Businesses

New Smokehouse Sunday Brunch Menu

Red River Brewing Co. at 1200 Marshall is about more than fine craft beers and fun times with friends. It’s also about the eats! Their new restaurant, The Smokehouse, is unveiling a new brunch menu. Their brunch is Sundays from 10:30 am- 2 pm. They are open Tuesday-Sunday, various hours. 

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DDA/DSDC’s Stand on Cross Bayou Point

Reprinted from the Shreveport Times Our Opposition to Cross Bayou Point The Boards of Directors of the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and the Downtown Shreveport Development Corporation (DSDC) have voted to oppose the current Cross Bayou Point plan proposed by Gateway Development Consortium (GDC). These votes are significant in that both of these organizations were […]

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Last Minute Gift Opportunities Downtown!

Got all your Christmas shopping done? No? We can help! There are multiple cool yule options downtown, so jump in your sleigh to purchase some holiday joy. The Agora Borealis Art Marketplace at 421 Lake is filled to the brim with flights of fancy, one-of-a-kind art, jewelry, clothing, furniture, even Good Granoly granola, local coffees […]

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Lift Your Spirits at This Hilton Event

The Shreveport Hilton Hotel has a festive new event planned to make your spirits bright, just in time for the holidays. The Making Spirits Bright sipping & tasting experience is Friday evening in the newly-rehabbed Hilton lobby bar just unveiled to the public. This is going to be a cool yule deal. The Hilton will […]

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Shreveport Hilton’s New Look

Nov. 20, 2019 UPDATE– The Hilton Shreveport (the world class business hotel we fondly know as the Hilton Downtown) is in the final days of a big new ‘do. Work on a massive re-do of the lobby, the bar, restaurant, meeting rooms, common spaces…even of wiring and lighting, is coming to an end. Plans are to […]

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‘Loft’y Space for Lease!

Some of the coveted mezzanine space at The Lofts at 624 is available, which could be very good news for you! There are three big reasons we love this space: The natural light that floods through floor-to-ceiling windows. Vitamin D every day! The mezzanine spaces put you at eye level with a remarkable piece of […]

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Retro Baking Company to Open Soon

If you’re a fan of the cakes, pies and breads at the new Retro Downtown Cafe, your life is about to take a turn for the more caloric and oh-so-delicious. The new Retro Baking Company is just days away from opening its doors at 500 Texas, just across from 318 Nutrition, the Caddo Parish Courthouse […]

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I Am Downtown Pins Are Gone!

Our limited edition ‘I Am Downtown’ pins are officially gone! Over the past few weeks, people from all over Shreveport-Bossier have filled out applications and sent photos of themselves having fun downtown in order to score one of these limited-edition pins. Many of them sent pictures of activities in our free, downloaded Field Guide of […]

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Important Building Updates!

Cool comes in all shapes and sizes, and we’re thrilled that there are a number of people downtown who see the value in saving, rehabbing and giving our amazing historic buildings new life. 408 Cotton is about 12,000SF worth of cool, an old garage and car park recently purchased by iArchitecture’s Jeff Spikes. Plans are […]

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Anthony’s Sports Bar Open for Business

200 Travis Street, that bright blue nook at the corner of Travis and Spring Street, opens for business Monday, Nov. 11 as Anthony’s Sports Bar. The brainchild of owner Anthony Burns, the sports bar features much more than sports alone. The menu contains a wide array of everything from Southern comfort appetizers (beer- battered onion […]

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