BATON ROUGE — A popular seafood restaurant says it has lost its lease and must move to a new location.

Drago's said its location on Constitution Avenue near College Drive in Baton Rouge would close by the end of the month and reopen later at a new location yet to be announced.

The restaurant's operators said they were "in the process of negotiating a new home for Drago's Baton Rouge." It promised updates "very soon."

Drago's also has other restaurants in Louisiana and Mississippi.