Ronnie Evans Jr and his Blue Oak Bar B Q provides the culinary glue that holds together the extraordinarily varied community of drinkers at Grits bar Uptown. One of the eclectic crew is archaeologist, Rolling Elvi, darts thrower, and “one of the 5 most interesting people in the world,” David Stitcher.

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.

Chef Leah Sarris heads up the revolutionary Goldring Center For Culinary Medicine at Tulane University – the first cooking school inside a medical school in the world. Chef Sarris brings along her best friend, April Bellow, paradoxically the chef at Killer Poboys.

The creator of Company Burger, Adam Biderman, rhapsodizes about beef patties, buns and the birth of the cheeseburger. But don’t ask him about Tuesdays or lettuce and tomato. Adam’s plus one, Matthew Consontino, comes clean on grills and girls.

Justin Kennedy dishes out more than poboys at Parkway Bakery. President Obama even got a helping of the unofficial Mayor of Mid City’s 28 year old old school attitude. A born (in Biloxi) real NOLA raconteur, Justin brings along his right hand man Jason to flesh out his poboy fun and philosophy.