‘Business Report’: Newk’s Eatery considering two B.R. locations

A Mississippi-based café chain, Newk’s Eatery, is in talks to bring two locations to the Capital City, one of which has a lease that will likely be finalized within the next month. The first location would occupy part of a 6,350-square-foot, two-suite building on an approximately 1.7-acre plot between Chase Bank and Carrabba’s Italian Grill on the corner of Commerce Circle and Corporate Boulevard. Newk’s Eatery’s director of development Gary Brew could not confirm plans to open a location in the former Gatti’s Pizza at the north gates of LSU. However, his name was on the application to rezone the restaurant building from C1 to CAB1 for restaurant alcohol zoning. Read the full story.