New Orleans' craft cocktail scene

Ian McNulty on a fresh batch of bartenders stirring up a new drinks scene in New Orleans

• by Ian McNulty
• Tags: Food & Drink Features, craft cocktail, New Orleans, Museum of the American Cocktail

May Day: a march for immigration reform and a rally at City Hall

• by Alex Woodward
Immigrant workers and workers' rights groups plan a march through New Orleans to City Hall.
• Tags: News & Politics, New Orleans City Hall, Civil Rights, Orleans Parish Prison, Congress of Day Laborers, New Orleans Immigration Court, New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice

RTA reveals preliminary plans for Rampart/St. Claude streetcar

• by Alex Woodward
Weeks following the completion and reveal of a new streetcar line on Loyola Avenue before a Super Bowl audience, the RTA presented the first designs — and problems — facing another line planned for downtown.
• Tags: News & Politics, New Orleans Life, Transportation, NORTA, RTA, Justin Augustine, Barbara Major, Jacques Morial

Company Burger chef goes Slavic at a French Quarter cocktail bar

• by Ian McNulty
Latkes, matzoh and dumplings at Perestroika at Pravda. A rum concept and rotisserie-based menu is in the works for the spring.
• Tags: Cocktails & Wine, Food & Drink

Review: Serendipity

Ian McNulty on Chris DeBarr's unique vision at his Mid-City restaurant

• by Ian McNulty
• Tags: Restaurant Review, Serendipity, Chris DeBarr, global food

Review: Cafe Dauphine

Ian McNulty finds a culinary gem in Holy Cross

• by Ian McNulty
• Tags: Restaurant Review, Cafe Dauphine, Holy Cross, Tia Moore-Henry

Review: Shortall's BBQ

Ian McNulty on the barbecue specialist inside the bar 12 Mile Limit

• by Ian McNulty
• Tags: Restaurant Review, Twelve Mile Limit

Review: The Joint

Ian McNulty on the Bywater barbecue shack, which moved to more upscale digs last February

• by Ian McNulty
• Tags: Restaurant Review, The Joint, barbecue

The History of Tulane Stadium(s)

Ryan Whirty on Tulane University's history of building football stadiums -- and why this time things may turn out differently

• by Ryan Whirty

Ms. Linda, "The Ya-Ka-Mein Lady," to appear tomorrow night on Food Network's Chopped

• by Kevin Allman
The Rendezvous Tavern is hosting a viewing party with food by Ms. Linda herself.
• Tags: Food & Drink, TV, Ms. Linda Green, Ya-Ka-Mein Lady, Rendezvous Tavern, Chopped

Cooking at Kermit’s

• by Ian McNulty
Trumpeter and food fanatic Kermit Ruffins has a new restaurant and music venue in the Treme.
• Tags: Food & Drink, Music & Nightlife, Kermit ruffins, kermit’s treme speakeasy restaurant, treme restaurants

Five quail dishes

• Tags: Five in 5, Quail dishes

The Responsible Party

As festival season gets underway, take these precautions to prevent (or mitigate) a hangover

• by Carrie Marks
• Tags: Health Feature, hangover, alcohol, imbibing

Chewbacca comes to New Orleans Comic Con

• by Kandace Graves
Man who played Chewbacca in the first Star Wars films to attend Comic Con convention, read from his children’s book.
• Tags: General, Events & Festivals, A&E, Chewbacca, Peter Mayhew, Wizard World Comic Con, New Orleans, William Shatner, Adam Baldwin, Mary McDonnell, James Marsters, Michael Biehn, Independence Day, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss