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THE YEAR: 1995

A staple of the LSU experience, The Chimes has stood at the corner of the university’s North Gates for some 35 years offering a wide selection of craft beers and a curated menu of traditional Louisiana dishes. Located on Highland Road, the restaurant plays next-door neighbor to The Varsity Theatre, which originally opened in the mid ‘30s and currently operates as a music hall. Tim Hood, a New Orleans native, opened The Chimes with his business partner in the ‘80s and later bought The Varsity. Before his death in 2019, Hood and his partners expanded The Chimes with two additional locations—on Coursey Boulevard in Baton Rouge and on the Northshore, in Covington. In this 1995 cover package, Business Report profiles Hood and the long-standing establishment, with a description that still stands true today.

“On any given night there is a crowd of people, all ages, shapes and sizes, jammed into booths and tables at The Chimes restaurant at Highland Road and Chimes Street. A robust, 40ish man who bears a striking resemblance to Col. Sanders—white suit and all—strides up to the entrance and flings the door open. At one table, four girls sit in silence, their eyelids heavy with eyeliner and mascara. At other tables, two young women in suits; a couple in their mid-40s; and clumps of college students, gathered here and there. This dim, brick and woodpaneled space is home to many present and former Louisiana State University students who have spent hours here, eating, talking, drinking their way around the world.”

—From the Aug. 17, 1995, issue of Business Report

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