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Smoke My Crabs Jackie O – Midnight Menu +1 – It’s New Orleans

Steve Armbruster pioneered the New Orleans pop up restaurant scene back in 1978 when he founded a kitchen in Tipitina’s. Steve and 13 friends opened Tips a year earlier so they could hear R&B artists who, thanks to The Beatles, “The British Invasion” and the total demise of New Orleans music, had no other place…

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300 Reasons to Love an Alcoholic – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

Morgan Molthrop is writing a book called 300 Reasons to Love New Orleans. He has to hand the manuscript in tomorrow. As Happy Hour kicks off he’s gotten the list up to 290. He needs another 10 reasons to love New Orleans in the next 60 minutes. It would be good if we could avoid associating…

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NOJO Robinette – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

If there’s one thing everybody around the world knows about New Orleans, it’s that we were the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The other thing they probably know is, we’re the birthplace of jazz. The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra was, for a time, one of the most successful and well-funded jazz institutions in the city.  Today, a…

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Blend In and Stay Out The Sun – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

If you’re a white person in the U.S. you might tend to think of other races as being, of themselves, monolithic. However, if you’re a member of a race with non-white skin hues you are more attuned to the finer shades of skin color that make you lighter or darker than other people of your…

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The Franchise Option – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

When you think of a business that’s based on franchising, you probably think of places like Subway and McDonalds. But there are many more. There are over 750,000 franchise outlets in the U.S. Some of them might surprise you. Like Barre 3. They’re workout studios that combine ballet barre with yoga and Pilates.  There are 3…

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