FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — When Jose Andres first came to New York City, the wide-eyed sailor in the Spanish navy docked on West 30th Street full of ambition. Decades later, the award-winning chef has an upscale food hall on…
NEW ORLEANS — Mahony’s Po-Boys & Seafood said it is teaming up with iconic New Orleans brands Leidenheimer Baking Co., Blue Plate Mayonnaise, Chisesi Brothers and local hospitality industry partners to launch “Loaves of Love.” This campaign will help feed…
NEW ORLEANS – We asked more than 500 local business leaders how they are dealing with the challenges of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some of their insights and observations: How are you coping with the current coronavirus crisis?…
NEW ORLEANS - From Port Orleans Brewing Co.: Port Orleans is partnering with NATCO Food Service, Louisiana Fresh Produce and Blue Runner Red Beans to serve freshly prepared food for pick-up for service industry employees. The free meals will help…
NEW ORLEANS - Here’s a successful pivot: QED Hospitality co-owners Emery Whalen and Brian Landry have temporarily shut down their food and beverage outlets in New Orleans (Jack Rose, Hot Tin, Bayou Bar and The Parlor at the Pontchartrain) and…
NEW ORLEANS - For the last five years, Mark Taliancich, Meagen Moreland-Taliancich and Peter Rivera have dreamed of making premium infused rum made from Louisiana molasses. In 2017, the trio officially incorporated Happy Raptor Distilling and spent the next two…
NEW ORLEANS - Justin and Mia Devillier, owners of La Petit Grocery and Justine, are selling a variety of special packages to raise money for the nearly 125 employees of both restaurants who are currently financially unstable because of the…
NEW ORLEANS - NOLA Brewing has updated a few of its standard processes to accommodate COVID-19, including adding hand sanitizer to the production schedule. The first batch of hand sanitizer was released to a local grocery chain on Friday, March…
NEW ORLEANS - In 2005, during Hurricane Katrina, all six Robért Fresh Market grocery stores were destroyed by a combination of flood water, wind and rain. Nobody knew how or if things would return to normal. The current COVID-19 crisis…
NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Hospitality and Culinary Institute, a nonprofit culinary school, will be offering a series of online “Cooking in Quarantine” classes for the at-home chef at 5 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. From their press release:…
NEW ORLEANS – Waitr, a food ordering and delivery company, announced that it has expanded its partnership with Landry's Inc. to a national partnership to ensure Landry’s food is available to diners in their own homes. More details from a…
NEW ORLEANS - The Louisiana Restaurant Association has partnered with two New Orleans companies to launch a website that connects restaurants who are providing delivery and takeout with potential customers. Open4bizla.com allows open restaurants, regardless if they are members of…
NEW ORLEANS - There were about 100 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Louisiana on Monday. By Friday morning, there were almost 500 cases and 10 deaths. About 300 of the confirmed cases are located in New Orleans. The numbers…
NEW ORLEANS - Leave it to New Orleans to deal with a crisis by thinking of food first and foremost. The latest locals to help make sure the city keeps eating well are the creators of a new online resource…
NEW ORLEANS - Business owners citywide are having to adapt to the new rules put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19, the highly contagious disease that’s disrupting economies worldwide. David Bergeron, owner of the city’s two Creole Creamery…
NEW ORLEANS - The co-founders of D’livery Nola, a local restaurant delivery app, are suddenly busier than they’ve ever been. They just wish it was under different circumstances. Drew Herrington and Stephan Bandi launched their new service nine months ago.…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The restaurant industry will continue to grow in 2020, according to the annual State of the Industry Report from the National Restaurant Association, and there will be more demand for delivery and takeout options. “Now in its…
NEW ORLEANS - Alon Shaya - the James Beard Award-winning chef responsible for Saba on Magazine Street and Safta in Denver - wants to help other restaurateurs build successful businesses. In partnership with his wife Emily, Shaya has added a…
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon wants to kill the supermarket checkout line. The online retailing giant is opening its first cashier-less supermarket, where shoppers can grab milk or eggs and walk out without waiting in line or ever opening their…
NEW ORLEANS - Watch out: salad-making robots are invading the city. In fact, the first one has already arrived and you can find it in the cafeteria of the University Medical Center New Orleans. “Sally,” the creation of a California…
NEW ORLEANS – The University of Holy Cross Food Science Program and Jazzmen Rice (a variety of the grain created by the LSU AgCenter) have announced a new annual scholarship available to students who attend UHC and enroll in the…
Here's the week that was: Looking Up Experts say there are two to three times the amount of crawfish this season compared to last year so prices are way down and everybody's salt intake is way up. ... The Port…
NEW ORLEANS – Urban Properties Real Estate - a New Orleans-based commercial brokerage, property management and development firm - recently helped two culinary brands find and lease locations in Baton Rouge. Good Bird, a healthy rotisserie chicken concept located on…
NEW ORLEANS - Since Zapp's Potato Chips released the Cajun Crawtator chip in 1985, the Gramercy, La.-based company has been churning out inventive, Louisiana-inspired flavors with regularity. Favorites include Sour Cream and Creole Onion, Cajun Dill Gator-tators, Hotter 'N Hot…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The 2020 crawfish season is off to a strong start, with reports of prices that are half what they were a year ago and two to three times the supply. In Bucktown, the hub of seafood…
NEW ORLEANS - On Feb. 26, NOLA Brewing will release canned versions of Hop’d Tea, the brewery's first-ever non-alcoholic beverage. The sparkling tea is currently available on tap at NOLA Brewing in two flavors: Oolong and Rose-Hip Hibiscus. The canned…
HAMMOND, La. — Gov. John Bel Edwards and Scariano Wholesale Foods CEO Jay Scariano III announced a $10 million expansion of the wholesale food distribution facility near Hammond. The project will improve transportation, access and logistics at the site while…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — States on the Gulf of Mexico can keep setting seasons and bag limits for anglers going after red snapper in federal waters when a two-year experiment becomes permanent Thursday. The rule will take effect with publication…
NEW ORLEANS – Melvin Rodrigue, president and CEO of Galatoire’s Restaurants, will serve as the 2020 chair of the National Restaurant Association Board of Directors. Stan Harris, president and CEO of the Louisiana Restaurant Association, will serve as chair of…
NEW ORLEANS - The Big Easy is one of 33 new markets that has recently launched Starbucks Delivers, which is now available in a total of 49 markets across 29 states. Starbucks Delivers is available via the Uber Eats mobile app on iOS…
