Development

New Businesses Downtown

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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Live at the Lofts at 624

One of the most desirable addresses downtown is the Lofts at 624 at the corner of Louisiana Ave. and Texas Street. The manager called this week to let us know about two rare availabilities that have come open there; a 2 bedroom 1.5 bath, & a 3 bedroom 2.5 bath. For the rest of the […]

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1200 Marshall Latest

After our story last week about the changes at 1200 Marshall Street we wanted to share the latest look with you! This photo is of the front, uncovered for the first time in years. We like it! If you drive Marshall Street, you are likely struck by two things: work taking place at the 1200 […]

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Fiscal Shape of the City

How is the City of Shreveport doing? That’s a big topic, and the answers depends on who you ask. In terms of how the city is doing financially, a lot of questions were answered with publicly accessible (though sometimes hard to get) data, and graphics compiled by an Asheville, North Carolina company called Urban3 this […]

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Dripp Donuts Grand Opening March 4

Dripp Donuts, 421 Market Street, is holding their Grand Opening on Saturday, March 4th from 7 am- 4 pm.  HotBoyYoYo will be playing tunes, there will be door prizes, a new Espresso machine to try out, Hot Chicken sandwiches, limited edition sourdough donuts, AND Fatty Arbuckles in the Red River District will be on hand […]

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Shreve Station Adds More Events!

The owners of Shreve Station, 400 Crockett St., are getting ready to take off like a rocket! Their calendar for the upcoming months is looking downright amazing.   Friday, March 3- The Revival with Tyler Read, Shayliff, Leif Shively Band and Special Guests. 6 pm, $20. The Iceman Special with Special Guest Mike Dillon is […]

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Desk Munchie Delights from Deez Beanz

Deez Beanz downtown is offering up boxes full of sweet and savory goodness for your snack or lunchtime. It always happens- you come into work and discover a new project that is going to mean no lunch break, or you need to put nose to the grindstone to get a report or grant completed.  Deez […]

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Dripp Hot Chicken Wednesdays

Dripp Donut is absolutely known for their delicious sourdough donuts, but they are also quickly becoming know for their Hot Chicken sandwich plates. On Wednesday, Feb. 1 from 11 am- 2 pm, Dripp offered their hot chicken sandwich plates from their Dripp Hot Chicken food truck adjacent to the donut store at 421 Market St. […]

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Every Man A King Moves Forward

It is a rare day that someone doesn’t ask the status of the former Arlington Hotel at 700 Cotton Street and the timeline for the Every Man A King distillery conversion. Love of the old hotel and support for its rehab into something cool and different is pretty much universal, so when work crews began […]

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Uneeda’s New (Old) Look!

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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