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Kolache Kitchen to take concept to Bocage with second restaurant

Will Edwards, who launched Kolache Kitchen about two years ago with a restaurant near the LSU campus on Nicholson Drive, plans to bring his concept to the Bocage neighborhood next spring. Edwards is finalizing a five-year lease for the 1,250-square-foot space that Popeye’s recently vacated at 7930 Jefferson Highway, next to the Bocage LA Rouge Mart convenience store.

“I’m hoping for an opening around March,” says Edwards, a Houston native and LSU graduate. “I’m not going to rush it. I want to give myself enough time to really do this right.”

The first Kolache Kitchen opened in January 2013 at 4245 Nicholson Drive. Edwards says he first began thinking about a second location earlier this spring, when the business was taking off and he had established a solid team of employees who could oversee most of the operations at the restaurant. He says sales at the original restaurant are up about 40% this year over first-year sales.

Edwards says both the analytical and hard data he has show Bocage to be a good fit for his second location. He plans to expand his menu beyond breakfast at the new location and to stay open for lunch.

Read the full story from Steve Sanoski on Daily Report.