Slurping wetly and noisily at the nourishment that is New Orleans
A new festival celebrating legendary New Orleans writer Lafcadio Hearn and the city’s ties with Japan is the brainchild of Amy Kirk Duvoisin, founder of the beloved Joan of Arc Parade. If you Google the name Lafcadio, a top result offers pronunciation help: laf-KAH-dee-oh. But if Amy Kirk Duvoisin has […]
LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana opened a new French Quarter exhibition space this spring, offering a comprehensive – and fascinating – overview of Queer history in New Orleans. Over a decade ago, Stuart Butler, a veteran political activist for the local LGBTQ+ community, invited a few close friends over to […]
Here we come a-waffling . . . New Orleans-born entrepreneur Jelani Hankins has launched only coffee, a pink pick-up window next to Habana Outpost on the corner of Esplanade Avenue and Rampart Street. Serving specialty coffee drinks pulled from beans they imported from Brazil and Ethiopia and roasted “in-house,” the […]
Revisiting restaurants covered years ago to see what’s changed, or what’s deliciously stayed the same. “I think the most obvious changes are not at the restaurant itself, but the city in general,” says Frank Brigtsen, chef and co-owner of Brigtsen’s Restaurant. “I say that is because of the altered perspective […]
Neighborhood nosh . . . Among the first culinarians to graduate from New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute (NOCHI) and kin of The Kupcake Factory owners, Laura Bueso recently partnered with her mother to launch Barrio Bites Mid-City. Located in the former Church Alley Coffee shop space on Canal Street, […]
Royal Street phenom Christian Davenport, otherwise known as “Cubs the Poet,” finds a permanent space for his art – and his trusty typewriter – in the Shops of the Upper Pontalba. From tiny Voodoo effigies and custom-made perfumes to antique glass eyes and tailored wigs, shops in the French Quarter […]
An educational non-profit settles into a new home in the French Quarter, where it’s raising awareness on sustainability – and offering fun, colorful solutions through the art of sewing. Tucked away in an early 20th century brick building only a few blocks from Canal Street, the sewists at ricRACK are […]
Bonafide splash . . . For over a decade hungry diners have enjoyed fried chicken sandwiches and Belgian fries from Bonafried which began life in 2014 as a pop-up and started rolling as a food truck two years later. People would flock to the truck whether it was parked downtown […]
Revisiting restaurants covered years ago to see what’s changed, or what’s deliciously stayed the same. It’s been more than 17 years since Chef Nathanial Zimet’s BBQ dreams made the jump from the celebrated “Purple Truck” (aka Que Crawl) into a side-hall cottage on Jeanette Street. In the years since, the […]
There’s something to be said for infotainment, as a tour with ‘The Professor’ blends historical facts with a little local flavor. “This is a weird ass town . . . it really is.” laughs Ric “The Professor” Coleman of Hottest Hell Tours. “You can mine its history for a thousand […]
It’s a family affair at a new Vietnamese restaurant in the St. Claude corridor – just outside the Marigny – and happily, everyone’s invited. Many people exclaim that their mother’s cooking is the best, but at Mời Vietnamese Deli & Homestyle Cooking, the proof is in the cà ri gà. […]
Crossing the pond . . . After almost five years in business, a Mid-City smash burger joint has branched out across the lake. Banks Street’s Bub’s Burgers has opened a third location (or does the grab-n-go spot opened last year on Freret Street only count as half a location?) in […]
Restaurants struggling to stay open amid a year-long street construction project have devised creative incentives to attract diners. Colorful slips of paper tied to the chain link fence in front of Zhang Bistro flutter at passersby braving the construction on Decatur Street. The restaurant’s co-owner Lily Rueangnuy created the wish […]