From April 22 to May 22, 2019, Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser will host a series of meetings in cities across Louisiana to help identify locations for the new Louisiana Civil Rights Trail. According to a…
Scott Auer’s The Little Shop of Music (1950 E. 70th Street, Shreveport) is a rare thing: a new and used vinyl record and CD shop that is clean and well-organized, with prices marked on products…
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…
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…
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…
318 Restaurant Week 2019 will be held, March 18-23, at more than 50 restaurants throughout Shreveport-Bossier. As in previous years, some of the most talked-about elements of the promotion are the one-night-only special dining experiences…
Each year, as sites like Eater.com release year-end “best of” lists, I’m tempted to write a 20×49.com post recapping Shreveport-Bossier’s most interesting culinary moments of the past 12 months. But, if I’m honest with myself,…
When I was growing up, for some reason, we called them “catfish camps.” These restaurants – always located outside of town, usually situated on the banks of a lake or creek, sometimes all-you-can-eat – have…
Bossier City’s restaurant community is finishing out 2018 strong, with two interesting new international eateries opening and one popular new restaurant already planning to expand. BeauxJax Crafthouse, the Cajun restaurant and bar that anchors the…
As far as epitaphs go, the words that are etched into Elder Utah Smith’s new grave marker in Shreveport are about as cool as they come: “Electric Guitar Evangelist.” At 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec….
Featured photo: Sione Maumalanga prepares food on his food truck, Ono’s. Photo by Jim Noetzel. If you were to ask me to name one person who will have an outsized impact on Shreveport-Bossier’s restaurant scene…
Need a mummified bat? Shopping around for ghost hunting equipment, serial killer-related memorabilia, or creepy, ancient medical equipment? Gina Marie’s Antiques, Oddities, & Curiosities – which gets my vote for the strangest shop in Shreveport-Bossier –…
One thing about the museums and galleries in Shreveport-Bossier: You never know what you’re gonna get. Sometimes, you get something so incredibly cool that you’ve kind of gotta pinch yourself. That’s the case with Pinball:…
When I asked Duc Duong, the friendly owner of Kim’s Seafood & Po’ Boy, to name his favorite thing about the restaurant’s new, second location at 4456 Youree Drive in Shreveport, he just gestured to…
If you happen to love music history and a good ghost story, hold onto your Victrola, because Shreveport Municipal Auditorium just made one heck of an announcement. The National Historic Landmark has placed tickets on…
The SEC Network, a property of ESPN, will launch a new television series called TrueSouth on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018 at 6 p.m. CST. Produced by senior ESPN writer Wright Thompson and Southern Foodways Alliance…
Lumpy Grits: A Literary and Lyrical Mix is an independent performing arts group based in Shreveport. Members of the collective, who refer to themselves as “Gritonians,” are likely to be poets, musicians, dancers, or community organizers…
Featured Photo: Fatty Arbuckles Owner Chase Boytim (left) and Manager Andy Flook. If you’re a food and drink lover in Shreveport-Bossier – or you just follow local food happenings on Instagram – chances are good…
Featured Photo: Jake Wood applies a “Selfie Spot” ground decal at Shreveport Aquarium. Each summer, the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau (publisher of this blog) organizes a summer promotion that includes a big giveaway. This…
It’s been a long time since I’ve had a dining experience in Shreveport-Bossier that was so surprisingly good, so completely enjoyable in every way, that it left my head spinning. I had that kind of…
