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Fresh Concept, Historic Neighborhood: Empanola
A year-long family sabbatical in New Orleans inspired a tasty enterprise that’s expanding across the Gulf Coast, with its newest location in one of the French Quarter’s most storied buildings.
– by Kim Ranjbar
We Bite: Rare & Unusual Plants For Strange & Peculiar People
This new store in the Marigny focuses on carnivorous plants - and the symbiotic relationship between humans and our botanical companions.
– by Karen Hinton
![Legacy, Libation & Liberation: Twelfth Night Coffee](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b22288f27a406d01bad501/171ab35f-f297-43a5-a12d-1f2fc43ea8e6/12th-Night-Coffeeshop--2024--by-Ellis-Anderson-2024-_0505.jpg)
Legacy, Libation & Liberation: Twelfth Night Coffee
When a New Orleanian who dreams of opening his own coffee house traces his heritage back to Lorraine, France – the home of Joan of Arc - the name for his new venture is an easy choice.
– by Skye Jackson
![Lunch in the Golden Courtyard: The Café at the Collection](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b22288f27a406d01bad501/d331f835-bcf2-4f7d-8cd7-33f2ac7694b3/THNOC-promo-lunch-in-the-courtyard.jpg)
Lunch in the Golden Courtyard: The Café at the Collection
A revamped café at the Historic New Orleans Collection offers light fare by favorite local bakeries and eateries – in one of New Orleans’ most beloved courtyards.
– by Kim Ranjbar
![Passion Lilie x Beatrix Bell: A Chic Collective](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b22288f27a406d01bad501/ac9f06f0-3dba-4e04-9c43-c26311e17f6b/Passion+Lillie+owners+courtesy+header.jpg)
Passion Lilie x Beatrix Bell: A Chic Collective
Two visionary designers, Katie Schmidt and Beatrix Bell, offer handmade, sustainable, fair trade goods on an artful block of Chartres Street.
-By Hallet Graham
![In the Plein Air Tradition: Lyla Clayre Studio](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b22288f27a406d01bad501/01abdc00-e75d-4244-9f58-2783e6d77d86/Lyla-Clayre-by-Ellis-Anderson-2023-0697.jpg)
In the Plein Air Tradition: Lyla Clayre Studio
This plein air watercolorist opened her first bricks and mortar studio on Chartres Street in late 2021, helping build her reputation – and providing delightful subject matter right outside the door.
-By Angelique LaCour
![Art & Soul NOLA](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b22288f27a406d01bad501/1682539329425-60SZDAZGGIYCY4BKXSIK/IMG_5485.jpg)
Art & Soul NOLA
The first bricks and mortar location for this local photographer reinforces her artistic approach: only capture images that she loves living with.
– by Angelique LaCour