Drago’s is bringing charbroiled oysters back to Baton Rouge.

After the seafood restaurant closed its first Baton Rouge location in January, Drago’s is bouncing back with a new spot in Perkins Rowe. The restaurant will host a grand opening 6 p.m. Sept. 2. at 10111 Perkins Rowe.

“We’re so blessed to have a second opportunity to make a first impression,” said Drago’s owner and manager Tommy Cvitanovich.

The Metairie-born seafood chain started in 1969 and grew famous for its charbroiled oysters. It has six locations — five in Louisiana and one in Jackson, Mississippi.

The first Baton Rouge location, near the Interstate 10-College Drive interchange, opened three weeks before the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, and business never recovered, Cvitanovich said. Hotel occupancy rates on Constitutio

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