I was in Med-City for blood work for my annual next week and I ended up at Batch 13 because I had to fast for the labs and although I really don’t mind the cafeteria at Baton Rouge General where I usually dive in as soon as I’m done with the labs, I had some packages to pick up at the UPS store and this pop up in the old Copeland’s was right there waiting for me to give it a shot. You can see that it is right across the street from Mary Bird Perkins and OLOL where great people do great work, including saving my life in 2015 when I was diagnosed. I was extremely lucky, and I still owe all the people there a huge thank you for making this lagniappe part of my life possible. I did order some duck and sausage gumbo and a fried turkey delivered to the staff while I was in surgical ICU, and three dozen wonderful cupcakes from my friends at Les Amis Bake Shoppe when I was in regular ICU, but there’s no way to repay the kindness and care I received at maybe the most challenging time in my life so far. On to Batch 13. And sorry, but it is kind of an afterthought. The doors are still etched with Copeland’s logo, and you would think a breakfast oriented joint would do a little better than a self serve coffee urn.
They had some interesting sandwiches and bowls menued. I ended up going with the fried chicken and biscuits with andouille gravy. The chicken was a nice distraction, but we all know biscuits and gravy immediately become the center of the plate down here where we live. The biscuit was nice and firm, the sausage gravy better than just passable, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to come here again with so many other options nearby with much better coffee (including the two hospital cafeterias right there) but neither would I balk if someone wanted me to go with them. Nice enough food and they do have bottled chocolate milk for sale.
