Each year SB Magazine holds a reader competition to determine the best of a wide range of businesses and events, and downtown is always well represented. Feel free to hold your applause until the entire list is read! Best Performing Arts Venue- the historic, venerable Strand Theatre. Best Financial Advisor- Denis Poljak, and Best Investment […]
No, it is NOT too late to find the perfect gift, and YES, you can find it downtown! Point your wagon (or sedan, SUV, truck, bicycle) to C&C Mercantile and Lighting, 1120 Texas Ave., for Final Fa La La! Shop vintage and antique wares, art, fashion, collectibles, a whole host of cute, creative, one of […]
A new Airbnb option has hit the downtown market, and we think it’s worth a look! Owner Leon Dayries has converted one of his apartments at 710 Crockett Street into a contemporary urban studio. The 1400 SF space provides space for four in a 2 bedroom/1 bath unit that includes a kitchen, dining table, spacious […]
Patrick Feritta’s mafia tale Trinacria: The Blood Washes Blood Chronicles Series is now available as a paperback on Amazon. Though it is too late to get it in time for Christmas it will be a great post-Christmas gift! Copies will also be available for purchase soon at Fertitta’s Deli, 1124 Fairfield Ave. The first 5 […]
There has never been a better time to try out products from Ben’s Body Basics/Clean Slate Botanicals. The store, at 717 Crockett Street, has 50% OFF CHRISTMAS CANDLES which include the popular: Let It Sneaux Rum! Forrest! Rum! Sweet Christmas Chestnuts Roastin’ Candy Cane Remember that this is while supplies last, and yesterday afternoon, there […]
Downtown is the place to be for the holidays! Holidaze Shopping at Artspace, 708 Texas Street, will be open through Dec. 21. The space is decked top to bottom with great one-of a-kind Northwest Louisiana artisan-made items. Open late on the 15th and 21st for extended shopping. Make and take gingerbread house on December 10th […]
If you are surprised at the growth each time you go to The Grove at 107 Spring Street, you are not alone. The business, which opened in the summer of this year with a handful of vendors has grown to roughly 51 curated vendors that have created a delightful marketplace filled with color, life and […]
The holiday season is creating some changes for businesses and we have a few you should be aware of. If you are purchasing any gifts that require embroidery services, Appli-Ks Embroidery and Gifts at 624 Texas Street should be at the top of your list for the work. However, Katy and her crew need you […]
A long time ago in a galaxy pretty close by, you had ‘arrived’ when you had a tankard with your name on it at The Noble Savage Shreveport. That iteration of the Noble Savage closed about a year ago, leaving some 500 of the original tankards unclaimed. But soon, tankards will be back. Folks who […]
The newest artist on the Uneeda Biscuit advertising signage, Artistic Shark Chris Opp, tells us even more revealing details about the painters who came before him. Chris believes it has been painted or repainted four times over its life by T. Steve Mitchell, The O.J. Gude Co. N.Y., the Tuppins sign company and now, Opp. […]
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