Tidbits: Juban’s receives top wine honor … Camelot Club gets new Club President

Oenophiles take note: Best of 225 winner Juban’s Creole Restaurant & Caterer has recently been bestowed the Best of Award of Excellence by Wine Spectator Magazine. The Best of Award of Excellence gives special recognition to restaurants with wine lists that display vintage depth with vertical offerings of several top producers from major regions, and excellent breadth across world regions. Only 878 restaurants in the world have been given this two-glass award level. Juban’s is the only restaurant in Baton Rouge and one of only 10 restaurants in Louisiana to have received this recognition by Wine Spectator for 2012, in company with the likes of Emeril’s Delmonico, Stella, Brennan’s and Clancy’s of New Orleans. This is the ninth consecutive year that Juban’s has received this award.

Returning to Camelot: The Camelot Club has named former general manager Michael Clark as its new president and chief operating officer. Clarke acted as general manager for the club in the 1990s, when the Club was owned by Club Corporation of America, and has more than 30 years of private club management experience. “The Camelot Club was my first experience in Louisiana. It feels like coming home,” says Clarke.