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Food & Drink

First Look: Steeped in design, the reimagined Colonel’s Club opens soon under the Perkins Road Overpass

What makes a diner return to a given restaurant? Maybe there’s a dish they love, or the staff knows them by name. Maybe it’s proximity to home or work, or the killer vibe, or the expectation of bumping into friends or acquaintances. Maybe it’s a great place for a date. Here’s a prediction on The Colonel's Club. If all goes well, diners will return for all those reasons, but what…

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Style & Home

Baton Rouge has seen a recent rise in boutique closures. What does it take to run bricks-and-mortar retail in 2024?

Wanderlust by Abby just opened for the day, and the Perkins Road store is already filling with shoppers eager to score a special piece from a big summer sale. Customers rummage the racks of sequined tops and patterned dresses, asking for opinions from the dressing rooms. Owner Abby Bullock’s cell chimes with each register sale. Despite today’s crowd, Bullock has noticed a concerning new trend over the past 12 to…

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Things to do

September 2024’s calendar of can’t-miss events in the Capital Region

All month Kick off a season of food-forward and music-focused festivals in the Capital Region. Click here for the inside scoop on this month’s happenings so you can plot and plan your fest day ever.   Sept. 7 Get ready to tailgate, spectate and cheer on Baton Rouge’s biggest teams at the first home games of the 2024 football season for LSU and Southern University. Grab your purple, gold or…

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Our City

‘Backstage Hollywood: The Photographs of Bob Willoughby’ opens this weekend at the West Baton Rouge Museum

Catch the magic of Old Hollywood at the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen with this weekend's opening of "Backstage Hollywood: The Photographs of Bob Willoughby," a collection of images of stars on set by one of the country’s most accomplished 20th century photographers. The exhibit runs Sept. 7 to Oct. 20 in the museum’s Whitehead Gallery. “We thought it would be kind of exciting to have a backstage look…

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