Day 3: Baton Rouge
We woke up at Mama Linda's on Day 3 and prepared to explore Baton Rouge after a restful night's sleep.
Our first stop, after getting some coffee into Grier of course, was lunch with Big T at the Chimes, which is a great little restaurant and bar adjacent to the LSU Campus on, you guessed it, Chimes Street. The have an awesome beer selection and fabulous po'boys. Grier apparently spent quite a bit of time here in college.
After lunch we drove around the LSU campus a bit, which was made more difficult since they've closed down vehicle access there almost as much as at UT. We did manage to drive by Tiger Stadium to pay homage to the 2007 National Championship LSU Tigers. GEAUX TIGERS!!!
After leaving campus, we headed downtown to an area called Riverfront Baton Rouge. It seems that the downtown area is along the Mississippi instead of being in the center of town like you might expect. There are plenty of lovely old buildings and huge oak trees all over the area. We stopped in the Old State Capital to look around and were invited to attend the swearing in of a new sheriff. Can you say random? The building was absolutely gorgeous and apparently the New State Capital is, well, let's say less so. That's why everyone visits the old one, I guess.
We decided that we'd prefer a cocktail to hanging out with the sheriff so we headed over to Tsunami Sushi bar, which is located on the roof of the Shaw Arts Center. Things were still pretty quiet so early in the day, but they had an awsome bartender and the place had an amazing view.
When happy hour rolled around we met Cramerica for drinks at Kona Grill in Perkin's Rowe, which is Baton Rouge's version of The Domain. I am not absolutely sure how many sake bombs is too many, but I definitely tested my limits. I find it's good to challenge oneself. ;)
After our long day we met Mama Linda for dinner at De'Angelo's, which was a nice break from the gumbo-fest.
