Married with Biz

It’s no small feat to sustain a long and happy marriage. Just
like it’s no small thing to build a successful business - or two
or three - with the same, trusted business partner. So to do all
of that with the same person is nothing short of amazing.


Most of us cannot imagine what life would be like if our spouse
was also our business partner. Or if our business partner was
also our spouse. In some instances it can be a disaster. But it
can, apparently, also be the magic bullet; the secret to success.


Take, for example, Misti and Brumby Broussard.


Misti and Brumby have been married for nearly two decades, are
parents to two children and co-owners of one of Baton Rouge’s
most popular food businesses, BLDG 5.


BLDG 5 is a marketplace, eatery and patio that specializes in
seasonally inspired food in a unique, funky location under the
Perkins Road Overpass.


Misti and Brumby have a successful track record founding and
running small businesses. Before they moved back to Baton Rouge
in 2015, they owned an upscale furniture and retail shop in San
Diego where they lived for 12 years. They sold the store to a
celebrity chef before relocating here. But it wasn’t their first
brush with celebrity. Both Misti and Brumby were in the film
industry and, in fact, met on the set of “America’s Sweethearts”
before becoming restaurateurs.


Misti has a degree in speech communication and marketing but
worked in film production and as a costume designer. Brumby
worked in various roles on 30 films and spent three years as an
assistant to Julia Roberts. As if that isn’t interesting enough
he was trained professionally as a chef, right here in Louisiana
at the Louisiana Culinary Institute.


Out to Lunch is recorded live over lunch at Mansurs on the
Boulevard. You can find photos from this show by Erik Otts at
itsbatonrouge.com


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