Owens Grocery Market & Deli

Owens Grocery Market & Deli Soul food family restaurant - visit us throughout the week for a hearty breakfast or lunch. Also, there is homemade dessert daily for those sweet lovers.

If you have been desperately searching for "good eats" around the city of Baton Rouge, you have found the right one! Cynthia Owens-Green is a native of the city who is arguably making waves with her small restaurant/deli. After her father retired from Standard Oil (formerly ESSO, currently EXXONMOBIL), he envisioned the need of the community needing a local grocer, gas station and hardware store,

he opened Owens Grocery & Market with his wife Emma Johnson-Owens in 1938. The business was a great success and throughout that time, her mother also cooked and fed the community well. However, after her parents grew older, Cynthia Green, left California with her husband and family in 1979, and returned to Baton Rouge to assist her brother, Carl Owens, to continue operate Owens, as it is today. As Baton Rouge continued to grow, larger grocers moved closer to her business with them brought more reasonable prices which decreased her grocery sales. With this in mind, they knew to stay open, they had to go to PLAN B, which was to continue to push the hearty, soulful meals. Together, they brought different menu ideas for their moms comfort line of foods. Carl invented, what's still known today as the Truck Driver & Sub-Marine Po-boys. Cynthia's awesome homemade bread pudding, Obama Burgers, peach cobbler and much much more kept the customers begging for more. Her line of comfort foods sold on a weekly basis include items such as jambalaya, fried chicken, smothered chicken, pork chops, baked chicken, turkey necks, chitterlings, meatloaf; sides such as mustard greens, collards, cabbage, candy yams, okra & tomatoes; extremely too many to name, but the list goes on and on. It is obvious that Green puts her heart and soul into her cooking and truly loves to see people gather around to enjoy a meal at her deli. The family of Owens not only feed those when they don't have the money for a meal, but when you just need great conversation or counseling, as busy as they are, she and her family is there to listen, advise and lend help with whatever the need is. So, whether you are looking for a place to satisfy your taste buds or for a good soul who loves the idea of making people happy with good food and fellowship, you are always welcome to dine with the Greens at Owens.

Happy Thursday!
08/13/2026

Happy Thursday!

Happy Wednesday!
08/12/2026

Happy Wednesday!

Happy Tuesday!Breakfast is served! 🥓🥞🍳We will have a limited lunch menu today so call early before it all sells out! Ord...
08/11/2026

Happy Tuesday!
Breakfast is served! 🥓🥞🍳We will have a limited lunch menu today so call early before it all sells out!

Order online at www.owensdeli.com

08/08/2026

Owens will be closing at 10:30 for a staff meeting. Sorry for the inconvenience.

🎉 We Have Winners! 🏆✂️Congratulations to our giveaway winners!🌟 Michelle Mitchell — Your child has won a FREE braiding a...
08/07/2026

🎉 We Have Winners! 🏆✂️

Congratulations to our giveaway winners!

🌟 Michelle Mitchell — Your child has won a FREE braiding appointment!

🌟 Ty Mitchell — Your son has won a FREE haircut voucher!

Please send us a message to arrange pickup if you haven't already.

💈 Good news! We still have a few FREE haircut vouchers available. If you have a child who could use a haircut—or you know a family who could benefit—comment below or tag them. We'd love to help a few more students head back to school looking their best!

Thank you again to everyone who participated and to our generous sponsors for making this giveaway possible. ❤️

08/06/2026

Happy Thursday!

Today's Menu:
🦃 Baked Turkey Wings
🥩 Meatloaf
🍗 Fried Chicken

Lunch will be served at 11!

08/05/2026

🎊Happy Wednesday!🎊

Today's Menu:

🥩 Liver and onions
🍗 Baked or Fried chicken
🥩 Baked pork chops

Green beans
Cabbage
Mac
Red beans
Yams
Collards
Mash
Rice n gravy

Happy Tuesday! We have a limited menu today, along with all your favorite Poboys & Sandwiches! Stop by before it's all g...
08/04/2026

Happy Tuesday!

We have a limited menu today, along with all your favorite Poboys & Sandwiches! Stop by before it's all gone!

08/02/2026

🎉 GIVEAWAY TIME! 🎉

The Back to School Bash may be over, but we still have more ways to bless our community! ❤️

Thanks to some amazing supporters, we have 9 FREE haircut vouchers and 1 FREE braiding appointment available to help students head back to school looking and feeling their best! ✂️🎒✨

To enter:
✅ Like this post
✅ Comment “Haircut” or “Braid” to let us know which service you would like your child to win
✅ Comment the grade your child is entering this school year
✅ Tag another parent who could use this blessing

📸 Bonus entry: If you attended our 9th Annual Back to School Bash, share a picture from the event in the comments. We’d love to see your favorite moments!

Winners will be selected at random and announced on Wednesday, August 5th.

A special thank you to Ray Jay’s College of Hair and our braider for donating these services and helping us continue to pour back into our youth and our community. ❤️

Good luck to everyone, and here’s to a successful school year! 📚✏️

Another one for the books! ❤️📚Our 9th Annual Back to School Bash was an incredible success! Thank you to everyone who ca...
08/02/2026

Another one for the books! ❤️📚

Our 9th Annual Back to School Bash was an incredible success! Thank you to everyone who came out to fellowship with us. We hope your family was blessed by the event and that your children are one step closer to being ready for an amazing school year.

We couldn't have done it without the support of our amazing sponsors, volunteers, and community partners. A heartfelt thank you to:
• Mr. Ray Love for providing free haircuts
• PJ Tha DJ for keeping the energy going all day
• The Baton Rouge Magnet High School Key Club, BETA Club, and National Honor Society for volunteering their time and creativity with the face painting 🎨
• Lamar Advertising for donating undergarments
• Sharon Freeman-Riley for donating backpacks, uniforms, tennis shoes, cupcakes, and more
• NGBC Nehemiah Ministry for helping with setup and food preparation
• Mr. John Paul & Red River Bank for sponsoring the ice cream truck
• EBRP Library Book Mobile
• Kemper Life
• King's Creations
• Mrs. Leuvenia Veal
• Pastor Deborah Riley and the members of New Morning Star Baptist Church
• The Men's Ministry of St. Aloysius Church
• Murphy Law Firm
• Raising Cane's for donating lemonade cards
• Coffee Call for donating beignet cards
• Benny's Car Wash for the scratch-off cards and raffle prize
• Ray Jay's College of Hair for the free haircut vouchers
• Bet-R Supermarket
• District 7 Councilwoman Twanna Harris
• Family Court Judge Caullette Jackson..and to everyone else who donated, volunteered, or supported this event in any way. Your generosity and willingness to serve helped make this year's Back to School Bash one to remember. We are truly grateful for each and every one of you. ❤️

As promised, we selected 4 raffle winners, and they have all been contacted. Congratulations to:
🎉 Tashira K. – Benny's Gift Card
🎉 Quinetta – Owens Grocery Market & Deli Family Meal Certificate
🎉 Michelle – 1-Month Benny's Car Wash Membership
🎉 Porscha W. – Owens Grocery Market & Deli Family Meal Certificate

Winners may pick up their prizes this Tuesday between 7:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

Thank you again for making our 9th Annual Back to School Bash such a wonderful day. We look forward to seeing everyone again next year!

Address

2444 Balis Drive
Baton Rouge, LA
70808

Opening Hours

Tuesday 7am - 2pm
Wednesday 7am - 2pm
Thursday 7am - 2pm
Friday 7am - 2pm
Saturday 7am - 12pm

Telephone

+12259265831

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