BATON ROUGE — For nearly four decades, DiGiulio Brothers Italian Café has been serving classic Italian dishes just off Perkins Road near the Overpass, becoming a neighborhood institution and a familiar stop along the route of the annual Wearing of the Green Parade.
The restaurant first opened its doors in 1987 when brothers John and Fred DiGiulio signed a lease to run the café despite having little restaurant experience. What they did have was a love for cooking and family recipes passed down through generations.
“Well, my brother Fred, who passed away about 10 years ago, it was really his idea,” John DiGiulio said…