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Blakeview: These three New Orleans po-boy spots ain't dere no more

In honor of the 18th annual Oak Street Po-Boy Festival this weekend, we remember some po-boy purveyors of the past. One of them, Acy’s Pool Hall, had a sign over its bar that advertised its sandwiches as the best in the world, according to restaurant reviewer Tom Fitzmorris. In his book “Lost Restaurants of New Orleans,” co-written with Peggy Scott Laborde, Fitzmorris wrote that the statement “may have been going a little far – but only a little.”

New Orleans, LA · 8d
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Simple Joe Cafe on Government Street: Mid City's Diner-Style Breakfast and Lunch Stop Since 2015

Some mornings call for a long brunch. Others call for a mug of coffee, a plate of eggs and a seat where the neighbors already know your order. Simple Joe Cafe on Government Street has been built for the second kind of morning since it opened in Mid City in 2015.

New Orleans, LA · 8d
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How the Turducken Made Its Way From New Orleans to Sarasota

We’ve all had some interesting cravings, but turducken? The idea of a chicken stuffed inside a duck stuffed inside a turkey was said to have been inspired by a customer’s request at Hebert’s Specialty Meats in South Louisiana. In 1986, famed New Orleans chef Paul Prudhomme trademarked the term and popularized the dish. Then Alpine Steakhouse, a family-owned business in Sarasota, boarded the turducken train and began selling its now signature dish here in 1996.

Sarasota, FL · 8d
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Oak Street Loses Glue Clothing Exchange After 20 Years as Owner Chases Music Dream

After two decades selling vintage clothing and guitars and drawing local art students and vintage enthusiasts, Glue Clothing Exchange is closing its doors on Oak Street this Halloween. Owner Jeff Nelson says he's ready to trade the shop counter for a tour van and focus on music again. Glue Clothing...

New Orleans, LA · 8d
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New Orleans Fringe Festival Returns After 12-Year Gap With Circus, Burlesque

After more than a decade without a citywide fringe-style showcase, the New Orleans Fringe Festival is staging its comeback Nov. 12-15, filling stages across Marigny and Bywater with circus acts, burlesque, puppetry, dance and experimental theater. Organizers are billing it as a multi-venue, multi-show marathon, with performances scattered across venues including New Marigny Theatre, Allways Lounge & Cabaret and Siberia.

New Orleans, LA · 8d

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Dusky Waters looks to family history on ‘Mother Magnolia’

A few years back, New Orleans-based musician Dusky Waters was sitting with family around her parents’ kitchen table in Arkansas. Extended family had gathered near Little Rock for her grandmother's funeral, and before long, the cousins and aunts sitting at the table began sharing family stories. “I took out...

New Orleans, LA · 8d

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Widespread Panic Raises Hell With 7 Cover Debuts At New Orleans Halloween Show

Widespread Panic turned to Dante’s Inferno for inspiration on Saturday at New Orleans’ UNO Lakefront Arena, building their Halloween setlist around a descent into the underworld. Seven cover debuts and the returns of “Lake Of Fire,” “Tush” and “Sympathy For The Devil” highlighted the finale of the band’s two-night stand.

New Orleans, LA · 7d

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Top New Orleans restaurants, music venues to visit during Tulane Family Weekend

Tulane University is hosting family weekend, homecoming and class reunions from Nov. 5 to 8, giving students the perfect opportunity to show family and friends around one of the most culturally unique cities in the U.S. Here’s your guide to the best activities and restaurants for the weekend. Live...

New Orleans, LA · 7d

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From ‘I Play Rocky’ to ‘Sterling Point,’ how Jay Duplass went from a Metairie youth to a Hollywood star

When Jay Duplass took the stage to give his acceptance speech for winning the Celluloid Hero Award at the New Orleans Film Society gala last week, he made sure to say, “I grew up in New Metairie — it’s the part that’s not old, not particularly soulful, and definitely not elegant.”

New Orleans, LA · 9d

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This No-Nonsense New Orleans, Louisiana, Counter Has Been Serving Classic Po-Boys Since 1922

Every single week, a kitchen in Louisiana slow-cooks more than 1,000 pounds of roast beef and stirs up over 50 gallons of gravy. That’s not a typo, and it’s not a holiday special either. Put that into perspective for a second: all that gravy has one main job, which is soaking straight into a loaf of French bread.

New Orleans, LA · 10d

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New book ‘compassionately captures’ 1980s AIDS crisis in New Orleans throughout 18 stories

“Skylark,” by William Christy Smith, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 246 pages. I’m a sucker for novels set in 1980s New Orleans, a time and place that shaped my earliest years but which I was far too young to fully absorb. Such is the case with William...

New Orleans, LA · 8d

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Oldest Building in New Orleans Will Feature Actors in Ursuline History Exhibit

Inside the oldest surviving building in the Mississippi River valley, a French Quarter convent completed around 1752, actors will portray five figures connected to the convent. The Old Ursuline Convent Museum is set to open a new exhibit this weekend marking 300 years since Ursuline nuns first arrived in New Orleans, using live performance to tell stories about people connected to the convent.

New Orleans, LA · 9d

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Two New Orleans 'Lion King' Broadway stars missed home: 'Grateful to be back'

New Orleans natives Jennifer Theriot, 35, and Vernon Brooks III, 28, have spent years living out of a few suitcases and a trunk. Touring with Disney’s Broadway musical “The Lion King” means packing light with vacuum-sealed clothes. But there is always room in the luggage for a...

New Orleans, LA · 8d

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14 Top Restaurants In New Orleans, Louisiana Worth The Trip In 2026

I keep thinking about a dessert that gets set on fire right at the table. It was invented in New Orleans in the 1950s, and people still order it today. That tells me Louisiana takes its food seriously. Some dishes come with a show. Others come with decades of stories,...

New Orleans, LA · 13d

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We Ranked 11 Louisiana Restaurants With Mississippi River Views Worth Savoring

One Louisiana barbecue spot starts serving breakfast at 3:30 in the morning. That’s before most roosters bother to clock in. Grab a seat outside, and big ships drift past just over the levee. Another river town spot opens at 4 a.m. for Cajun barbecue. Some of us can barely find the coffee pot by then.

Louisiana · 9d

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At the oldest building in New Orleans, voices from the past come to life in new exhibit

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Completed around 1752, the Old Ursuline Convent in the French Quarter is said to be the oldest surviving building in the Mississippi River valley. Now the Old Ursuline Convent Museum, there’s a new exhibit marking 300 years since the Ursuline nuns arrived in New Orleans.

New Orleans, LA · 10d

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5 Historic U.S. Restaurants That Offer a Truly Memorable Meal

Some restaurants serve a great meal, while others offer a chance to experience a little...

Boston, MA · 9d

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Is Vampire Café ghoulishly good or a gimmick? Here’s what I thought as a New Orleans native.

It wasn’t the flimsy blood bags flowing with ‘fangria,’ the paper bats dangling from chandeliers or the obscure psychedelic music blaring overheard that first caught my attention at New Orleans Vampire Cafe. It was, rather, the people there. The host stood in front of a snaking line...

New Orleans, LA · 9d

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Soccer and Fitness Training Facility Training Opening in the Northshore

Impact Soccer and Fitness Training will focus on developing well-rounded athletes

Mandeville, LA · 10d

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Bonfouca Museum Holds Grand Opening; Chief Warhorse Is Keynote Speaker

The Bonfouca Museum & Research Center held a grand opening, with Chief Warhorse serving as keynote speaker. The Tchefuncta Nation, Chahta Tribe dedicated the museum. The museum is intended to preserve Indigenous history. Chief Warhorse personally invited the author to attend the grand opening. The Tchefuncta Site. The Tchefuncte site...

Slidell, LA · 10d