It's Baton Rouge: Out To Lunch

Generational family businesses often have a notoriously determined matriach or patriach whose toughness started the business and maintains its success. You may have heard the old tale of the old family business partiach on his death bed. Eyes closed, with his dying breaths he asks who is around the bed. "My son, Seth, are you here " "Yes, dad." "My daughter Samantha are you here " "Yes, dad, I am." When the old man names every member of his family and discovers they re all present, he opens his eyes and says, "So who s minding the store " On today s Out to Lunch, Stephanie sits down with two members of generational family businesses. Mickal Adler is a member of the fourth generation to run Adler s Jewelry, the exclusive jewelry and gift store founded by his great grandfather, Coleman E. Adler. The store first opened in 1898 on Royal Street in the New Orleans French Quarter and quickly became the city s premier jewelry retailer. Today, Adler s has locations in Baton Rouge, and Metairie, as well as its flagship