Giveaway: Enter to Win Two Tickets to Kegs & Corks
Flying Heart Brewing & Pub, the craft brewery and pizza joint located at the heart of Bossier City’s new East Bank District and Plaza, is joining forces with the Bossier Arts Council to host the…
Meet May the Cheese Be With You, Shreveport-Bossier’s Star Wars-themed Food Truck
In 10 years of conducting interviews with food entrepreneurs in Shreveport-Bossier, I don’t think I’ve ever laughed as much as I did while discussing the new May the Cheese Be With You food truck with…
Wine Country Bistro Introduces Chef’s Table
Wine Country Bistro, Chef Jason Brady’s long-running restaurant at 4800 Line Avenue in Shreveport, quietly introduced an exciting new feature this past winter. Wine Country Bistro’s new chef’s table is one of only two that…
The Cajun Asian’s Viet-Cajun Crawfish Are Buttery, Garlicky and Delicious
Since rockstar chef David Chang featured the dish on his Netflix show Ugly Delicious, “Viet-Cajun”-style boiled crawfish has been all the rage, earning headlines like “Vietnamese-style Crawfish is the Hot New Thing” and “Vietnamese-Cajun Crawfish…
Strawn’s Eat Shop Will Deep-Fry Your Hash Browns (If You Ask Nicely)
I’ve lived in Shreveport-Bossier since 1998, and attended Centenary College of Louisiana – which is located just across Kings Highway from the original location of Strawn’s Eat Shop – for four of those years. During…
El Cabo Verde is Bringing the World’s Greatest Mezcal Bar to Shreveport
Popular local restaurant El Cabo Verde (1023 Provenance Pl. Blvd. #210, Shreveport) will host the proprietors of Mezcaloteca for three public, ticketed events, April 3-4, 2019. Mezcaloteca is a revered mezcal library and bar located…
Pinch, Twist, Win: 318 Crawfish Crawl Celebrates Crawfish Season in Shreveport-Bossier
If you’re planning to eat your approximate weight in boiled crawfish this Spring in Shreveport-Bossier, you ought to check out the new 318 Crawfish Crawl Sponsored by Boomtown Casino and Hotel. This “passport”-style promotion of…
Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins Talks 318 Restaurant Week, Eating Local and More
Right smack dab in the middle of 318 Restaurant Week 2019, I caught up with Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins while he and several of his staff were having lunch at Real BBQ and More. Mayor…
Market 104’s 318 Restaurant Week Dinner is a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure
318 Restaurant Week 2019 has hit full swing, with about 50 local restaurants offering lunch and dinner specials as well as a big list of one-night-only dining experiences underway. Market 104, the restaurant located inside…
5 of the Best 318 Restaurant Week Specials (Now With Animated Gifs!)
As you may have noticed from just about every single post on this blog for the last few weeks, 318 Restaurant Week 2019 is all set for March 18-23. While I’m a big fan of…
Talking 318 Restaurant Week with Chef Blake Jackson
For 318 Restaurant Week 2019, Whisk Dessert Bar‘s Chef Blake Jackson is partnering with Real BBQ and More‘s Harvey Clay for a one-night-only dinner called Where There’s Smoke, 6-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 19 at Real…
Flash Giveaway: Win Two Passes to the Ark-La-Tex Craft Beer and Barbecue Festival
Featured photograph used courtesy of the Ark-La-Tex Craft Beer and Barbecue Festival Facebook page. Here at 20×49.com, the official destination blog of Shreveport-Bossier, nothing makes us happier than giving cool stuff away. We’ve just secured…
A Sneak Peek at Ono’s Hawaiian Grill
Ono’s Hawaiian Grill, the brick-and-mortar restaurant from the team behind Shreveport’s popular Ono’s Traditional Hawaiian Cuisine food truck, appears to be within weeks of opening their beautiful new restaurant at 4015 Fern Avenue. Ono’s founder…
Petroleum Club to Host Brazilian Steak Night During 318 Restaurant Week
318 Restaurant Week returns, March 18-23, 2019, with 50 participating restaurants and 10 special, one-night-only dining experiences. One of those experiences will be a Brazilian Steak Night prepared by Executive Chef Wesley Douglas and his…
Ramirez Mexican Restaurant’s “Crazy Rice” Is Something That You Don’t See Every Day
At this point, I feel fairly confident that I could write a menu for an imaginary Tex-Mex restaurant that would match the menus of at least 30 or 40 businesses in Shreveport-Bossier. There are lots…
A Sneak Peek at the 2019 Eat Here Guide
Each year, the staff of the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau (publishers of this blog) produce a brochure called Eat Here: A Food Lover’s Guide to Shreveport-Bossier. This annual publication is a photo-filled, pocket-sized guide to…
Louisiana Smoke House is an Outstanding Barbecue Truck
If you’ve seen the price of brisket lately, you know that operating a barbecue joint is an expensive proposition. As a result, it’s becoming more common to find genuinely great barbecue being served from a…
Restaurant Happenings: Chinese New Year, Stuffed Shrimp and More
There’s so much fun stuff happening in the local restaurant community right now (Jan/Feb 2019), it’s crazy. Here are a few things that I’m really excited about: Organizers of the Shreveport Stuffed Shrimp Festival have…
Tempo Eatery SBC Now Open at Shreveport Downtown Airport
Megan Hailey Stovall, who locals may know as the chef behind meal prep service Prepped Up Meals, has opened Tempo Eatery SBC in the restaurant space located inside of Shreveport Downtown Airport (1550 Airport Drive,…
I Ate the Taco King Cake From El Bazar Mexicano #2…And It Was Glorious
If you and three friends can scrape together a grand total of thirty bucks, then I think you ought to meet up for a Taco King Cake from Shreveport’s El Bazaar Mexicano #2. To get…