Issue Articles — OffBeat Eats
Ideal Supermarket
The immediate influx of Latin American workers after Hurricane Katrina has had and will continue to have an indelible impact on New Orleans culture. Similar to the African and Caribbean […]
Bar Stories: Local musicians report from the drinking front
New Orleans musicians, on average, spend lots of time in bars, both playing and drinking. Here, OffBeat serves up a dozen stories, shaken and stirred. Salvatore Geloso, singer-songwriter/guitarist and […]
Brewer/Bassist: Brian “Bruiser” Broussard makes beer and plays music
Brian “Bruiser” Broussard has had a foot in both the beer and music worlds since he was a teenager. He began brewing at Abita on his 19th birthday, and went […]
Shaya
It’s a tossup as to which has received more critical acclaim over the past year: the Broadway blockbuster Hamilton or the justified hubris of hummus, restaurant Shaya. While theatre enthusiasts […]
Queen Of Her Castle: Chef Kristen Essig
How chef Kristen Essig walked away from New Orleans’ latest great restaurant and found herself at home. Chef Kristen Essig was ready, no doubt. This was her moment, and […]
Eat Street: The resurgence of Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard
When the St. Roch Market opened in 2015, Councilmember-at-Large Jason Williams heralded the Landrieu administration capital project for “providing a necessary service to the surrounding neighborhoods,” and called it “an […]
Coquette
Experienced restaurateurs will tell you that the three most important ingredients to a restaurant’s success are the same as the three factors that matter most in real estate: location, location, […]
Rum and the Lash
For a city where the concept of “last call” is as foreign as a Jazz Fest without rain, New Orleans has surprisingly few dining options to satisfy a case of […]
New Flavors in New Orleans
Seven of the tastiest new restaurants in town. New Orleans is opening new restaurants at a pace that can challenge even a studious recommender. Are there trends among these? […]
Roux Carré
Good Work Network fosters the endeavors of local minority-owned and women-owned businesses. The non-profit’s most recent investment is Roux Carré, an open-air food court on the blossoming Oretha Castle Haley […]
