Albertsons on Perkins Road (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

This Albertsons looks like it's seen better days, but at least it's not Albertsons Sav-on anymore.
Numbered as #2711 in the pre-merger days (I believe it's just #711 now) but after 1996 (I'm not sure what the original was) and dating back to at least 1987 (I can't find much on this store), this Albertsons supermarket at 7515 Perkins Road is one I visited in August 2025 (which is when this photo was taken). At some point in the late 1990s or early 2000s, Albertsons added an Albertsons Express gas station (it did not have a convenience store, only a kiosk) which was operational until Alimentation Couche-Tard bought successor company CST Brands (it was effectively operated as Corner Store but the name was never put on there).

My previous notes for this store was that a salad bar was added in a renovation under the "LLC" days, but I either didn't pay attention to the deli (a very real possibility) or was removed after COVID (also a very real possibility).

I found it strange that half of the HBA department is in the main aisles (and the stuff near the pharmacy has comically short shelves).

Out in front of the store (I'm not sure when they moved in, but they were there as of 2008) is Mr. Gatti's Pizza at 5888 Essen Lane and Taco Bell at 7541 Perkins Road.

Piccadilly (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

Picture by author, July 2024
Located at 5474 Essen Lane, according to newspaper articles, the Baton Rouge Essen Lane Piccadilly originally opened March 1983 and in 2002 completed a inside-and-out renovation after a brief closure¹, although my picture doesn't do it justice, if you look at Google Maps, between 2008 and 2011 it looks slightly different (awnings different, as well as a different logo, when it was still the full "Piccadilly Cafeteria").

I'd never eaten at Piccadilly (Cafeteria) before I went there in July 2024. They closed their last location in Texas in 2014 at the Almeda Mall (still locked as if it could reopen the next day--though it could use a vacuuming), so if I wanted to get Piccadilly on my trip it would have to be Louisiana. Maybe I just made a mistake with the fried fish but I think I still prefer Luby's as far as the fish went.

1. "Scoop du jour", September 5, 2002, The Advocate.