks roll out across B.R.

Hip and trendy, food trucks are the latest niche dining outfits to service Baton Rouge foodies.
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Du Jour: Kathy Mangham, Gourmet Girls Catering

For veteran culinary entrepreneur Kathy Mangham, the plate is a canvas.
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First Course

Parrain’s

Despite good crowds and an enviable location at the southern foot of the culturally revived Perkins Road Overpass district, Parrain’s Seafood Restaurant has retained a reputation as the more relaxed kid sister to longtime LSU landmark the Chimes.
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Crawford’s Two

The Crawfords are best known for their catfish, which they’ve trimmed and deveined daily since 1984.
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Rock-n-Sake

With its long wavy bar, split-level dining and splashy, pop art paintings from favorite neighborhood artists like TJ Black, Rock-n-Sake has made quite the first impression as one of several new businesses to open this year in the homegrown shopping and nightlife district blossoming near the Perkins Road Overpass.
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Today's Events

Easy Company
Bogie's Bar

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Caroline Durieux: A Radioactive Wit
Louisiana State University - Museum of Art

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Dana Abbott Duo (Rock Variety)
Boudreaux & Thibodeaux

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Storytime at the Library
Jones Creek Regional Branch Library

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Computer Programs at the Library
Bluebonnet Regional Branch Library

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Computer Programs For Teens at the Library
Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch Library

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Carver Crochet Club
Carver Branch Library

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