A new restaurant, Kalurah Street Grill, opened less than a month ago in place of Chelsea’s Café under the Perkins Road overpass.
“I’d like to assume that it’s every cook’s dream to have their own restaurant where they’re allowed to cook their own food,” Kelley McCann said in an interview with 225 Baton Rouge. “It’s building a cooking personality. I’m here to give people options. I’m here to give people new things. It’s showing Baton Rouge what I, and the people I have with me, have to offer.”
A former executive chef, McCann, worked for 11 years at Galatoire’s Bistro before he finally decided to go for the big guns and open his own restaurant. Creating the flawlessly designed menu for his restaurant, with the adored nickname of “K Street,” took McCann years — with a menu featuring food ranging from Spain to French Creole.
The hardest aspect of creating the menu was coming up with ways to describe his food.
“He needed a term that would allow him to appreciate the melting pot that is in Louisiana, and America as a whole. The term became ‘modern American,’” according to an article from 225 Baton Rouge.
McCann’s main goal was for K Street to be very unique. He uses an exceptional combination of ingredients, which creates a surprisingly exquisite taste.
The three signature meals on the menu are smoked tomato soup with toasted brioche croutons and crème fraiche, grilled hangar steak with tomato romesco, and chimichurri with fried shallots and cranberry spice gateau.
As stated in the article, “if Chef Kelley McCann is going to do something, he’s going to do it right.”
With that said, anyone who enters this new restaurant can find a dish that will appeal to their taste buds.
Aside from the delicious food, the restaurant is also beautifully designed. The interior was completely redone from Chelsea’s, and now has a fresh, modern look.
With dark wood floors, chic black and grey furniture, bright artwork scattered over the walls, wood-paneling surrounding the entire bar area and striking brick walls on the side of the restaurant for dining, the restaurant has a trendy atmosphere, drawing the attention of people desiring a semi-formal sit down dinner, or a pleasant brunch on Sunday.
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, Kalurah is the picture-perfect restaurant to take that special someone for a romantic dinner.
Kalurah Street Grill is located at 2857 Perkins Road. It is open for lunch and dinner Tuesday-Friday, dinner only on Monday and Saturday, and Sunday brunch from 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Kalurah Street Grill has trendy atmosphere, food ranging from Spain to French Creole
February 2, 2017
Ryan McCarble
Kalurah Street Grill has a fully-stocked bar available to customers.
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