A road to Ardendale
A master plan for a new community is coming to life, with a parish road under construction soon to spur more housing and amenities.
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A tasty dosa in the city
The South Indian dish is a gift to the world, and a new version at Aroma is deeply satisfying.
Y’all aboard
Trains from New Orleans to Mobile are twice as popular as expected
Educating St. George
A neighborhood imagines itself
Ashtin McNicoll has written and illustrated a children’s book that suggests Mid City has crossed an important threshold. A neighborhood becomes a place not merely when people live in it, but when it begins to tell stories about itself. Let’s Meet on Government Street does that work for
Nobody asked permission
How Baton Rouge's most effective civic improvements actually happen—and why they don't happen more often.
Potholes meet their algorithm
Waymo and Waze will alert cities about potholes. New Orleans could benefit early from the information.
New BREC superintendent by July
Three finalists will interview, meet locals before one is picked to run the parks system.
📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | April 20–26
Why it matters: A Broadway one-nighter, a civic vote with real stakes, and a week full of free events give you plenty of reasons to get out.
🗓️ Tuesday, April 21
🌿 Hilltop Arboretum: Discover Nature—6:30 p.m. 📍 LSU Hilltop Arboretum, 11855 Highland Road
* "Recycling & Repurposing in
Cheap, but not cheerful
Baton Rouge became a little more affordable last year, according to a national study, a reminder that the city still has one of its old advantages even as it struggles with another key problem - the quality of life
Why it matters: Younger people choose where to live on a few
First, do no urban harm
Hospitals and clinics in the Essen-Bluebonnet area long sat in a disconnected sprawl of roads, parking lots and fast-moving traffic. Over time, almost quietly, pieces of green space and safer walking routes began to appear.
Why it matters: An area devoted to health was built mostly for cars.
A taxing district
Baton Rouge may create another economic development district, this time near the Nicholson corridor
The legend heads home
Your yard. Their horns.
A salad worth seeking out
At Albasha on Corporate Boulevard, the fattoush sits quietly on the menu, overshadowed by the chicken shawarma plate, the kabobs and the gyros wrapped in pita. It should not.
This is the dish worth your attention. Fattoush, a Levantine bread salad most closely associated with Lebanon, began as a practical
Blues fest
Free, local and loud—Baton Rouge's signature music festival takes over downtown this weekend.
Ground zero for fried chicken
Baton Rouge has done more than most to feed America's appetite for fried chicken
Where the wild things count
John Nettles wants you to eat what you find, and help nature by playing a game
Borrowed bravely, dressed well
Jed’s Local has done what good kitchens often do: borrowed a dish from somewhere else, treated it with respect and made something worth eating.
The Mid City restaurant, which began mostly as a po-boy shop, had bánh mì on its original menu, but it vanished when the menu
Blind trust
Louisiana bill would keep college athlete revenue-sharing details out of public view—but it treats a subsidized system like a private one.
