Mark your calendars and alert your tummies that the popular 318 Restaurant Week is returning March 16-21. It’s time again to #Eat318! Five downtown restaurants will be participating with $10 lunch or $20 dinner specials, or both, during that week. Each day March 16-20, you’re invited to join us and our special guest at a […]
Circus tents will be going up soon on the downtown riverfront. The Venardo’s Circus will be in Shreveport for the first time ever March 4th-15th, playing at Riverview Park, 601 Clyde Fant Pkwy. Opening Night Tickets are 50% off for a limited time! Performances are planned for March 4-8 and 11-15 at 7 pm, March […]
The Bloomberg for President campaign has opened an office downtown at 605 Texas Street. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (D.) is running for president in a crowded field of Democratic contenders. Bloomberg decided not to compete in the earlier primaries and caucuses in order to focus on the Super Tuesday delegate bounty states […]
We don’t mind saying that we are a fan of Strong Towns. I mean, who wouldn’t be a fan of something with that name? But more than the name is the mission, the underlying goal of sharing information that sounds like common sense but for many years has not been the accepted norm, the typical […]
Fertitta’s Grocery Store and later, deli, has been a part of the downtown Shreveport scene since the early 1920’s. The little store at Fairfield and Howell Streets has been home to several Sicilian-American Shreveport families and to many years of good food. We love that the blog Only In Your State spent a little time […]
Up until recently there were two words that did NOT go together: Boudin, as in the spicy south Louisiana sausage, and Kolache, as in the very European pastry filled with fruit or mincemeat. When Czechs brought the treat to the U.S. via Texas, Kolache took a turn from fruit to the baked roll and sausage-sized […]
Printed in the Shreveport Times, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020 Strength in Numbers; the Key to a Vibrant Downtown by Liz Swaine Sometimes it’s helpful to know that we’re not the only one. We are not the only place to have ever stumbled, fallen, said intemperate things, or been down on ourselves. What’s important is keep […]
Time is running out for you to make plans to stay out of the proverbial dog house this Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14. Luckily, we have some fun, tasty and romantic options for you at multiple venues downtown. Option #1. They say the eyes are the windows of our soul and we believe the mouth leads […]
For years, half brothers Samuel G. and William B. Wiener were giants of architecture, both in Shreveport and far beyond. Their vast portfolio of local works include everything from the highly ornamental and more traditional Municipal Auditorium to projects that define the later years of their lives, austere and beautiful International Style homes and buildings […]
UPDATE: The intersection at Cotton and Marshall is now open to traffic. Meanwhile, over the Red River, things are moving right along on the Long- Allen, aka Texas Street Bridge. DOTD spokesperson Erin Buchanan tells the DDA that the state is anticipating an early summer completion at this point, which is on schedule. She […]
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