NEW ORLEANS — Chef Emeril Lagasse’s flagship restaurant, Emeril’s, will reopen its doors on Sept. 28, after being closed for over a year due to the pandemic and Hurricane Ida. David Slater, culinary director of Emeril’s Homebase, will work alongside…
NEW ORLEANS - Beignet Fest is teaming up with food vendors that were slated to participate at this year’s festival to showcase a wide variety of beignet dishes. The food will be available to purchase at vendor locations across the…
NEW ORLEANS – Carnival Cruise Line announced that the Carnival Glory will depart on Sunday, Sept. 19 from the Erato Street Cruise Terminal on a seven-day cruise to the Bahamas. The week-long voyage will be the first sailing from New…
NEW ORLEANS - Restaurateur Robért LeBlanc, of LeBlanc and Smith, announced this week that he is closing Cavan Restaurant and Bar (3607 Magazine Street) even as he’s preparing to open a new spot, The Will and the Way, in the…
NEW ORLEANS - Made in New Orleans Foundation is bringing direct relief to hospitality workers. BIPOC Hospitality workers whose income has been affected by Hurricane Ida are eligible to apply for a limited number of $500 direct relief grants. Additionally,…
NEW ORLEANS - Mary Beth Romig Haskins, a 40-year public relations veteran, is returning to New Orleans & Company, the city’s destination marketing organization, as associate vice president of communications and public…
NEW ORLEANS - Carnival Cruise Line announced that the Carnival Glory will depart on Sunday, Sept. 19 from the Erato Street Cruise Terminal on a seven-day cruise to the Bahamas. The week-long voyage to Bimini, Freeport and Nassau will be…
NEW ORLEANS – A coalition of New Orleans nightclubs and music venues, in partnership with New Orleans & Company, will host the Oct. 7-17 NOLAxNOLA series of live music events. The goal is to support venues, musicians and culture bearers…
NEW ORLEANS - Eric Cook, executive chef and owner of Gris-Gris, will open his second restaurant, Saint John, in mid-September at 1117 Decatur Street (formerly home to Trinity and, before that, Maximo’s). He said the restaurant will serve his take…
NEW ORLEANS – PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans has created an exclusive blend for guests of the Four Seasons Hotel New Orleans. It’s available now via room service and at private events. Next year, it will be packaged in single-serve…
METAIRIE — The Louisiana Restaurant Association, the National Restaurant Association and 50 other state restaurant association partners sent a letter to Congressional leadership sharing new national consumer confidence survey findings and urging swift replenishment of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. Louisiana…
NEW ORLEANS – Fidelity Bank said its third-annual P.O.W.E.R. Plates Program raised $15,000 for the Louisiana Hospitality Foundation. This year, 67 women-led companies in New Orleans, the Northshore and Baton Rouge participated in an event that aims to drive business…
NEW ORLEANS - Emeril’s Homebase has announced the promotion of Bergen Carman to chef de cuisine at Meril. Carman first joined the Emeril’s Delmonico team as pastry cook in 2008. She is a familiar face in the Meril kitchen, having…
NEW ORLEANS — From the City of New Orleans: Blue Bikes will be rolling on city streets again starting this week, after a year's absence. Blue Krewe, the local, community-based nonprofit that operates and manages the bikeshare program, has relaunched…
NEW ORLEANS — The owners of Magasin Cafe said they will open a new seafood restaurant called Mukbang this fall on Oak Street in the former Chiba restaurant space. “Having operated Magasin for a number of years, we wanted to…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It's a neighborhood bar and restaurant, but for two extended weekends every year, the “regulars” at Liuzza's by the Track include an overflow crowd of tourists grabbing drinks and settling in for meals on their way…
NEW ORLEANS - Here are the week’s top business stories: Hotels Debut Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences New Orleans is now open in the former headquarters of the World Trade Center building at the foot of Canal Street. In…
NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Wine & Food Experience has been named a winner in the 2021 USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice travel award contest for Best Wine Festival. NOWFE was nominated by a panel of experts who partnered…
NEW ORLEANS — Virgin Hotels New Orleans opened for business on Wednesday, Aug. 18 at 550 Baronne Street in the Warehouse District. The new hotel features 238 rooms and multiple dining and drinking outlets, including Commons Club, Dreamboat, the Pool…
NEW ORLEANS – Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences New Orleans is now open in the former headquarters of the World Trade Center building at the foot of Canal Street. In 2018, the hotelier began an approximately $450 million renovation…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – PRA Business Events New Orleans announced the appointment of Cindy Hayes to the position of General Manager and Jennifer Stanton, DMCP to the position of Senior Event Producer. “It…
NEW ORLEANS - Organizers of the 2021 French Quarter Festival announced they are cancelling their planned October 2021 event, which had been rescheduled from April, because of increased rates of COVID infections and hospitalizations in the area. The decision came…
NEW ORLEANS - Here are week's top business stories: Notes from the Pandemic The City of New Orleans has announced that proof of vaccination or a negative PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test will be required to participate in activities with…
NEW ORLEANS – Lark Hotels has partnered with New Orleans-based hospitality group Angevin & Co., founded by restaurateur and entrepreneur Robert Thompson. Since 2012, the Massachusetts-based hotel company has introduced boutique properties in coastal cities nationwide. Thompson, meanwhile, is responsible…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — People who want to enter New Orleans bars, restaurants, music halls — or any other inside venue — will soon have to show proof of vaccination against the coronavirus or a recent negative test, according to…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With new COVID-19 cases surging in Louisiana, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival won't be returning this year after all, organizers said Sunday. The festival, which traditionally is held in the spring, had been scheduled…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — The Emeril Lagasse Foundation has announced that it will bring Boudin, Bourbon & Beer “Back to the Table” in 2021. In response to the devastating impact the pandemic had on the hospitality industry, the organization…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) - New Orleans & Company is proud to partner with our local museums to offer museum members and a guest to use their current membership to visit all participating institutions, free of charge, throughout the month…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) - New Orleans & Company is hosting a Job Fest and vaccine event on Thursday, Aug. 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Smoothie King Center. A critical component of the hospitality industry’s resurgence…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana on Monday reinstated a mask mandate in all indoor locations, including schools and colleges, as the state struggles with a fast-growing fourth surge of COVID-19 driven by the delta variant and one of the nation’s…
