Organic gardening classes from Slow Food Baton Rouge next month
Slow Food Baton Rouge will host a two-part organic gardening class on Saturday, Oct. 3, and Saturday, Oct. 10.
The class will be a hands-on experience about the basics of organic gardening, taught by LSU AgCenter professor Carl Motsenbocker.
Participants will learn how to start and maintain a garden, basic gardening techniques and the benefits of personal organic gardening.
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Buy tickets here.
Crispy Catch planning for beer, wine sales
The owners of Crispy Catch are planning some minor renovations to their outside patio in the Perkins Road overpass area that should clear the final hurdle for the restaurant to obtain a license to begin selling beer and wine.
Tyler Pizzolato, a co-owner of the restaurant at 3109 Perkins Road that opened in March, says city-parish officials have informed him the restaurant either must add additional toilets in its restrooms or reduce floor space in order to meet alcohol permit requirements.
Pizzolato says the restaurant is opting to remove some tables on the patio and add a bar in the center of it—moves he says should satisfy the requirements. Renovations will begin soon, he adds.
“It’s the only way to get around it without having to add more plumbing,” Pizzolato says.
Read the full Daily Report story here, and read more about Crispy Catch’s boudin balls and corn bobbers here.
P.F. Chang’s hosts Breast Cancer Awareness event
The Baton Rouge P.F. Chang’s will host a Breast Cancer Awareness Month kickoff event Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 4 p.m.
In honor of people impacted by the disease, the restaurant will adorn its Warrior Horses with pink wreaths and create a “Ribbon of Hope” made of breast cancer ribbons dedicated to people impacted by the disease.
Free Jicama Street Tacos will be provided at the event.
P.F. Chang’s is launching a month-long campaign to donate $100,000 to the American Cancer Society. From Oct. 1 to Oct. 31, Baton Rougeans can donate in two ways.
For every Jicama Street Taco purchase, $1 will be donated to the American Cancer Society. Diners can also share a photo with the warrior horses on Twitter or Instagram and hashtag #PFChangsPink or upload a photo to the P.F. Chang’s Facebook page. Each photo shared results in a $1 donation.
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Tio Javi’s (formerly Ninfa’s) selects new logo
After about a month of online voting, Tio Javi’s selects its new logo.
225 previously reported that Ninfa’s Mexican Restaurant was in the process of rebranding as Tio Javi’s Fresh Mex Bar and Grill and was asking Baton Rougeans to help pick a logo.
The name change won’t result in any changes to the former Ninfa’s food or drink recipes, general manager Javier Pallais promises.