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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, Juban's, Christina's, Adrian's and Beausoleil 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, and Bar Frances in New Orleans
Michael Boudreaux, Vice President, Juban's, Christina's, Adrian's and Beausoleil 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, and Bar Frances 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 Bistreaux & Bar, Baton Rouge Randy Barrios, Flanagan's Restaurant & Fremin's Restaurant, Thibodaux Keith Bond, Mel's Diner Part II, Lafayette & Broussard Michael Boudreaux, Juban’s Restaurant & Catering, 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 Restaurant, New Orleans Billy Clark, Galatoire's Restaurant, New Orleans Chauncey Davis, Ben E. Keith, Sulphur John Eastman, Auto-Chlor Services, Jefferson Mickey Freiberg, A La Carte Foods, LLC, Belle Rosa 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, New Orleans Helen LeBourgeois, TLC Linen Services, New Orleans Mike Maenza, SWEGS Kitchen, Kenner Octavio Mantilla, BRG Hospitality, New Orleans Matt Massey, Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, Baton Rouge Jake Palmer, Acme Oyster House, Covington Dwight Prudhomme, Republic National Distributing Company, Lafayette Greg Reggio, Taste Buds- Zea/Semolina, New Orleans, Metairie, Baton Rouge, Lafayette Melvin Rodrigue, Galatoire’s Restaurant, New Orleans Paul Rotner, Acme Management Group, Metairie Peter Sclafani, Down South Hospitality, Baton Rouge Tammy Smitherman, Heartland Payment Systems, Port Allen Randy Stein, Mr. B’s Bistro, New Orleans Scott Taylor, Walk On's Bistreaux & Bar, Baton Rouge Emery Whalen, QED Hospitality, New Orleans Darrell Whaley, Taco Bell, West Monroe |
