An additional location of La Baguette French Bread & Pastry Shop is slated to open out East.
The second location will move into the upcoming new home of Ciao Bella Italian Grill – the casual Italian eatery is moving from its former home at 565 Erin Drive to 5101 Sanderlin Avenue, Suite 100, in the Sanderlin Centre – according to Judd Tashie, group co-owner with David Tashie of Tashie Restaurant Group.
Last March, the group bought the iconic La Baguette at 3088 Poplar Avenue in Chickasaw Oaks Plaza. The bakery/restaurant is open, but currently under renovation.
“That is our plan going forward,” Tashie says. “Basically, it’s about 30 percent of the space of the new Ciao Bella, formerly Fox & Hound/Craft Republic.”
A date for the opening of the new Ciao Bella has not been set, Tashie says. “We’ve taken possession of the space, but we have not really started yet until we get the (original) La Baguette renovation done.”
The new La Baguette location, slated to open in the fourth quarter of 2021, “is going to be a full-fledged La Baguette with storefront and lunch service. It’ll have its own identity and its own entrance and its own patio. We’ll have the same offerings. We’ll have the same menu, the same traditional classic favorites.”
As for more La Baguette locations, Tashie says, “Not at present. It’s always an option.”