The 2019 Carnival season is underway in Shreveport-Bossier, which means that the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau (which publishes 20×49.com, by the way) is hosting its annual Mardi Gras Vacation Package Giveaway. If you love…
Do you visit Shreveport-Bossier during Carnival season to catch the parades? Or are you a local resident with friends or family who love to celebrate Mardi Gras in Shreveport-Bossier? Or do you just like the…
When I asked Monika Thompson, founder of Scratch House Kitchen, why she decided to launch a business that specializes in healthy baked goods in Shreveport, La., I expected to hear about how there aren’t a…
Update: Flying Pig BBQ has apparently closed up shop as of June 2018, per the Facebook post here. Carolyn Huggins Simmons, the proprietor of Flying Pig BBQ (1173 Louisiana Ave., Shreveport), understands how contemporary barbecue…
The 14th Annual Highland Jazz and Blues Festival Presented by Twisted Root Burger Co. will take place, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017 at Columbia Park in Shreveport. Festival organizers recently announced details of this…
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…
Featured photo: Festival goers party at the Highland Jazz and Blues Festival Presented by Twisted Root. Photo by Casey Habich. UPDATE: THIS GIVEAWAY HAS CONCLUDED. The 13th Annual Highland Jazz and Blues Festival Presented by…
Featured photo: The 2013 Krewe of Highland Parade photographed by Jim Noetzel. If you’re a regular 20×49.com reader, you may know that this blog is a project of the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau (SBCTB)….
If you’re a food lover who lives in Shreveport-Bossier, chances are you’re already familiar with Ki’ Mexico, the small, family-owned Mexican restaurant that opened in September 2015 at 3839 Gilbert Drive in Shreveport. The journey to Ki’…
Photo note: Photos used in this post are from our archives, and were taken at the 2010 festival. The 12th annual Highland Jazz and Blues Festival presented by Twisted Root Burger Company will be held,…
Featured Photo: A mushroom burger slider from Blue Southern Comfort Foods. Photo by Jim Noetzel. Say what you will about Carolyn Huggins Simmons, chef and owner at Blue Southern Comfort Foods in Shreveport, but you…
Featured photo: Smoked Buffalo chicken wings from Blue Southern Comfort Foods. It’s been two years now since Carolyn Manning’s Blue Southern Comfort Foods opened at 1173 Louisiana Avenue, becoming the latest in a string of…
When chatting with food lovers of a certain age in Shreveport-Bossier, it doesn’t take long for someone to bring up a dessert that drove Shreveporters wild in the 60s and 70s. Though more than 40…
Lilah’s Bakery, a mom-and-pop bakery and sandwich shop that has previously done business at locations in Shreveport’s Highland neighborhood as well as at the Louisiana Boardwalk Outlets, has re-opened at a new Highland address. The…
Highland-based hip-hop artist Nate Treme, who makes beats for and raps in the duo Blood Punch (FB link) in addition to his work as a solo artist, recently posted a video on Instagram that had…
Photo: An image of young community gardeners at work, used courtesy of the Wegrowtogether Facebook Page. The Red River Coalition of Community Gardens turns five years old this weekend, and they’re inviting locavores and supporters…
Robert Hutson, owner of Rib Tip Express restaurant in Shreveport, has been planning his May 31, 2014 cookout at Shreveport’s Columbia Park for at least six months. When I interviewed Hutson for this blog post…
Sitting alone at an enormous table in the back of his restaurant, the recently-relocated Sevendipity Café at 3030 Creswell Avenue in Shreveport, chef/owner Scott Roebuck is describing his restaurant’s newest menu item. “It’s part croissant,…
If you’ve eaten the occasional lunch in downtown Shreveport over the last two and and a half years, chances are good that you’re on a first-name basis with Scott and Liz of Sevendipity Café, located…
We Grow Together, an organization that describes itself as “a group of community members committed to supporting healthy regional food systems in the Ark-La-Tex,” will host the inaugural Greens on the Red at Highland Community…
