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Opening soon: New Cupcake Allie, Your Mom’s Restaurant and more

Allison Offner, co-owner of Cupcake Allie. Photo by Wil Norwood

Cupcake Allie’s owners announced this week they would be opening a second location in September geared toward the college crowd. The new location will be south of the LSU campus at 5251 Nicholson Drive, Suite O (formerly Frosted Cupcakes).

The original location is still doling out sweet treats at 3753 Perkins Road, Suite #6, while the business’s food truck continues to make the rounds serving their unique sweet and savory cupcakes.


Your Mom and them

Your Mom’s Restaurant and Bar, a popular Hammond eatery specializing in burgers and gourmet sandwiches, is opening a second location at 250 W. Lee Drive in the space formerly occupied by Louis DeAngelo’s. The owners hope to open by mid-September.

Read the full story from Daily Report.


A Mid City beer garden in the near future?

The owners of Radio Bar are planning their next Mid City business venture: a beer garden that would be located about a half mile down Government Street from the popular bar they opened about four years ago.

“It’s going to be a beer garden with a lot of covered patio space outdoors where the community can come to gather and hang out,” says Brian Baiamonte, who co-owns Radio Bar with Dave Remmetter. “It’s going to be a pretty cool concept.”

First comes zoning laws, though, as the owners have to go before the city-parish Planning Commission during its Sept. 21 meeting to request a zoning change on the vacant property at 3808 Government St.

Read the full story from Daily Report.

Benjamin Leger
Benjamin Leger previously served as managing editor for 225 and was the editor of its Taste section from 2012 to 2021, editing, writing and steering the direction of its food coverage in print and online. He is passionate about all things food and food journalism, and has written about the greater Baton Rouge area’s cuisine and culture for nearly two decades.