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.
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.
Once the school year starts, suppertime can veer into one of two miserable directions: stressful or boring.
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.
More than any other meal, breakfast has a wide range that magically stretches from savory to sweet, healthy to decadent.
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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The Crawfords are best known for their catfish, which they’ve trimmed and deveined daily since 1984.
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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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