Companies pitch solutions to New Orleans pressing water issues! Environmentally-minded entrepreneurs will present their water companies to a panelist of water industry leaders and pitch their solutions to the most pressing water-related issues facing our community from 2:00pm – 3:30pm, March 30, 2023 at the New Orleans Entrepreneur Week at Gallier Hall, 545 St. Charles Read More…
By Marielle Songy, Mid-City Messenger Sammy’s Ethiopian Kitchen opened in January, serving fresh traditional food in the Broad Street space that once held another Ethiopian restaurant, Addis NOLA. The owner is a veteran of the two other Ethiopian restaurants in the city: Addis NOLA, now on Bayou Road, and Café Abyssinia, on Magazine Street. Sammy’s Read More…
While New Orleans isn’t necessarily known as a barbecue town, Chef Mike Shaffer is hoping to help change that. Shaffer brings his own style to the New Orleans barbecue scene with Los Crudos Seafood & BBQ, a pop-up that frequents local bars and breweries. Shaffer is from Southern California and spent six years working in Read More…
By Jeanne D’Arcy, Mid-City Messenger Most everyone in New Orleans knows the Angelo Brocato gelato parlor and pastry shop on Carrollton Avenue in Mid-City. Now it is on the national radar. The century-old family business was recently announced as a semifinalist for a 2023 James Beard award in a new category: bakeries. The announcement came Read More…
By Marielle Songy, Mid-City Messenger On Saturday (Jan. 14), Church Alley Café & Grocery on Canal Street will toast its 10th anniversary with champagne, king cake and a raffle benefitting Women With a Vision. Owner Reneé Blanchard moved to New Orleans from Lafayette 12 years ago to work for the Waterkeeper Alliance after the BP Read More…
We believe quality interpretation and translation require a personalized approach and that is exactly what we offer. TNOLA Languages offers in-person language services in New Orleans, where it is headquartered, and in Houston, as well as remote language services across the country. Its professional translators (for writing) and interpreters (for speech) can help your organization provide these Read More…
Franchised Owner/Operator Ben McLeish has deep roots in New Orleans, having lived in the city for more than 20 years, founding a nonprofit organization and leading an inner-city ministry. He has a deep passion for the city his family calls home and plans for his new restaurant to inspire a generation of leaders. Locally Owned and Operated As Read More…
By Marielle Songy, Mid-City Messenger The Mid-City location of Mid City Pizza has closed its doors, according to an announcement posted Saturday (Dec. 10) on the business’s Facebook page. The Uptown location of Mid City Pizza will remain open. “It’s with a heavy heart that we are closing the doors to Mid City Pizza Banks Read More…
Melba’s, the 24-hour restaurant that prides itself on being “America’s Busiest Po’boy Shop,” is now open on Tulane Avenue. The restaurant joins Melba’s original location on Elysian Fields Avenue. Melba’s is owned by Scott Wolfe and his wife, Jane Wolfe, a born and raised New Orleanian, got his start in 1982 when he and Jane Read More…
By Marielle Songy, Mid-City Messenger After spending the summer shuttered, Mid-City music venue Chickie Wah Wah, will reopen on Wednesday (Dec. 7 ). The club has been recovering from the loss of original owner Dale Triguero, who died in July 2021, as music venues everywhere still struggled with pandemic shutdowns and slowdowns. Triguero moved to Read More…
