{"id":8259,"date":"2018-12-06T10:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestofswla.com\/?p=8259"},"modified":"2018-12-06T09:29:04","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T15:29:04","slug":"classic-vibe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestofswla.com\/2018\/12\/06\/classic-vibe\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Vibe"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Panorama Music House: Coming Soon To Downtown<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jay Ecker’s Got A Brand New Bag<\/em><\/p>\n

By Justin Morris<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve worn many a hat over the years. I\u2019ve booked and managed entertainment for a casino, been a reporter and news director, co-hosted a radio talk show and spent many years as a tobacconist. I even worked in a brewery and brew pub many moons ago. These days, the lone wolf on the brewery front is flying high on East McNeese. But the first microbrewery to come to the Lake City was Jackson, La.-born Rikenjaks Brewing Company, which arrived at 329 Broad St. the better part of 20 years ago.<\/p>\n

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The first time I went there was some time in 2000 or 2001, when I acted as a cigar host for an event, schmoozing potential distributors for a recently relocated brand. I wasn\u2019t even old enough to drink at the time. So it was some time before I revisited. By the time I did, it was then on, I believe, its third owner. That owner was long-time local high school band director and musician Jay Ecker.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If anyone you know has ever talked about the heyday of the original Rikenjaks, it was during this time. In fact, it was not only its heyday, but it really was one for downtown and for its live music scene, which, in many ways, was largely nonexistent before that point. Not only did you have a music venue owned and run by a professional musician, but it was also a brewery. And this was even before the real tide of microbrewery madness started sweeping the nation. You drank a pint of E.S.B. or Hardhead and you listened to bands like The Sly Letter or The Fondue Monks or dug in for a midnight Sunday reggae fest with Carlton Pride and Zion. (And yes \u2026 that is Charlie\u2019s son.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These were the days of beer, bands and a burgeoning music scene that would only continue to grow and flourish until Hurricane Rita changed it all dramatically.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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But even before that time, Jay had moved on from Rikenjaks, and it, frankly, was never the same thereafter. From there, it began a three-year decline that eventually ended altogether in 2006.<\/p>\n

Since then, Jay has retired from the Calcasieu Parish School Board after many years of serving as the Westlake High School band director. He started to make a little buzz a few years back as he started hinting about bringing Rikenjacks back. And bring it back he did. This time, it was a restaurant and bar on Ryan Street, and he had two new business partners: Frankie Randazzo and Buck Maraist. Maraist had a Southeast Texas location of the woodpecker-festooned brand open soon. And that was the latest such development from the guys \u2026<\/p>\n

Until recently.<\/p>\n

As it is wont to do, the local rumor mill has been churning for the last little while about some potential happenings on the downtown nightlife scene in the coming weeks, with a few variations on the theme having reached my ears over the last several months. The news that the locale most recently the home of Sloppy\u2019s Downtown would soon be taking the name of Panorama Music House confirmed what I had heard to be true. Also true, it turned out the owners were this selfsame trio of guys, one of which is, obviously, no stranger to this specific space.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I went over to meet with Jay one dusky afternoon fresh after the time change. After greeting me with a handshake and a cold beer, he walked me through the place, showing me what was to be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The stage and surrounding space shows the biggest visible change from the Sloppy\u2019s Downtown setup. It\u2019s bigger, with staggered electrical drops. The stage will soon have a see-through roll-up door behind it that can open to the back patio area, This space will feature a patio bar, outdoor seating and a small covered seating space.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The kitchen is largely unchanged from the Sloppy\u2019s setup. But, it, too, is undergoing renovations. It\u2019s all still very roughed out. But the concept is visible, and only became more so when Jay and I sat down in what long ago was the Rikenjaks Brewery itself and talked about what the Panorama Music House is going to be and what he hopes it\u2019s going to mean.<\/p>\n

Jay Ecker<\/b>: Rikenjaks (on Ryan Street) opened in late May of 2016. So we\u2019ve been open two and a half years. I (and my partners) got together on that project because I\u2019d known Frankie (Randazzo) from years ago, and I played for him at his restaurant Madison\u2019s, and he had come to the old Rikenjaks. We\u2019d always talked about doing something. And when the time was right I said, \u201cHey, come over here, and let\u2019s build a restaurant.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Actually, Rikenjaks was just going to be a bar, originally. But then it just turned out (to be) a whole huge thing \u2014 restaurant and all that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Frankie and Buck own several things in Texas \u2014 Madison\u2019s and Bar Local in Beaumont; they have The Library in Fort Worth and Buck has Dylan\u2019s in Port Arthur.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So (when Rikenjaks opened), the Vidor location opened up about a year later. Of course, as soon as they opened, they had a big hurricane incident with Harvey, so they had to shut down for a while. But they\u2019re rolling again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Then there was this thing. When I found out that Sloppy\u2019s Downtown was going out of business, we started the negotiations for this building. At first, we were going to lease, but we didn\u2019t like the terms of the lease. Then we were actually able to purchase the building outright from the Shearman family.<\/p>\n

Justin Morris<\/b>: That\u2019s very much like Dave Evans finally being able to buy the Luna Bar and Grill building after all these years. That\u2019s what led him to close Luna Live. Once Downtown Properties moved out and started selling off some of these buildings, that seemed to be kind of changing the scene up here a bit. This particular property and many others up here have been owned by one entity, one small sphere of influence, for forever. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jay Ecker<\/b>: If you think about it, there\u2019s been really only two property owners downtown for the most part: Rick Richard and Tom Shearman; a little bit of Tim Vaughn, too. But for the most part, two people have owned all the property up here. Now, finally, they\u2019re starting to let go of some of the buildings.<\/p>\n

Justin Morris<\/b>: And that certainly diversifies things. So how does it feel to be getting back in here after … how many years? When was your departure from the Broad Street Rikenjaks?<\/p>\n

Jay Ecker<\/b>: I got out in 2003. I sold it. When did it finally shut down \u2014 like, \u201807? I don\u2019t know. But to me, whenever it stopped having the quality variety of live music and the brewing, it just wasn\u2019t the same anymore.<\/p>\n

Justin Morris<\/b>: Does it feel good to be back in here?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jay Ecker<\/b>: Yeah, but it\u2019s kind of surreal, you know? Especially like switching sides (of the divided building), and this is the main side now. Where we\u2019re sitting right now, there were tanks here, you remember …\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Justin Morris<\/b>: Yep. From the kettles, to the fermenters to the bright tanks \u2026<\/p>\n

Jay Ecker<\/b>: But it feels great because this building has so much history, and to me the coolest thing is the history of these old buildings. This building\u2019s probably over 100 years old. (The coolest aspect of it) is the history of adaptive reuse. At one point it was a warehouse; at one point it was a newspaper office; at one point it was a print shop; at one point it was a restaurant and a pizza place and a bar and a brewery \u2026 Each person that occupies the building brings their own history to it. And the building still has that history. But everything just kind of adds to it. So that\u2019s become kind of the theme for this \u2026 to embrace the history of Lake Charles, and downtown Lake Charles especially.<\/p>\n

Justin Morris<\/b>: And you took a bit of that inspiration in the naming of this newest venture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jay Ecker<\/b>: Honestly, that just kind of worked out.\u00a0 <\/span>I wanted to get the (Panorama Burger House) sign, you know. And I found the people that owned it. And it went for a couple months where they didn\u2019t really communicate with me at all. I tried to offer to take the sign and preserve it and put it up and they would even still own it. (There was) no response for a couple of weeks. So I said, \u201cWould you take 500 bucks\u201d? and they said, \u201cOK, send us a check.\u201d (Laughs.) But I\u2019m probably going to spend close to $10,000 to have it renovated all fresh and new.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Justin Morris<\/b>: It\u2019ll cost that much?<\/p>\n

Jay Ecker<\/b>: It will. It\u2019s the last old school, porcelain sign in Lake Charles. So, dig this \u2014 I called Acme Signs to come take it down and restore it. Laura McDaniel, who is the manager of Acme Signs, her great-grandfather built that sign. I don\u2019t know if it was Acme Signs at the time or whatever. But I think that\u2019s a really interesting part of the story.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyway, we were looking for a way to honor Lake Charles\u2019 history. First, we were looking at naming it something about newspapers because (the building) was once part of the Lake Charles American Press. Then we thought we might name it something about one of those long-gone downtown theaters like The Lyric.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But then when I was able to get that sign, it just fell into place. You know, where it says \u201cBurger House\u201d on that sign? The \u201cburger\u201d actually covers up where it used to say \u201csteak.\u201d It was originally the Panorama Steakhouse and then … and I don\u2019t know the timeline of this … I do know that the sign\u2019s been there much longer than the building ever was. But some time, I assume in the \u201870s or \u201860s, they switched it to a short order thing and put \u201cburger\u201d over \u201csteak.\u201d So, we\u2019re going to take that piece off and put \u201cmusic\u201d right there. So again, it\u2019s adaptive reuse. A lot of people know about that sign, and it all just fits together so well.<\/p>\n

Justin Morris<\/b>: So, with the bar, the food, the music, the patio kind of vibe … It\u2019s kind of the same thing that you\u2019ve done with Rikenjaks. But it\u2019s also a model that I know was established, at least in this camp, with Madison\u2019s. I knew about Madison\u2019s on Dowlen for probably at least a decade before I ever darkened the door of the place …\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jay Ecker<\/b>: Yeah, I think they\u2019ve been there 14 years. That\u2019s why I partnered up with these guys \u2014 because they have that experience. They\u2019ve been running restaurants for, well, Frankie\u2019s been running that for 14 years, and Buck\u2019s been running restaurants and bars since he was a teenager, really. It\u2019s just in their blood.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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But it\u2019s such a perfect partnership, because Buck is the \u201cbuilder guy,\u201d Frankie is the \u201cnumbers guy\u201d and then I\u2019m the \u201coperations guy.\u201d So, there really has been a symbiotic relationship. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But, to compare this to Rikenjaks, it\u2019ll be similar, but the vibe here is going to be more live music, you know … the bands we can\u2019t fit in Rikenjaks, like regional and national touring acts. We\u2019re going to keep our schedule flexible, so if we have a touring act that has a night off on a Thursday, we could pull them in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With a name like Panorama Music House, music is going to be our focus. With the decor, we\u2019re describing it as a retro Vegas kind of vibe. It\u2019ll be bright colors, kind of retro-looking stuff, you know; lava lamps and cushioned bar stools; (that) kind of thing. There\u2019ll be some booths in here. And upstairs will be VIP and overflow. We\u2019re also going to do a thing called the Goldband Club, which, if you buy a yearly membership, then you never pay a cover, and if you want to be a VIP, you just call 24 hours in advance, and say, hey, I want VIP seating for this event, and you\u2019re in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Justin Morris<\/b>: That\u2019s hip. That\u2019s kind of a new concept for Lake Charles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jay Ecker<\/b>: I think so. But it\u2019s really cool, because we\u2019re also tying into the history of the Goldband Recording Studio with that.<\/p>\n

Justin Morris<\/b>: And a lot of that collection is housed here now. I knew about the agreement between Sloppy\u2019s and the SWLA Music Museum that made this the home for that (Goldband music) collection until they found a more long-term location. But I didn\u2019t know that was (connected with your project).<\/p>\n

Jay Ecker<\/b>: Their goal, of course, is to have their own space. But until that happens, we\u2019re going to house them here. And it\u2019s such a great relationship, because we\u2019ll be bringing our customers to them. But their customers … they\u2019ll be bringing theirs to us. So it makes it a draw and totally fits in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Also, on the decor … Blaine Bourgeois has hundreds of photographs of different musicians in concert. So part of the decor will be pictures of live music over each booth. There\u2019ll be four different shots of a band. And this might be the B.B King table or this might be the Aretha Franklin table, and stuff like that. So that\u2019ll be really cool, too.<\/p>\n

Justin Morris<\/b>: So what\u2019s your ETA? What do you think?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jay Ecker<\/b>: Well, I\u2019ve hired a band for New Year\u2019s Eve, so I\u2019ve got to be open for New Year\u2019s Eve. We will be soft then. We might not even have the kitchen open yet. I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll have our liquor license, and everything in place. But I\u2019m not sure we\u2019ll have all our staff in place and trained. So we\u2019ll probably have the official grand opening some time in January, once we get through New Year\u2019s and a few weeks of doing lunches under our belt. But we\u2019ll be kicking it off in some capacity by New Year\u2019s Eve with The Cards as our debut act. In fact, we\u2019re already taking reservations for New Year\u2019s Eve via our Panorama Music House Facebook page. So folks can already reach out to us there.<\/p>\n

Justin Morris<\/b>: So, what excites you most about this venture, as opposed to everything that you guys are vested in?<\/p>\n

Jay Ecker<\/b>: The whole reason that we\u2019re downtown is because we want to help to create that critical mass. It was happening when you had Luna and Luna Live, Crystal\u2019s, Sloppy … You know, that\u2019s kind of fallen off, and especially now, when there\u2019s so many original bands that could be playing. They need places to play. So we\u2019re excited about being part of that critical mass. (We want to) make it to where when you come downtown, you park, you walk around (thinking) \u201cWhat kind of food do I want? What kind of music do I want?\u201d That\u2019s what downtown is supposed to be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The other thing is to be able to offer the kind of musical acts that we can\u2019t do at Rikenjaks, just because of the size. Here we can do just about anything. And we\u2019re looking forward to doing that and then some.<\/p>\n

While we sat and sipped our brews, as we had done in this space oh so many times before, Jay told me a few other tidbits I thought were pretty interesting. One item of note was the recessed front door. Apparently, the front windows of the building are getting replaced with shutters to create an open-air front patio in the space that was originally set up as the Happy Hippie Pizza kitchen, making for both a front and back covered patio space. He also may or may not have told me about some top-secret VIP amenities that you\u2019ll just have to go see about for yourself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Regardless, what you\u2019re going to have is a big dose of old downtown coming back in a hip new way. With the entertainment powerhouse that Rikenjaks was in that very building back in the day; and the current vacuum left with the departure of both Luna Live and Sloppy\u2019s Downtown; Ecker has a great opportunity to relight the spark he lit all those years ago with new ideas, new possibilities and two incredibly accomplished, capable and creative partners dug in with him, making some downtown magic happen again. I, for one, wish them all the absolute best. And I very much look forward to seeing what\u2019s in store.<\/p>\n

I look forward to seeing you all at Panorama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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