Ian Mcnulty

Famous for its muffuletta sandwich, Central Grocery reopens Dec. 14 after hurricane damage in 2021 forced the French Quarter landmark to close.

Here's what we know.

of 2 The holidays and Chinese food go together like, well, holidays and a marathon session of “A Christmas Story.” It's a seasonal tradition for many.

The restaurant was evacuated swiftly, with diners leaving half-eaten entrées on the table and cooks snapping off the stove and dashing out with ingredients still on the skillets.

I hope you're hungry. Here are 25 tastes, snapshot style, of eating around New Orleans through another busy year covering this ever-changing dining scene.

The restaurant was evacuated swiftly, with diners leaving half-eaten entrées on the table and cooks snapping off the stove and dashing out with ingredients still on the skillets.

Mahony's Po-boys first opened in 2008 as a revival of a style beloved in New Orleans. After these changes, it feels like a revival all over again.

Nekkei is a new Japanese pub at the event venue Broadside from the chefs who long ran Carmo.

Tommy's Cuisine was part of the Warehouse District dining scene for two decades before closing in 2024, along with the related lounge N.O.S.H. Now two new restaurants from a pair of up-and-comers in the business are taking over.

Consider the classic whiskey old fashioned. You can count the necessary ingredients on the fingers of one hand.