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Live at Thrive – Midnight Menu +1 – It’s New Orleans

December 10, 2013 Midnight Menu +1

Midnight Menu is live from Thrive at The Laurel Street Bakery this week. Ray and Margo start out the show by welcoming “the genius behind Thrive” (Ray’s understated hyperbole) Peter Menge.   Ray and Margo turn to the main course of the evening, Seth Hamstead, owner of Cleaver and Co. a whole meat old fashioned butcher…

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Food Justice to Geaux – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

December 6, 2013 It's New Orleans: Happy Hour

Peter Menge is hoping that the third (or is it the 4th?) time’s the charm. A NOLA native who had moved to New York just in time to be a part of the dot com bust, Peter’s apartment got wiped out in the terrorist attack on 9/11.  Moving back to NOLA, Peter became a restaurant…

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Getting From A to B: Absinth to Beer – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

December 4, 2013 Out to Lunch

What kind of business person looks at the New Orleans landscape and decides we need more booze? Kirk Coco from NOLA Brewing and Jed Haas from Atelier Vie, that’s who. Plus, what next for Idea Village prize winning biz, Your Nutrition Delivered?

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Coffee Riot 2.0 – Midnight Menu +1 – It’s New Orleans

December 2, 2013 Midnight Menu +1

Greg Hill has been in every one of 500-plus coffee shops in Louisiana. He bought the one without a sign surrounded by competitors. From a blank canvas Greg is turning Cafe Luna into a unique location. His ex-bandmate John Thompson is still rocking, and hating every minute of it.

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VietNOLA – A Helping Hand after Haiyan – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans

December 1, 2013 VietNOLA

NOLA-based acupuncturist and perennial volunteer Quang Huynh takes his blind method acupuncture to the Philippines to help Haiyan victims, one needle at a time. Learn how you can help donate needles or time.

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