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Sorry that this post is too late for your trip, but I had been hearing things about carry in Louisiana establishments that serve alcohol and I finally got around to looking through the Louisiana statutes.

The list of where CHL holders cannot carry is here (section N is the relevant portion).

The pertinent section for places that serve alcohol is RS 40:1379.3 N(10):

N. No concealed handgun may be carried into and no concealed handgun permit issued pursuant to this Section shall authorize or entitle a permittee to carry a concealed handgun in any of the following:

(10) Any portion of the permitted area of an establishment that has been granted a Class A-General retail permit, as defined in Part II of Chapter 1 or Part II of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises.

So the question becomes what a Class A-General permit is. This is defined in RS 26:71.1 (1). It appears that a Class A-General permit is only issued to bars, and cannot be issued to anywhere that can have minors on the premises.

Restaurants are issued a different kind of permit (Class A-Restaurant), as are places that sell alcohol for off-premises consumption (Class C). Neither of these types of establishments are mentioned as off-limits for carry.