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 […]
The new Butterfly Medical Care clinic has opened downtown at 400 Texas Street, Suite 901. Owner/physician Dr. Tiffany Najberg will be concentrating on primary care, acute care, complex case reviews, and trans/LGBTQ+ care. Dr. Najberg says this is not a walk-in clinic, but appointments can be made for quick in-and-out. When leaving an email, please […]
Who doesn’t like cool cars? That’s the belief of Street Dreams Texas, based in the beautiful Hill Country town of Fredericksburg. Street Dreams buys and sells vintage and custom vehicles and memorabilia, along with projects and yard art with ‘patina.’ The business has been a success in the classic and muscle car trade for 24 […]
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 […]
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