Downtown is seeing more and more pooches strolling the streets with their humans these days and we couldn’t be happier! Here’s our list of places that both you and your fuzzy BFF can go to hang out together. The only dog park in the area is located in the Downtown Development District, at the Stoner […]
Dining downtown has additional appeal with the return of sidewalk cafe season! PepitoXo at 708 Texas St., Rhino Coffee Downtown at 624 Texas St., Abby Singer’s Bistro at 617 Texas St., The Missing Link at 504 Texas St., Riverwalk Cafe at the Shreveport Aquarium at 601 Clyde Fant Parkway, and Jeneral’s Bar and Grill in […]
Shreveport Farmers’ Market Opens for 37rd Summer Season with 75 Vendors: Mayor Arceneaux to Ring Opening Bell Happy days return to downtown Shreveport on Saturday with the opening of the Shreveport Farmers’ Market. The market will be open every Saturday through August 26 from 7:30 am- 12:30 pm. At 7:30 am on Saturday, Shreveport Mayor Tom […]
Want to own an amazing piece of Shreveport history? This is it- the 4,965 SF Logan Mansion, a 4 bedroom bed-and-breakfast/Airbnb/personal residence whose walls will most definitely tell you some tales. What a history it has. In 1897, 53-year old Lafayette Robert Logan showed Shreveport that he had finally ‘made it.’ Lafayette Robert, more commonly […]
Why would someone want to own a bar? “I like bars,” laughs Frederick Ellis. “I used to frequent them. I enjoy going out and socializing.” It was his enjoyment of clubs that led him to open Lake Street Bar at 315 Lake Street six years ago. Ellis’ day job is in healthcare, but he knew […]
The historic former Ablons and KCS Cafe is for lease, and owner Greg Solomon is hoping that the price, condition and turnkey situation will have lessors beating a path to his door. The building at 830 Louisiana Avenue is bright and beautiful, with adjacent free parking. It is turnkey and comes with tables, chairs, fixtures […]
Quick, can you tell us the slogan used to promote Shreveport-Bossier to visitors? Well, today it all changed, and for the better. The Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau (SBCTB) announced the new look and feel today, along with information gathered over the course of more than a year. This is important stuff. In fact, there are […]
On Tuesday, May 23, the Shreveport City Council voted 4-2 to support a revision of the city’s smoking ban. Ordinance 46 upholds all the 2020 Smokefree Air Act save one; Shreveport’s casino boats will be able to reinstitute smoking in 75% of their gaming area only. This means one floor of each boat will continue […]
One might think that the long list of music populating the stages at the 39th annual Mudbug Madness would be enough, but it is not. Live music is EVERYWHERE downtown this weekend. Let’s start with Thursday, May 25. Caddo Common Park in the 800 block of Texas Avenue will be featuring the Lou Wells Band […]
After more than a year of meetings, discussions, zoom calls and data gathering, the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau is just about ready to unveil its new Master Plan and Brand. We can’t spill all the beans, but it is safe to safe say that the unwieldy and long ‘Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau’ moniker […]
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