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 […]
New Orleans Food News: July 2025
*I know there’s no June 2025 Food News. Oops! Dad’s cookin’ . . . Named after Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne deBienville, the French explorer known as the “Father of Louisiana,” Le Moyne Bistro is the latest restaurant launched by Tim Armstead and chefs Farrell Harrison and Christian Hurst. With Warehouse District […]
New Orleans Food News: March 2025
Full of beans . . . Chef Maya Mastersson has been tapped to head the kitchen at the new restaurant inside Beanlandia, headquarters for the Krewe of Red Beans. What began as a small marching parade glorifying a local Monday-night tradition was catapulted into an organization built by and for […]
GW Fins Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary By Giving Back
Fine dining French Quarter seafood spot GW Fins celebrates its 20th anniversary this April and to commemorate this momentous occasion, owner Gary Wollerman has launched the Fins Wings For Fins’ Kids Foundation. Philanthropic almost since its inception, GW Fins has found yet another way to give back to both the […]