5 Reasons to Go to Sugar Park Tonight
When Sugar Park was at its old location, it was the first New Orleans dive bar I ever fell in love with. It was one of those buildings where everything was wood – wood floors, wooden bar, even wooden church pews in the dining room – and made you feel like you’d stumbled into some...
Culture Focus: SOFAB
By: Chanda Nunez New Orleans is a city deep in food traditions, however little is known about the museum that is dictated to preserving this culture. The Southern Food and Beverage Museum (SoFAB) was founded in 2004 by Liz Williams, Matt Konigsmark, and Gina Warner. Located in downtown New Orleans in the Riverwalk Marketplace,SoFAB was...
Food Focus: Merchant
By: Elizabeth Tran Merchant 800 Common Street 504-571-9580 https://www.facebook.com/MerchantNOLA Merchant is not to be confused for a mere café. This sleek, upscale location at the Maritime in the CBD, for the purposes of convenience and technicality, can be categorized as a café. But in reality, it is in a niche of its own, on the...
Pravda: the true vodka
By: Rebeca Garcia Although I really enjoy the occasional girly drink, it took me longer than it should have to try a Cosmo, in part because vodka and I were no longer in speaking terms after certain college hangovers. Our reconciliation, however, could have not happened in a better place: Pravda (Russian for truth, named...
THE INVADER GUIDE TO ASIAN CUISINE
By: Elizabeth Tran When it comes to Asian cuisine in New Orleans, I consider myself an insider. I grew up with a Vietnamese mother who cooked every night and was the definition of a snob, and a Vietnamese father who refused to eat nothing but Asian food every single meal save for the few...
