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Keith Bond, 2021 LRA Chair
Mel's Diner, Broussard and Lafayette Keith Bond has been in the restaurant business since 1997, when he and his then new bride Shelly partnered with her father Jack Naumann to open the second Mel’s Diner in Broussard. Mel’s Diner is named for Shelly’s mother Mel and was founded in 1992 in Lafayette on Johnston Street to fulfil Jack’s promise to put Mel’s name in lights. Mel’s is a 24 hour, 50s themed diner that features the best items from all of the menus of the past, and a daily blue plate and dinner specials full of flavor to satisfy the palates of their Acadiana clientele. |
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LRA Officers
Michael Boudreaux, Vice President, SouLA and Juban's Restaurants in Baton Rouge
Michael Maenza, Treasurer, MMI Culinary, Mr. Mudbug's Catering and SWEGS Kitchen in the Greater New Orleans area
Alan Guilbeau, Secretary, PJ's Coffee & New Orleans Roast in New Orleans
Mark Latter, At-Large, Tujague's Restaurant, Claret Wine & Cocktail Bar, The Bower, and Birdy's in New Orleans
Michael Boudreaux, Vice President, SouLA and Juban's Restaurants in Baton Rouge
Michael Maenza, Treasurer, MMI Culinary, Mr. Mudbug's Catering and SWEGS Kitchen in the Greater New Orleans area
Alan Guilbeau, Secretary, PJ's Coffee & New Orleans Roast in New Orleans
Mark Latter, At-Large, Tujague's Restaurant, Claret Wine & Cocktail Bar, The Bower, and Birdy's in New Orleans
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LRA Board of Directors
Tony Abadie, Jack Rose Restaurant, New Orleans Glen Armantrout, Mahony's Po-boys & Seafood, New Orleans Bruce Attinger, Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux, Baton Rouge Randy Barrios, Flanagan's Restaurant & Fremin's Restaurant, Thibodaux Keith Bond, Mel's Diner, Lafayette & Broussard Michael Boudreaux, SouLA and Juban’s Restaurans, Baton Rouge Patrick Brennan, Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group, New Orleans Ralph Brennan, Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group, New Orleans Geordie Brower III, Dickie Brennan & Co., New Orleans Katy Casbarian, Arnaud's and Remoulade Restaurants, New Orleans Billy Clark, Galatoire's Restaurant & Galatoire's 33 Bar & Steak, New Orleans Chauncey Davis, Ben E. Keith, Sulphur John Eastman, Auto-Chlor Services, Jefferson Mickey Freiberg, A La Carte Foods, Belle Rose Brian Girardot, Community Coffee, Baton Rouge Alan Guilbeau, PJ's Coffee, Covington Gregory Hamer, Taco Bell—B&G Food Enterprises, Morgan City Nick Hazard, Crescent Crown Distributing, New Orleans Jason Jones, Sysco, New Orleans Rob King, Pitt Grills & Southern Kitchens, Lake Charles |
John Lalla, Natco Food Service, Reserve Mark Latter, Tujague's Restaurant, Claret Wine & Cocktail Bar, The Bower, and Birdy's, New Orleans Helen LeBourgeois, TLC Linen Services, New Orleans Mike Maenza, MMI Culinary, Mr. Mudbug's Catering and SWEGS Kitchen in the Greater New Orleans area Octavio Mantilla, BRG Hospitality, August, Luke, Shaya, Willa Jean, Domenica, Cho Thai & Pizza Domenica, New Orleans Matt Massey, Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, Baton Rouge Jake Palmer, Acme Oyster House Dwight Prudhomme, Republic National Distributing Company, Lafayette Greg Reggio, Taste Buds- Zea/Semolina, New Orleans, Metairie, Baton Rouge, Lafayette Melvin Rodrigue, Galatoire’s Restaurant and Galatoire's 33 Bar & Steak, New Orleans Paul Rotner, Acme Management Group, Metairie Peter Sclafani, Phil's Oyster Bar, Portabello's Grill, P-Beau's, SouLA, Baton Rouge Randy Stein, Mr. B’s Bistro, New Orleans Scott Taylor, Walk On's Sports Bistreaux, Baton Rouge Emery Whalen, QED Hospitality, Jack Rose Restaurant, New Orleans Darrell Whaley, Taco Bell, West Monroe |
