Know Your NOLA
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.”
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.
It was easy to feel like you were in a place far away from our city. Homes that looked nothing like ours, a quiet and calm that New Orleans isn’t known for and a wealth that isn’t even approached by any but one or two other neighborhoods. Where was I?
If the walls of this art-deco building could talk, they’d tell about grand political circles, art deco history and the secrets of Earhart’s last attempt to fly around the world.
Not only does Christina Balzebre put a lot of effort into making her space welcoming for her customers, but she also prides herself on creating an environment where her staff feels comfortable.
For more than a century, Angelo Brocato’s has bring bringing the sweet taste of Sicily to New Orleans.
The new brewing facility plans on providing jobs, and even bringing tourists and large events out to New Orleans East.
The space is New Orleans first black-owned yoga studio and continues the legacy of female entrepreneurship in Storyville.
Food is just better when you know been that it’s made with love, care and, possibly, some old family recipes. I’ve always wanted something more than the same old thing, so when I heard an actual chicken and waffles restaurant was opening in my neck of the woods, I couldn’t get over there fast enough.
Because art, A/C and free are a mighty fine combination, if you ask us.