NEW ORLEANS - Pluck Wine Bar is scheduled for a late March opening in the Warehouse District. Owner Skye LaTorre is a veteran of the restaurant industry who began her career at Emeril’s Delmonico two decades ago. With Pluck, she…
NEW ORLEANS — To celebrate one year until Mardi Gras Day 2022, Camellia Brand, TABASCO Brand Pepper Sauce, Cajun Country Rice and the New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute (NOCHI) will be distributing complimentary red beans and rice starter kits…
NEW ORLEANS – Taste Buds Management, creator of Zea Rotisserie & Bar and Semolina, has announced the debut of Semolina Delivered, a new way to experience the brand’s favorite dishes available exclusively through the delivery app Waitr. Semolina, which closed…
NEW YORK (AP) - The housing market was among the very few bright spots for the U.S. economy in the year of the lockdown and Home Depot became its supplier, racking up an unprecedented $132 billion in sales for 2020.…
NEW YORK (AP) — The $600 stimulus checks got Americans shopping again. After three months of declines, retail sales soared a seasonally adjusted 5.3% in January from the month before, the U.S. Commerce Department said Wednesday. It was the biggest…
Here, from staff and wire reports, are the week's top business stories: Deals and Debuts Clearview City Center and Audubon, owners and operators of multifamily properties, have announced that The Metro at Clearview – an “upscale, five-story apartment community” –…
NEW ORLEANS — Happy Raptor Distilling (1512 Carondelet Street) has announced the release of its newest infused rum, 504King Cake. Made with 100% Louisiana molasses, 504King Cake begins as a white rum handcrafted in Happy Raptor’s Central City distillery and…
METAIRIE – Clearview City Center and Audubon, owners and operators of multifamily properties, have announced that The Metro at Clearview – an "upscale, five-story apartment community" – will be constructed as part of the shopping center's mixed use re-development. The…
MANDEVILLE - Ballard Brands has announced it will host a grand opening event for a new location of PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans on Friday, Feb. 12 at 925 Highway 59, Suite 100 in Mandeville, La. The event will feature…
NEW ORLEANS - Commercial printing company Crystal Clear Imaging said it has an unexpected hit item on its hands: printed cutouts of Bernie Sanders, the iconic U.S. Senator from Vermont, in his famous "chilly with mittens" pose from the Jan.…
ABITA SPRINGS, La. – Abita Brewing Company has introduced Libre Rum & Cola, a ready-to-drink cocktail available in four-packs of 12-ounce cans. “Consumers are looking for convenience without having to sacrifice quality. We started development with the goal of crafting…
NEW ORLEANS – Metal Supermarkets, a supplier of small-quantity metals, announced today that it has signed a franchise agreement to bring a metal supply option to businesses and consumers in the greater New Orleans area. Metal Supermarkets New Orleans will offer…
NEW ORLEANS — Hattie Collins, owner and creator of New Orleans boutique Hattie Sparks, has announced the launch of her interior design company, Hattie Sparks Interiors. Collins said she curates relaxed, yet refined “interiors that alight” – an idea sparked…
NEW ORLEANS – The Crescent City Auction Gallery is hosting an "important winter estates auction" featuring items from the estate of John C. McNeese and deaccessioned art from the private collection of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. The event will be a fundraiser…
NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana State Rep. Royce Duplessis wrote a scathing open letter to Donald Rouse, the co-owner of Rouse's Enterprises LLC, after Rouse's attendance at Wednesday's pro-Trump rally in Washington, D.C. caused controversy this week. "Two days ago, the…
DETROIT (AP) — Sales of new vehicles in the U.S. fell 14.6% last year, but a second-half rebound from a coronavirus-related plunge in the spring kindled optimism for a recovery later this year. Automakers on Tuesday reported selling 14.57 million…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A subdued Carnival season begins Wednesday after the coronavirus pandemic put an end to the crowd-heavy balls and street parades that draw thousands of people to the city every year. The Mardi Gras season always starts…
NEW ORLEANS - Biz New Orleans magazine – the national award-winning monthly business publication – will publish the inaugural edition of the New Orleans 500, a book profiling the most influential leaders in greater New Orleans, in the fourth quarter of 2021. Click…
NEW YORK (AP) — Retail sales increased a modest 3% during a longer holiday season this year, as homebound shoppers spent more on furnishing and food but less on clothing and jewelry, according to figures released Saturday by a firm…
CARENCRO, La. — Gov. John Bel Edwards and Amazon announced the company will open its first Louisiana fulfillment center in the Lafayette Parish city of Carencro. The company will make a $100 million capital investment and create 500 direct jobs…
NEW YORK (AP) — Clothing stores and specialty retailers are offering big discounts and heavily promoting curbside pickup in hopes of rescuing a lackluster holiday shopping season in which surging coronavirus cases have kept many shoppers at home. For some,…
NEW ORLEANS - Poindexter’s Delicatessen, a fresh deli concept helmed by Kellen Poindexter, has just opened at the St. Roch Market, 2381 St. Claude Ave. Poindexter’s is an "ecologically responsible eatery that seeks to impact the local dining sphere with…
NEW ORLEANS – The team behind Barracuda, a "neighborhood taco stand and margarita garden" on Tchoupitoulas Street, has announced it will open a second location in Algiers Point in early 2021. The new location at 446 Pelican Avenue will offer…
MILWAUKEE – The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has unveiled two officially licensed, limited-edition LSU Tigers bobbleheads featuring Joe Burrow. Burrow was selected with the first overall pick by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2020 NFL Draft after…
NEW ORLEANS — Chefs and longtime friends Alison Vega-Knoll and Chris Wilson have opened Larder, a gourmet market and eatery, at 3005 Veterans Blvd. in Metairie. “This has been a dream of ours for a long time,” said Vega-Knoll. “Chris…
BATON ROUGE – The saga over legalized alcohol delivery in Louisiana continued Wednesday with a debate about how the delivery companies’ fees should be structured. Last year, lawmakers legalized alcohol delivery but said the deliveries had to be made by…
NEW ORLEANS – Walmart announced an additional $700 million in cash bonuses to its U.S.-based associates bringing its total 2020 quarterly and special cash bonuses for its U.S.-based associates to more than $2.8 billion. The company’s latest bonus announcement includes…
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NEW ORLEANS - Owner Mandy Simpson and business partner/husband Daren Sumrow have announced the opening of their new NOLA Boards flagship store at 4228 Magazine Street. The NOLA Boards product line includes custom hand-crafted cutting boards, countertops and dining furniture. …
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana shoppers won’t have to pay state sales taxes on most purchases Friday and Saturday. The one-time tax holiday is meant to help residents suffering from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and multiple hurricanes, though some…
NEW ORLEANS — Dagostino Pasta Company, the Baton Rouge-based producer of handmade air-dried pastas and small-batch sauces, has expanded distribution to stores across the greater New Orleans area. In addition to these locally made products, Dagostino offers gourmet gift baskets…
