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Official opening of West Bank Spray Park set for July 30
The St. Charles Parish Department of Parks and Recreation will celebrate the opening of its new West Bank Spray Park with a ribbon cutting and remarks from parish officials at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 30, at 274 Judge Edward Dufresne Parkway in Luling. The West Bank Spray Park is a 4,635-square-foot facility with more than […] The post Official opening of West Bank Spray Park set for July 30 appeared first on L'Observateur.
Fast-casual chain to open first New Orleans locations
Chicken Salad Chick is expanding its footprint into a major southern city. The fast-casual chicken salad chain has announced a multi-unit franchise agreement that will bring four restaurants to New Orleans. The first location is slated to open in 2025, and the three additional locations are in various stages of development. The multi-unit deal adds to the brand’s existing footprint across the south, including 12 open locations in Louisiana.
New Orleans musician and Dirty Dozen Brass Band original member Lionel Paul Batiste Jr. has died
NEW ORLEANS — One of the original members of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and a member of the prestigious Batiste family has died. According to a Facebook post by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Lionel Paul Batiste Jr. died this week. Lionel Jr. was a drummer for the...
Letters: Opossum tale getting more and more absurd. Give Saffron back
In a truly absurd bureaucratic overreach, Saffron, an opossum, was seized from William Voiles on Feb. 10, while he and his pet pals were happily riding in Voiles’ bike basket during Mardi Gras. Tiny Saffron was rescued from clinging to its dead mother and raised by Voiles, but neither...
Once a major recording studio, downtown New Orleans spot to become bar with late night food
The downtown building at 748 Camp St. has an alluring look within, and a significant role in New Orleans music history, though it has more recently sat dormant. That will soon change. Junebug is a new bar now taking shape here, based around cocktails and a kitchen promising to help...
Mid-City restaurant says it lost around $40K due to 'poor infrastructure'
NEW ORLEANS — Smoke and Honey opened its doors on Bienville Street six months ago. Since then, co-owner Vassiliki Ellwood Yiagazis said they've experienced four power outages. “Most recently, we had to shut down for 12 days due to poor infrastructure," Yiagazis said, “There was a undocumented live wire...
Live at Rouses: Feeding the Gulf Coast
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - For nearly two decades, Rouses have partnered with local food banks like Feeding the Gulf Coast, to provide goods for those in need and, in time of crisis, have doubled our efforts to keep the community fed. Because that’s what we’re here for. Rouses...
A Wooden Quilt for Big Mama
In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired an incredible piece of art: a wooden sculpture by New Orleans artist Jean-Marcel St. Jacques, entitled “A Wooden Quilt for Big Mama.” The wooden quilt weaves together many threads from both St. Jacques's own family history and the stories already told in the institution's collections.
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