It's Baton Rouge: Out To Lunch

It made a big splash in Baton Rouge! Just as everyone was emerging from a year-long pandemic, the Blue Zoo Aquarium opened in the Mall of Louisiana, of all places. This isn’t just any aquarium - it’s an attraction that has a fascinating back story. Nami Haws is the         of Blue Zoo Aquarium, a growing chain of aquariums around the country that opened its third location in March 2021, here in Baton Rouge. It's in a 16,000 square foot space in between the men’s and women’s Dillard’s in the mall. The aquarium has an array of sea life with more than 30 unique attractions.  Blue Zoo was founded by Damitu’s father, Wes Haws, who opened the first Blue Zoo in Washington in 2019, after a harrowing and inspiring experience. He suffered a traumatizing head injury while running a project to build homes in Ethiopia. After undergoing multiple brain surgeries and being left partially blind, he put a fish tank in his bedroom to help him through his recovery