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📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | May 18–25

📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | May 18–25

Why it matters: The Soul Food Festival anchors a packed Memorial Day weekend, Live After Five closes out its spring run on Friday and the Chuck Wagon Gang brings 90 years of gospel history to the Old Governor's Mansion midweek. 🗓️ Wednesday, May 20 🎵 Music at the Mansion: Chuck

A sack is being hackied

A sack is being hackied

Dude, the analog revival claims another victim.

Three years of restaurant openings, mapped

Three years of restaurant openings, mapped

A new restaurant is more than a menu. It's a signed lease, a construction loan, and a bet on a neighborhood. We tracked where those bets are being placed.

The drink menu is having a moment

The drink menu is having a moment

High margins drive restaurants to concoct weird drinks. The soda at McDonald's is divine.

Creative destruction on the cocktail menu

Creative destruction on the cocktail menu

A viral frozen drink has landed in Baton Rouge, swirling tequila, lime and ice cream into something dangerously easy to love.

Comfort food, Perkins Road style

Comfort food, Perkins Road style

Southdowns Grille opens where the Lounge left off—different vibe, same neighborhood instinct.

Sea Spectacle

Sea Spectacle

America's 250th birthday celebration sets sail for New Orleans, where history and tall ships converge on the Mississippi.