Hanley’s Foods’ Sensation salad dressing now in stores

Hanley’s Foods’ Sensation salad dressing is now in a number of Baton Rouge stores, having grown in popularity through online sales and at the Red Stick Farmers Market. The dressing is available at Our Daily Bread, Calandro’s Market, Pam’s Capitol Corner, Calvin’s Bocage Market, Matherne’s Supermarket on Bluebonnet Boulevard and many other stores. For a full list of locations, click here.

Sensation salads are a Baton Rouge tradition originating from the now-defunct Bob & Jake’s Restaurant off Government Street. The Sensation dressing is a rich, zesty accoutrement to a bed of greens, but until now, you’ve probably never been able to find the dressing on store shelves.

Hanley’s Foods owner Richard Hanley knew that feeling all too well. “You [could] never buy the dressing,” he says. “It was one of those local salad dressings you had to make or had to go find at local restaurants that carried it. It’s my personal favorite. I have a very entrepreneurial heart, so I thought, ‘Let’s give this a go.'”

Hanley’s first batch debuted October 2012 at the Red Stick Farmers Market and sold out. Hanley says he cannot make the dressing fast enough.

In the near future, fans of Hanley’s Foods’ Sensation dressing can expect some new flavors—after a Facebook vote, Hanley decided to start making and manufacturing a Louisiana strawberry vinaigrette with plans to release it next spring. —Matthew Sigur