Resources

Government

Local

• Citizens Service: Call 3-1-1
  3-1-1 Call Center is a one stop shop for all city-parish governmental information, to report problems or gather information related to city-parish agencies.
  
  These include: sewer maintenance or drainage cleaning, maintenance, or rehabilitation of streets or roads waste management including trash and debris, traffic engineering, inspections, litter, mosquito or rodent control, blighted or abandoned houses, fire hazards.
  
  You can also submit requests for services on-line at http://66.179.23.21/DP1/Metroplex/BatonRouge//customerservice/selectbyservno.asp.
• Baton Rouge (389-3000) (Office of Neighborhoods, Litter Court) (Government and neighborhood links) (Emergency notification sign-up―Connect-CTY Registration, Connect-CTY FAQ's)
• Emergency numbers, Citizens' Service, Mayor-President's office, Public Information, Public Safety (non-emergency police, fire, and EMS)
• Code of Ordinances, City of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish
• Police Department
  EMERGENCIES: 911
  NON-EMERGENCIES: 389-2000
  Other police department telephone numbers 
  (Crime statistics for District 2 Zone D SubZone 3) (Vehicle burglary) (FAQs, including filing complaints) (Safety tips)
• Sheriff's Office (Crime statistics)
• Fire Department (Smoke Detector Installation Program)
• Planning Commission
• Council (District 12, Rodney “Smokie” Bourgeois); office: 222 Saint Louis St., Room 358, Baton Rouge, LA 70802; office: (225) 389-4697, fax: (225) 389-8895; council-dist12@brgov.com)
• Assessor's Office
• School Board

State

• Louisiana government (Emergency information)
• Louisiana Legislature
• Louisiana Senate (Sen. Dan Claitor, Senate District 16)
• Louisiana House of Representatives (Rep. Franklin J. Foil, House District 70)
• BREC (Capital Area Pathways Project)

Federal

• Executive Branch (President George W. Bush) (President-elect Barack Obama)
• US Senate (Sen. Mary Landrieu, Sen. David Vitter)
• US House of Representatives (Rep. Bill Cassidy, Louisiana Sixth District, local office: 5555 Hilton Avenue, Suite 100 Baton Rouge, LA  70808; Phone: (225) 929-7711; Fax: (225) 929-7688; Washington office: 506 Cannon HOB, Washington, DC 20515; (202) 225-3901 )

Safety

• Neighborhood Watch; Sexual Predators: State Police Registry, tips for protecting your family, legislative history, general information) (Vehicle theft)
• FEMA Hurricane Preparedness
• Louisiana Emergency Preparedness (getagameplan.org)
• East Baton Rouge Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control

Weather and Science

Gulf oil spill

• The PBS Newshour has created a Web widget to calculate how much oil has spilled into Gulf of Mexico. You can adjust the leak rate to see what has spilled depending on the various estimates of leakage. (For more information, check the PBS Newshour Web site.)
• LSU Earth Scan Laboratory Oil Spill Imagery; LSU Maps Charting Demographics of the Oil Spill Region

Local

• National Weather Service — Baton Rouge
  Includes 7-day forecast and hazardous weather alerts. For budding meteorologists, it also has a forecast discussion so that you can see the reasoning behind the forecast and a graphical forecast for the week. The National Weather Service main page.
• Baton Rouge Radar
  The radar can also be put into motion to view the past 30 minutes of radar images.
• Regional Radar
  Covering the southern Mississippi Valley
• The Weather Channel Interactive Radar
  Can be zoomed from national view to almost street-level by using the scroll button on your mouse. It employs satellite images.
• Southern Regional Climate Center (Current satellite images from LSU Earth Scan Laboratory)
• LSU Earth Scan Laboratory
• Unisys Weather
• RAMSDIS Online (satellite images)

Tropical

• Hurricane preparedness (information from the Baton Rouge Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness)
• National Hurricane Center
  Tropical storm and hurricane advisories. The site also includes the Tropical Weather Outlook, Tropical Discussion and satellite images
• The Weather Underground — Tropical Weather
  Historical tropical storm tracks, forecast models (when a storm is active), blogs and discussions (especially Dr. Jeff Masters' tropical blog). The Weather Underground also has non-tropical weather information.
• Southern Regional Climate Center Tropical Desk
• LSU Earth Scan Laboratory
• Hurricane scatterplots
• Experimental forecast Tropical Cyclone Genesis Potential Fields
• Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
• e-WALL : TROPICAL ATLANTIC
• Atlantic and Caribbean Tropical Satellite Imagery
• RAMSDIS Online (satellite images)
• Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Contour Charts

Geology

• United States Geological Survey (Louisiana geographical information)

Movie Theaters

• Rave Motion Pictures 15 - Baton Rouge - Mall of Louisiana: http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=9997
• Rave Motion Pictures Baton Rouge 16: http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=8523
• Citiplace: http://www.fandango.com/70808_movietheatershowtimes?wssac=58&wssaffid=11481_REGWebsite  

Local Restaurants

• Chelsea's Cafe, 2857 Perkins Road (387-3679), under the Perkin’s Road Overpass, near the Bet-R Supermarket and Duvic’s. Wi-Fi access, live music. Open Monday-Saturday: Bar open 11am-2am. Kitchen open 11am-10pm. http://www.chelseascafe.com/
• Sammy's Grill, 8635 Highland Road (766-9600)
• The Chimes, 3357 Highland Road (383-1754), http://thechimes.com, (great local fare including gumbo, toufee, steaks, salads, wide variety of beers), north of campus at 3357 Highland Rd. Remember it gets crowded fast! Monday-Saturday: 11 AM to 2 AM, Sundays: 11:00 AM to 11:30 PM (brunch: 11 AM to 2 PM)
• Atcha Bakery & Cafe', 3221 Nicholson Drive (northwest corner of campus), great falafel and kibbe, open until 8:45 pm.
• Louie's Cafe, north of campus at 209 W. State Street (346-8221), open 24 hours.
• Walk-Ons Bistreaux & Bar, 3838 Burbank Drive (757-8010), www.walk-ons.com

Mexican & Italian

• Izzo's Illegal Burrito, 4250 Burbank Drive (214-0870), 7384 Highland Road # U2 (706-7000),  http://www.izzos.com/
• Superior Grill, 5435 Government Street, Mexican food, open Sunday
• Digiulio's, 2903 Perkins Road
• Serrano's Salsa Company for lunch and dinner (Mexican food), north of campus at 3347 Highland Road, open late.

Pizza

• Dean-O's Pizza, 4350 Highland Road, Ste. A1 (767-3020), http://deanos.ewiseonline.com, delivery available
• Fleur-De-Lis Pizza, 5655 Government Street (neighborhood bar atmosphere, best pizza ever)
• Mellow Mushroom, 4250 Burbank Drive (490-6355), mellowmushroom.com

Cajunish, seafood

• George's, 2943 Perkins Road, http://www.baton-rouge.com/Georges/
• Byronz Bistro, 5412 Government Street, open Sunday
• Don's Seafood & Steak House, 6823 Airline Highway, Cajun cuisine since 1934, open Sunday
• Parrain's Seafood, 3225 Perkins Road, Cajun cuisine, open Sunday $$
• Mike Anderson's, 1031 West Lee Drive (766-7823), http://www.mikeandersonsbr.com

Asian

• Thai Kitchen, 4335 Perkins Road
• India's, 5230 Essen Lane
• Tsunami, 100 Lafayette Street, above the art museum with the greatest view of the Mississippi River in town
• Hello Sushi, 3930 Burbank Dr Ste A (768-8808), www.hellosushi.com
• Drunken Fish (Vietnamese or Japanese fare), south of campus (3/4 mi) at 4410 Highland Road

Steaks, Ribs, BBQ

• Podnuh's Bar-B-Q, 7026 Florida Blvd., "Out a few miles, but great BBQ (started in
  Gainesville)"
• T J Ribs, 2324 S. Acadian Thruway

Fancy Side

• Mason LaCour, 10 miles east at 11025 N. Harrells Ferry Road (275-3755, Toll Free: 1-800-377-7104) http://www.maisonlacour.com/ (Meredith Blackwell comments: "My very favorite! Great relaxed dining in a quiet setting with food cooked by a true French-trained chef well worth the drive. Reservations are a good idea. Also they have a great web site complete with their wonderful menus.)
• Brandt's Maisonette Restaurant. 3786 Government Street
• Mansur’s On the Boulevard, 5720 Corporate Blvd.. Ste A
• Nino's Italian Restaurant, 7512 Bluebonnet Blvd.
• Juban's Restaurant, close to University Hills, 2.5 miles northeast at 3739 Perkins Road

Coffeehouses

• C C's Coffee House, 4410 Highland Road (761-9220), "Local chain; half way between University Hills and LSU; free high-speed internet access."
• Charlie's Coffee, 5229 Highland Road (819-0104)
• Coffee Call, 3132 College Drive (925-9493), "The Baton Rouge classic with beignets."
• Highland Coffees, 3350 Highland Road (336-9773), "Long before the chains, there was Highland."
  
• Perks Coffee and Tea, 2008 Perkins Road (344-7375), "Local hospitality."
  

Special thanks to Meredith Blackwell for most of the entries in this restaurant section.

If you have any suggestions for other restaurants, please e-mail us the the name and address and any other information you think is pertinent, such as Web site and telephone number, maybe a brief description of the cuisine, house specialties and the like.

If you have a link or other resource that you would like included on this page, please let us know at resources@universityhills70808.net. This page is not limited to Web links but any resource you think would benefit the community, including services and products.