Sneak Peek: Ralph’s Place Opening January 6 in Highland
The thing to eat at Ralph’s Place will be anything on a bun.
Mardi Gras in Shreveport: Enter to Win a Ride in the Krewe of Highland Parade
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 Mardi Gras parades – or if you have friends or relatives who you’d like to …
Enter to Win an Unforgettable Mardi Gras Experience
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 idea of throwing things at strangers for a solid two hours? If you answered “yes” …
Scratch House Kitchen Puts the ‘Good’ in ‘Baked Goods’
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 lot of local options for healthy indulgences. What I heard, instead, was an incredibly personal …
Flying Pig BBQ Raises the Bar for Smoked Chicken
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 should look. Scroll through Texas Monthly‘s list of the Top 50 Barbecue Joints in Texas …
Marc Broussard, Chris Thomas King, Maggie Koerner to Headline Highland Jazz and Blues Festival 2017
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 year’s live music line-up, which will include headliner performances by Marc Broussard, Chris Thomas King …
The Vegans on Egan: Well+Fed Louisiana Moves to Highland
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 Louisiana are like a potted plant being transplanted into a garden: they’ve got a lot …
Win VIP Passes to the Highland Jazz and Blues Festival Presented by Twisted Root
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 Twisted Root Burger Company will be held, 12-5 p.m., on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016 in …
Mardi Gras Giveaway: Win a Ride in the Krewe of Highland Parade!
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). Occasionally, SBCTB and local tourism partners team up to offer promotional giveaways, and one heck …
Ki’ Mexico, a Different Kind of Mexican Restaurant, Opens in Broadmoor
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’ Mexico’s brick-and-mortar location began several years ago, when owner Rodrigo Mondragon and family began selling …
A Sneak Peek at the 2015 Highland Jazz and Blues Festival Food Vendor List
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, 12-5 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015 at Columbia Park in Shreveport’s historic Highland neighborhood. Festival …
Blue Southern Comfort Food Competes for #BetterBurgerProject Recognition
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 cannot knock her hustle. Presently unfolding is one of the most exciting and outright entertaining …
Blue Southern Comfort Foods: Outstanding Buffalo Wings and a Funky Highland Vibe
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 quirky eateries (including a barbecue joint named Slap Your Mama Barbecue) to call the address …
Savoring a Slice of Shreveport-Bossier’s Culinary History
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 years have passed since the heyday of Chef Shorty Lenard’s legendary black forest cake, local …
Lilah’s Bakery Re-Opens at New Highland Address
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 bakery is now located at 1718 Centenary Boulevard and is serving lunch daily. Their current …
Highland Hip-Hop Artist Nate Treme Has Built the World’s Coolest Suitcase
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 hip-hop fans in awe. Treme has repurposed a thrift store suitcase into what he calls …
Local Community Gardens to Celebrate 5th Birthday on Sunday, June 15
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 out for a progressive dinner celebrating three community gardens, 2-5 p.m., this Sunday, June 15. …
Rib Tip Express to Host BBQ Cookout at Columbia Park
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 about Rib Tip Express, back in January, he was already talking up the event, which …
Louisiana’s First Cronuts Have Arrived at Sevendipity Café
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, part doughnut. It’s delicate, it’s flaky. It’s almost like a croissant that dissolves in your …
How You Can Help Sevendipity Café Launch Their Second Location
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 at 420 Marshall Street. We reviewed the mom-and-pop restaurant in 2011 and the Downtown Development …
