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Tursday June 19, 2014

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Serranos, which is closing af-
ter 15 years, will be replaced by
Barcadia Baton Rouge, a hybrid
arcade/restaurant/barconcept.
Stan Ripp, co-owner of Bar-
cadia Concepts and the Lou-
isiana director of operations,
confrmed the news Feb. 18,
adding that he hopes to see
Barcadia Baton Rouge open
in July 2014, but "contrac-
tors are always late." Te ul-
timate goal, he said, is to
be open by football season.
Barcadia New Orleans
opened in 2013, and Huf's
burgers quickly became a
lauded feature of the Cen-
tral Business District locale.
Te new Northgate venture
won't be Huf's frst time
slinging burgers in Baton
Rouge. He got his start with
a food trailer he ran outside
of Bogie's as an LSU student.
"I went to school during
the day, and I served up
late night food to all the
drunk kids of LSU from 9
p.m. to 3 in the morning,"
Huf recalled in aprevi-
ous interview with NOLA.
com. He eventually grad-
uated to a full-blown food
truck he called Curbside
By John Smith
Nick Huf is ready to
make a move back to Baton
Rouge. Te brains behind
the Curbside and Barcadia
burger will soon be back in
the capital city, thanks to
the closing of Serranos Sal-
sa Company in Northgate.
NOLANamedTopTouristDestinationof2014
By John Smith
Nick Hufft is ready to
make a move back to Baton
Rouge. The brains behind
the Curbside and Barcadia
burger will soon be back in
the capital city, thanks to
the closing of Serranos Sal-
sa Company in Northgate.
Serranos, which is clos-
ing after 15 years, will be
replaced by Barcadia Ba-
ton Rouge, a hybrid arcade/
restaurant/bar concept.
Stan Ripp, co-owner
of Barcadia Concepts and
the Louisiana director of
operations, confrmed the
news Feb. 18, adding that
he hopes to see Barcadia
Baton Rouge open in July
2014, but contractors are
always late. The ultimate
goal, he said, is to be open
by football season.Barca-
dia New Orleans opened
in 2013, and Huffts burg-
ers quickly became a laud-
ed feature of the Central
Business District locale.
The new Northgate ven-
ture wont be Huffts frst
time slinging burgers in Ba-
ton Rouge. He got his start
with a food trailer he ran
outside of Bogies as an LSU
student.I went to school
during the day, and I served
up late night food to all the
drunk kids of LSU from 9
p.m. to 3 in the morning,
Hufft recalled in a previ-
ous interview with NOLA.
com. He eventually grad-
uated to a full-blown food
truck he called Curbside
Gourmet Burgers before
partnering with Barcadia.
The move to New Orleans
gave his creation the title of
No. 1 Best New Burger in
New Orleans by Eater.com.
Barcadia Baton Rouge
will continue Serranos
history of big events and
live music for LSU foot-
ball game days, Ripp said.
Anything we can do to
bring more people and
more fun to the area, were
all about it, Ripp said.
According to a post-
ing on Serranos website,
Serranos co-owner Andy
Blouin will continue to fo-
cus on other brands under
the umbrella of Firebelly
Concepts, which includes
The Edible Event Ca-
tering and Special Events,
Boudreaux & Thibo-
deauxs, Blend Restaurant
and Wine Bar, Host Staff-
ing and a new catering fa-
cility on Third Street ex-
pected to open in the fall.
Ripp said his team has
been in contact with Firebel-
ly Concepts for some time,
and the Baton Rouge entity
isnt completely leaving the
Northgate Rouge for some
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By John Smith
Nick Hufft is ready to
make a move back to Baton
Rouge. The brains behind
the Curbside and Barcadia
burger will soon be back in
the capital city, thanks to
the closing of Serranos Sal-
sa Company in Northgate.
Serranos, which is clos-
ing after 15 years, will be
replaced by Barcadia Ba-
ton Rouge, a hybrid arcade/
restaurant/bar concept.
Stan Ripp, co-own-
er of Barcadia Concepts
and the Louisiana director
of operations, confrmed
the news Feb. 18, adding
that he hopes to see Barca-
dia Baton Rouge open in
July 2014, but contractors
are always late. The ulti-
mate goal, he said, is to be
open by football season.
Barcadia New Orleans
opened in 2013, and Huffts
burgers quickly became a
lauded feature of the Cen-
tral Business District locale.
The new Northgate
venture wont be Huffts
frst time slinging burgers
in Baton Rouge. He got
his start with a food trail-
er he ran outside of Bo-
gies as an LSU student.
I went to school during
the day, and I served up late
night food to all the drunk
kids of LSU from 9 p.m.
to 3 in the morning, Hufft
recalled in a previous in-
terview with NOLA.com.
He eventually graduated
to a full-blown food truck
he called Curbside Gour-
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By John Smith
Nick Hufft is ready to
make a move back to Baton
Rouge. The brains behind
the Curbside and Barcadia
burger will soon be back in
the capital city, thanks to
the closing of Serranos Sal-
sa Company in Northgate.
Serranos, which is clos-
ing after 15 years, will be
replaced by Barcadia Ba-
ton Rouge, a hybrid arcade/
restaurant/bar concept.
Stan Ripp, co-owner of
Barcadia Concepts and the
Louisiana director of oper-
ations, confrmed the news
Feb. 18, adding that he
hopes to see Barcadia Baton
Rouge open in July 2014,
but contractors are always
late. The ultimate goal, he
said, is to be open by foot-
ball season. New Orleans
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