Southside
Southside is where Baton Rouge dating goes to settle down, or pretend it has. The Perkins Road corridor delivers Pluckers, Mestizo, and a respectable Whole Foods radius, which is the closest thing this city has to a built-in third-date pipeline. The crowd skews late-20s through 40s, divorced-and-rebuilding, or LSU grads who never quite left. Expect garage apartments, decent school districts driving the conversation, and a Range Rover-to-pickup ratio that tilts noticeably bourgeois. Nightlife is thin past 10, so plan for dinner-and-drinks rather than barhopping. Rent is the highest in this guide, and you feel it.
Southside by the numbers
Southside is roughly balanced, about 51% men to 49% women.
Median individual income in Southside is about $48,100.
Louisiana registers voters by party, and East Baton Rouge Parish is about 44% Democratic to 28% Republican, with a 28% no-party bloc.
The median renter in Southside pays about $1,400 a month.
About 7,800 Southside residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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The Chimes
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Willie's Restaurant
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The Bulldog, Baton Rouge
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The Overpass Merchant
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Eliza Restaurant
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George's Southside
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River Rouge Kitchen & Bar
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Louisiana State University Rural Life Museum
Wheelchair access - SouthsideCafés
Magpie Cafe
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Ivar's Sports Bar & Grill
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CC's Coffee House
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Phil Brady's Bar & Grill
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Marble Slab Creamery
LGBTQ+ friendlyGood for groups - SouthsideDining
Counter Culture Frozen Yogurt Baton Rouge
Wheelchair access - SouthsideCafés
Latte Factory
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Sweet Society
Wheelchair access - SouthsideActivity
Painting and Pinot
LGBTQ+ friendlyWheelchair access - SouthsideDining
Loft18 Baton Rouge
Good for groupsWheelchair access - SouthsideActivity
Ann Connelly Fine Art
LGBTQ+ friendlyWheelchair access