Issue Articles
The Zulu Mardi Gras Parade’s Coconut Lady is Hard at Work
In a former day care center just off Earhart Boulevard in Hollygrove, Sarah Barrow is happily watching paint dry. Her neighbor has built her a custom table with holes in […]
Josh Cohen of Morning 40 Federation Hits the Spot
Why Bao & Noodle? Because it’s new. The first time I came I had the shrimp with the flat, square noodles, not much bigger than postage stamps. The portions are […]
In the Spirit: Christopher Starnes of Marigny Brasserie
I have a drink that I created that became Debbie Davis’ favorite drink, which then turned her onto gin, while she was never a gin-drinker before. I only make this […]
504 Rock Art Circus
504 Rock Art Circus returns this month with a six-foot troll, tattooed pin-up girls, burlesque dancers and hot rods to Oblique Place, a co-op gallery at 900 Franklin Avenue at […]
Hot Vegan, in From The Cold
Barbara Menendez set New Orleans on fire in the ’80s with her punk-rock band The Cold. She’s now back with another high-energy project—the “Vegan Dawlin’” cookbook. When her husband, guitarist […]
In the Spirit With Chris Benton of Le Foret
“I’ve worked in the restaurant industry for the last 15 years. I kind of fibbed my way into my first bartending job, pretending I had a little more experience than […]
In the Spirit: Murf Reeves at Erin Rose
I started out as a bouncer in Boston. The first question they asked me was, ‘Can you handle yourself in a fight?’ The main clientele was blacks and skinheads. They […]
Phillip Lopez Gets to the Root of Things
When you take one of the 16 reservation-only seats at Square Root, you won’t see knives or drops of sweat flying through the air. You won’t hear vegetables being slaughtered, […]
Beer Tastings on Tap
This month, WYES hosts two fundraisers, a private beer sampling and an international beer-tasting event, that together offer an excellent opportunity to taste some of the best new brews as […]
In The Spirit: “Shake the Devil Off” by Kimberly Patton-Bragg of Tivoli & Lee
Washboard Chaz and I have a New York connection. A gentleman I did Shakespeare with up there used to jam with Washboard Chaz when he lived in San Francisco, so […]
