Juban’s Restaurant Group is “pressing pause” on Adrian’s Restaurant & Bar, effective immediately.
It’s unclear whether the restaurant—which opened in 2017 in Highland Park Marketplace on Perkins Road East—will permanently close, though a decision will reportedly come in August or September.
News of its grinding halt came Monday evening, shortly after Gov. John Bel Edwards announced a staged Phase Two reopening that will allow increased commercial activity in Louisiana beginning June 5, with most restaurants able to operate at 50% capacity.
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It’s good news for many establishments in Baton Rouge. But for others, like Rama, The Rum House, White Star Market and now seemingly Adrian’s, it’s too little, too late.
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In an email sent Monday night, Michael Boudreaux, managing partner at Juban’s Restaurant Group, said that while “everyone is very well aware of the challenge that restaurants are facing,” his restaurant group has to “multiply that challenge times four” when considering its other three concepts: Juban’s, Beausoleil and Christina’s.
“We’ve decided to shift our focus to our other three restaurants,” Boudreaux said in the email. “We don’t know what the future holds. We’ll make decisions as more information presents itself and as the ‘new normal’ becomes reality.”
Read on for the rest of the story, which originally appeared in Daily Report‘s Tuesday, June 2, edition. To keep up with Baton Rouge business and politics, subscribe to the free Daily Report e-newsletter here.