Solera in Baton Rouge closed permanently on Feb. 1, and the same management team is opening a new restaurant, Southdowns Grille, according to the owner.
At 4205 Perkins Road in Baton Rouge, Solera opened in 2019 and has served a diverse menu with tapas, grilled lamb lollipops, steak and seafood dishes. Owner Brian Dykes, who also owns Bin 77 in Baton Rouge, said he wanted to give Solera a change.
“I’m kind of sad to see Solera go,” Dykes said. “When we opened Bin, we had the small plates, and I always thought tapas would take on a market here in Baton Rouge. But it just really never — I don’t know how to say this without being negative — it just never really took off consistently enough for us to sustain it.”
The closure gives rise to a new restaurant, designed by the same leadership and management team behind Solera, Dykes said, called Southdowns Grille. The name is inspired after Southdowns Lounge, a neighborhood pub that opened in the ‘60s and closed in 2008, located in the same building as Solera and the soon, Southdowns Grille…