Baton Rouge’s dining scene flourished in 2025 with 38 new restaurants, but this year also saw 11 restaurant closures.
Spots like Vars Pizza and Habaneros, both formerly on Perkins Road, shut their doors. Others like downtown’s Bengal Tap Room also said goodbye.
The city lost some longtime chain locations like Piccadilly on Plank Road that served the community for 65 years and Jones Creek Road’s Outback Steakhouse, having opened 24 years ago…