Behind the Barricades

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 […]

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DNR: Tableau

The acronym DNR can mean so many things; Do Not Resuscitate, Do Not Rent, Do Not Rehire, etc. Today, for me, it means “Do Not Recommend.” Since I do a lot of talking and writing about food and restaurants in New Orleans, people often ask me to offer recommendations for […]

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