If Bon Temps Coffee Bar were located in Brooklyn, there’d be a line long enough to have its own Snapchat filter each morning. Lucky for us, Bon Temps is located in downtown Shreveport’s Red River…
Shreveport Aquarium is now open at 601 Clyde Fant Parkway in downtown Shreveport, and droves of visitors are experiencing it for the first time. If you’re planning a visit, here are a few of our…
It’s not that I’m a pizza snob. I just have a difficult time finding a crust that I love. I loved the crust at the now-closed Pietro’s, and I love the crust at the newly…
It’s got a silly name, but Red River Brewing Company‘s new fresh hop IPA (an uncommon style also known as “wet hop” or “harvest ale”) is seriously delicious. Produced using Mosaic hops that were overnighted…
Gators and Friends Exotic Animal Petting Zoo and Adventure Park was already a unique place before Sept. 30, 2017. Not only could you observe alligators being fed, hold a baby alligator and hang out with…
Am I predisposed to write positively about SALT, the soon-to-open restaurant located inside of Shreveport Aquarium, after getting a sneak peek during a recent trial run? Well, honestly, I was predisposed to root for this…
Featured photo: A busy patio at Flying Heart Brewing in Bossier City. Louisiana Craft Brewers Week returns, Sept. 17-23, 2017, and several Shreveport-Bossier breweries, bars and restaurants are hosting special events to celebrate local and…
Featured Photo: A photo of the Reaping the Harvest Festival downloaded from the WeGrowTogether Facebook page for promotional purposes. Reaping the Harvest, an annual celebration hosted by the Red River Coalition of Community Gardeners, has…
Recently, a boba tea and smoothie shop called N2O Puff (1131 Airline Drive, Bossier City) opened in Rams Airline Plaza, at the corner of Airline Drive and Barksdale Boulevard in Bossier City. My interest was initially driven…
Featured photo: Kim Hand, owner of Buttercups Cupcakes, holds the bakery’s signature unicorn cake. Photo by Jennifer Robison. If you have a sweet tooth and live in the Shreveport-Bossier area, chances are good that…
During the month of June 2017, Hickory Stick – a barbecue joint located at 4448 Youree Drive in Shreveport – is throwing itself a birthday party. The locally owned, family-run restaurant is celebrating 40 years…
Just a few short years ago, American Craft Beer Week would have come and gone relatively quietly in Shreveport-Bossier. That’s changed now that Shreveport and Bossier City are home to three popular craft breweries and…
At a press conference to announce details of their 2017 Thoroughbred racing season, representatives of Harrah’s Louisiana Downs in Bossier City announced that the track will host a NTRA National Handicapping Championship (NHC) qualifier event…
I’m going to go out on a limb, here – or the branch of a rose bush, at least – and say that there’s probably never been a better time to visit the Gardens of…
With their recent move from a tiny storefront in the Heart of Bossier Shopping Center to a sprawling, sun-washed space at 678 Egan Street in Shreveport, you get the feeling that the folks at Well+Fed…
I don’t know what I was expecting to find on my first visit to Rocket Fizz Bossier City, but I certainly was not prepared for the scale of the place nor the amount of fun…
There is absolutely nothing humdrum, average or predictable about The Levee (520 East Kings Highway, Shreveport), a new craft cocktail lounge and garden-to-table restaurant in Shreveport that will be hosting a party during 318 Restaurant Week….
Featured photo: The breezy patio at Twisted Root Burger Company, one of the most inviting outdoor dining spaces in Shreveport. Photo provided by Twisted Root Burger Company. If you’ve ever wanted to sample the exotic…
Featured image: Shawn Feaster has prepared barbecue at Joe Cobb Bar-B-Q in Bossier City for 23 years. In 1952, Joe Cobb began selling barbecue out of the back of his brother Herschel’s meat market in…
