Know Your NOLA

How Octavia Books keeps pages turning during digital age

By Aura Bishop | September 20, 2019

Octavia Books has been a neighborhood staple for over 19 years now, for many good reasons. The independent book retailer opened in the year 2000 – a time when many small bookstores were closing and big-box chain stores were popping up in mall parking lots across America.

Not sure what beers to try at NOLA on Tap? Here’s what the brewers have to say

By Matt Haines | September 18, 2019

Whether you’re trying to find the first beer you ever liked — or whether you happen to love them all — 400 beers is a lot. We’re going to have to make some choices at Nola on Tap, and to help we turned to the experts.

After O’Brien’s Grille closes doors, Southern Charm brings down-home cooking to Gretna

By Marielle Songy | September 18, 2019

The idea behind the restaurant is to bring down home Louisiana cooking to the masses and make guests feel as if they are enjoying a meal with family.

Cashing Out: The split check between card-only preference and business safety

By Chelsea Brasted | September 17, 2019

The trend of going cashless has been slow to arrive in New Orleans. But some local businesses are opting for plastic-only payments in lieu of cold hard cash.

King & Queen Emporium International manifests healing, culture, natural products on Bayou Road

By Cierra Chenier | September 16, 2019

The innovation of transport and culture on historic Bayou Road thrives with King & Queen Emporium International, a company supplying handmade soap, oil, incense, and shea butter while fostering healing and spiritual manifestation through its space and products.

When horses learned to fly: the history behind City Park’s famed carousel

By Matt Haines | September 11, 2019

City Park’s carousel is more than 90 years old and is the only hand-carved carousel in the entire state of Louisiana.

Fast Times at One Eyed Jacks: ’80s night is dance party that’s spanned decades

By Aura Bishop | September 10, 2019

In a city known for jazz, funk, and hip-hop, it might be surprising to learn that an ‘80s-themed dance party has been happening every week for nearly 20 years, yet this tradition has endured and thrived.

A perfect cup of breux: Congregation Coffee expands to the CBD

By Chelsea Brasted | September 9, 2019

“For a city known for its great food and quality of restaurants, the quality of the coffee should be just as good,” owner Eliot Gutherie said.

Bored? Try getting ‘board’ games! D4 Tabletop Gaming Café brings nostalgia, adventure, fun to NOLA

By Wynton Yates | September 6, 2019

Strap on you armor, sharpen your sword, grab your shield, and head over to Oak Street for an adventure at D4 Tabletop Gaming Cafe.

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?