The inspiration behind Baton Rouge’s new Josephine’s Italian Bistro dates back decades.
A tradition of Sunday dinners in the kitchen of a fiery Sicilian woman was the catalyst to open the restaurant. Her name was Josephine.
“It’s my grandmother’s name,” said executive chef and co-owner Russell Davis. “Her parents emigrated from Sicily, and I grew up going to her house on Sundays and eating Sunday dinner, watching her cook, and I just always wanted to do an Italian restaurant in her honor.”
After opening Eliza Restaurant in 2016 and Jed’s Local in 2018 with his wife, Sally Davis, the couple brought the new Italian restaurant to fruition after about five months of construction inside the former Roman’s Cafe in Mid City…