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 Kloe Witt and Katherine Hart, Mid-City Messenger An underused lot near Bayou St. John is being transformed into a public green space and stormwater collection and monitoring center. Construction began in the fall on the Sewerage & Water Board Green Infrastructure Project at Orleans Avenue and Moss Street. The site is set to open this Read More…
By Macie Batson, Mid-City Messenger A new building planned for a prominent Mid-City corner will include a healthy choice for juice enthusiasts. Main Squeeze Juice Co., a fast-casual juice and smoothie bar, plans to open its doors in the fall of 2023 on South Carrollton Avenue and Canal Street. Local developer Vincent Marcello owns the Read More…
Adriane Butler was first introduced to the Arts Market as a customer. “I attended one of the Arts Markets and thought it was a excellent way to support local creators,” Butler said. She began making her own fabric creations about three years ago, and early on in the pandemic, she became a participant in the Read More…
Addis NOLA will officially open its new location Thursday (Nov. 10) on Bayou Road, New Orleans’ oldest passageway and a bustling hub for Black-owned businesses. When Addis NOLA first opened on Broad Street near Tulane Avenue in August 2019, it gave New Orleanians a taste of the cultural heritage of East Africa through an authentic Read More…
The Historic District Landmarks Commission will decide Wednesday whether to approve the nomination of the building that contained the former Chris Steak House and the first Ruth’s Chris Steak House for landmark status. It was nominated by Nicholas Matulich Jr., the grandson of Chris Matulich, the original Chris of Chris Steak House. The building, known Read More…
By Katherine Hart, Mid-City Messenger It’s hard to pass by the hulking, blighted, graffiti-ridden former Lindy Boggs Medical Center and not wonder: When are they going to do something about that place? The Mid-City Neighborhood Organization regularly invites the project developers to answer that question, and a string of developers and other officials regularly has Read More…
By Katherine Hart, Mid-City Messenger Ronald McDonald Charities is saying goodbye to its longtime New Orleans home, the cheerful yellow house on Canal Street and North Alexander. The local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, will be taking its place. Both nonprofits are gaining more space to carry out their missions. Read More…
By Jeanne D’Arcy, Mid-City Messenger The familiar red heart in a yellow crescent will soon return to three Mid-City neutral grounds. New Mid-City signs will replace the three signs blown down in Hurricane Ida. The colorful, whimsical signs on the neutral ground at South Broad and Tulane Avenue, South Carrolton Avenue and Ulloa Street, and Read More…
By Jackie Galli, Mid-City Messenger Club Pressure on Tulane Avenue has everything a strip club should: dancers, poles, lots of cash. The one thing it doesn’t have is a permit to operate as a strip club. Pressure has been operating as a strip club since at least 2019, judging by the photos on their social Read More…
