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| - I love Baton Rouge, I really do! We would always find an occasion to go, to celebrate something, whether it was a birthday, or just going to the mall..
I don't know what happened. Or rather I do: the previous owner wanted to cash out, so he sold the place. It's all downhill from here. The point of going to Baton Rouge was their warm decor, a true steakhouse. Forget about that, the new look is what some middle-aged Porsche-driving CEO probably described as "classy" to a boardroom. It's...empty. The doorways are 12 feet tall, the colours are faded. I kept thinking "Why am I eating in a hangar?" The new seats can fit 3 people side by side..but will you really need all the space? The saddest thing is that it looks not only bad, but bland. Maybe you are at La Cage, or in one of those new St Huberts? It all looks the same now..
The food is the same, but the menu is a lot smaller... More tellingly, the staff - which I knew from years back - is all gone. Why wouldn't you want to keep people who know your menu back to front? Or rather, why would they leave? Maybe because the new employees are very young and less-demanding...
You have to leave the mall to reach the restaurant, and I wouldn't bother. I know I love their ribs but..I'm sorry. It's so ugly. This is how it ends for me, I won't be back.
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