Overnight cottages and new restaurant coming next year to Houmas House

Since it was fully restored in 2005, Houmas House Plantation in Darrow has attracted scores of Baton Rougeans to its Greek Revival architecture, lush 38-acre grounds and notable fine dining restaurant, Latil’s Landing. Chef Jeremy Langlois’ dishes have earned widespread acclaim and have been featured in Esquire and other national publications. Now Houmas House owner Kevin Kelly is adding something fans of the plantation have longed for: overnight accommodations. Six cottages are underway at Houmas House, along with a new restaurant that will serve breakfast, lunch and brunch. Langlois is currently designing the menu, and says it will include reinterpreted traditional favorites, including Bloody Mary shrimp cocktail and Community Coffee-spiced sliders with cane syrup hickory mayonnaise and heirloom tomato chutney. The new restaurant, yet to be named, will be the third eatery on the property. Café Burnside also offers lunch daily,11 a.m.-2 p.m.. Construction on the cottages and restaurant are expected to be completed in late spring 2013.—Maggie Heyn Richardson