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EVENT 9/7: Blue Sparrow Braddock’s Inspired Sandwich

By Stephanie Brea | August 21, 2019

Here’s how you can join Very Local and Blue Sparrow for a one-day, off-menu sandwich special at BG Open Air – located behind Brew Gentlemen in Braddock.

The East goes to the Westbank: the diverse spectrum of Asian cuisine across the river

By Burke Bischoff | August 21, 2019

While most people in New Orleans can only really name one or two Asian restaurants on the Westbank (most of the time being 9 Roses), rest assured there are many fantastic dining options featuring a diverse spectrum of Asian cultures across the river.

Curve the Runway puts a twist on how people view plus-sized fashion

By Mary Staes | August 20, 2019

Like your good Spanx, the organization is the perfect foundation for showing off your curves. The fashion show aims to show plus size women of all heights and backgrounds together embracing their curves and brings designers, consumers and vendors out on the town. 

ABV: wake up and smell the (coffee) porter

By Aadam Soorma | August 20, 2019

Hop Farm’s coffee porter (Fresh Pot of Porter, 5.5% ABV) is a mainstay at the Lawrenceville taproom. It’s also our beer of the week.

Elite Nola League brings New Orleans’ most talented basketball players together in one place

By Noah Ingram | August 19, 2019

The league is made up of 16 teams chock full of hometown heroes, local legends, NBA talent, and players who will soon go back to play professionally overseas.

An open love letter to Café Reconcile: great food, people, mission

By Tom Mayer | August 19, 2019

A powerful mission of positive change, a tight-knit family, and a bananas Foster bread pudding that will put you to sleep in your chair. What more could you ask for?

PHOTOS: Marching krewes dance to get the blood flowing, literally

By Matthew Hinton | August 19, 2019

The krewes put on a show for donors to The Blood Center that is the primary supplier of blood, blood components and plasma derivatives to local hospitals throughout South Louisiana and Southern Mississippi.

A Sandwich with Penguins Broadcaster Josh Getzoff

By Boaz Frankel | August 16, 2019

We sat down with the Pens announcer at Banh Mi & Ti to chat about calling live NHL games and coming up with clever catchphrases.

Back Then: “Mr. Wedding Cake” and Lawrence’s Bakery on Elysian Fields

By Noah Ingram | August 16, 2019

This legendary and beloved bakery started with a butcher who would eventually scheme, dodge death, hustle and work his way up to becoming known throughout the Greater New Orleans area as “Mr. Wedding Cake.”

Heavenly Sweets carries on as the “Everlasting Bakery” on Elysian Fields and Filmore

By Noah Ingram | August 16, 2019

Trinise Prosper clearly remembers looking forward to Sundays when her mother would take her and the whole family to Lawrence’s Bakery on the corner of Elysian Fields and Fillmore. Little did she know, she’d be carrying on a baking tradition in the exact same spot years later.