SoGo Tea Bar has closed, but it may not be gone for good
SoGo Tea Bar, a tea shop inside Red Stick Spice Company on Jefferson Highway, quietly shut down about two weeks ago. Red Stick Spice owner Anne Milneck launched the concept in December 2021. It offered the relaxed ambiance of a coffee shop but with a menu focused on tea. According to Milneck, SoGo Tea Bar was not... SoGo Tea Bar, a tea shop inside Red Stick Spice Company in Baton Rouge, has closed two weeks ago due to a lack of business. The space was overcrowded due to the limited seating area and the need for more customers to order tea. However, owner Anne Milneck has stated that she is looking for a larger space to house the tea shop in Mid City. In the meantime, the space being converted into more retail for cookware, small appliances, and kitchen tools, Milneck plans to use this space to sell such items.
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SoGo Tea Bar, a tea shop inside Red Stick Spice Company on Jefferson Highway, quietly shut down about two weeks ago.
Red Stick Spice owner Anne Milneck launched the concept in December 2021. It offered the relaxed ambiance of a coffee shop but with a menu focused on tea.
According to Milneck, SoGo Tea Bar was not forced to close due to a lack of business. Rather, it simply outgrew its space inside Red Stick Spice.
“The seating wasn’t ample enough,” Milneck says. “I thought more people would be ordering tea to go. I underestimated how important the seating area was.”
While SoGo Tea Bar is gone for now, it may not be gone for good.
Milneck says she’s “keeping her eyes peeled” for a new, larger space to house the tea shop in Mid City, though her search has only just begun and a precise timeline for the move is still up in the air.
In the meantime, the space that housed SoGo Tea Bar inside Red Stick Spice is being converted into more retail. There, the company will offer cookware to complement its cooking classes.
“There’s a need in Baton Rouge for cookware, small appliances and kitchen tools,” Milneck says. “It just made sense to convert the space into retail to sell those items.”
Red Stick Spice was founded in 2010 by Lee and Gloria Easterwood. Milneck, a chef and writer, purchased the business in 2012.
This story originally appeared in a June 11 issue of Daily Report. To keep up with Baton Rouge business and politics, subscribe to the free Daily Report e-newsletter here.
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