A dynamic new Event Manager at the beautiful, historic Scottish Rite wants you to think about the spaces when planning your next event! Prior to Covid, the building at 725 Cotton Street hosted dozens of events per year. That number fell precipitously with Covid, and has not returned. Lani Bailey hopes to change all that […]
Looking for the prettiest view while dining in the local area? Look no further. The Shreveport Aquarium has reopened their beautiful indoor-outdoor restaurant space overlooking the Red River as the new Riverwalk Cafe. While you can eat in or take out, but believe me when I tell you that you will want to dine in. The […]
A few weeks ago, we inadvertently managed to break the Internet with a posting of a cool new apartment space downtown. Developer Jason Cram has created three beautiful apartments on the second floor of an historic building in the 400 block of Crockett Street. It took a keen eye to recognize what the homely, poorly-maintained […]
Congratulations to three downtown watering holes that are now (more) famous, after getting an online shout out by MyBartender.com. Lake Street Bar at 315 Lake Street, The Noble Savage at 417 Texas Street, and Fatty Arbuckles in the Red River District all make the cut as the most popular places in the region to gather […]
Lake Street Salon Suites located at 413 Lake Street is now open for business and owner Sharron Cooper couldn’t be happier. She greeted friends and colleagues on Monday, April 24, for a sneak peak and grand opening of her salon spaces, that are for lease. Salon Suites Innovation, LLC offers stylists a whole new way […]
The look of the 1200 block of Texas Avenue is changing as SporTran City puts on her new colors. The new multimodal facility at 1253 Texas Avenue, most recently home to Sun Furniture, has been painted and the new (old) sign has been installed. According to SporTran’s Facebook post, phase one of the building renovation […]
The popular glass blowing workshop High Gravity Glassworks has expanded its gallery to include a huge variety of pre-made, ready to buy glass items. From glasses and vases to flowers, hummingbird feeders, table art pieces to mushrooms, fish and pumpkins, you can find a perfect gift for whoever you’re buying for. Another great option is […]
Most government, bank and financial offices will be closed on Friday, April 7 for Good Friday, but never fear- all your favorite restaurants, clubs and entertainment venues will be open and waiting to welcome you. Since Easter = donuts (or so we are told), Dripp Donuts is offering a fresh-from-the-oven Easter option. Pre-order by 8pm […]
We’re all heard the phrase ‘if walls could talk’ but how about what windows reveal? Over the past several days, the wrappings have come off of two historic rehab projects downtown and what the windows have revealed is pretty awesome. The windows at The Glass Hat Cafe reveal a new restaurant space just waiting on […]
Another week and more welcomes! Love the taste of seafood, Creole and Cajun and home-smoked BBQ? Trap Krabz says you can get all that you crave in one place; their new downtown restaurant at 601 Texas Street. The new eatery opened quietly a week ago and is now ready to serve you every day except […]
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