Italiano - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

People in most places eat to live. Here in south Louisiana we live
to eat. For those who make their living in the culinary world that
means the stakes are high and the competition intense. Daniel
Thompson knows this only too well. He is the executive chef and co
owner of D Agostino Pasta, a Baton Rouge based company located in
the Drusilla Shopping Center that makes homemade pastas and pasta
sauces and is rapidly expanding its footprint in supermarkets from
Lafayette to New Orleans. Daniel is a graduate of the Culinary
Institute of America and has headed the kitchens of such well known
Louisiana restaurants as Commander s Palace in New Orleans, the
Grill Room at Windsor Court, the Baton Rouge Country Club and White
Oak Landing Plantation. Mike Johnson is co owner of DiGiulio
Brothers, another Baton Rouge food institution. In a city that is
overrun with chain restaurants, DiGiulio s is a beloved
neighborhood institution the kind of restaurant that people around
here wish we had more of. DiGiulio s was founded in 1987 at the
base of the Perkins Road Overpass by Mike s father and uncle, and
quickly became well known for its Italian American menu. Today Mike
runs the establishment and it s a rare night when he s not behind
the bar or back in the kitchen keeping things running smoothly. We
re going Italiano at Mansurs on the Boulevard on this edition of
Out to Lunch with Stephanie Riegel. Photos by Rick LeCompte.

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