A slice of spumoni from Angelo Brocato. | Randy Schmidt/Eater NOLA How the legacy of Italian immigrants in New Orleans lives on in a romantic Mid-City ice cream parlor Generations of New Orleanians with sweet tooths have looked up at a brown and neon sign flashing the words “A. Brocato Spumone and Cassata Ice Cream” against a stark blue sky. Eventually, those visiting duck under a red-striped awning to peruse cookies, tarts, and gelato in glass display cases while waiting their turns in a line that often meanders onto Carrollton Avenue. Their chosen treat — a fresh cannoli or a wedge of the sh ..read more

Rahm Haus ice cream. | Randy Schmidt/Eater NOLA Rahm Haus, Txow Txow, and Turning Tables are teaming up for Staycation, a summertime pool party pop-up at Margaret Place Trailblazing ice cream pop-up Rahm Haus has landed at a new home for the summer, and it’s teaming up with two other dynamic forces in New Orleans’s food and drink world to create the coolest poolside snack bar the city has ever seen. Starting Memorial Day weekend, Rahm Haus, Txow Txow Modern Pintxos, and Turning Tables are partnering on Staycation, a summertime pool party pop-up in a stunning LGD courtyard. Thursday through Sun ..read more

Turkey and the Wolf. | Eater Mason Hereford and partner Nate Barfield are opening Hot Stuff, a modern meat and three restaurant, later this month The latest offshoot of New Orleans titan Turkey and the Wolf will add a modern touch to the Southern meat and three at a new restaurant in Uptown. Chef Mason Hereford is partnering with one of Turkey and the Wolf’s first chefs, Nate Barfield, for Hot Stuff, and will make its debut at 7507 Maple Street later this month, according to the Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate. Alabama native Barfield is spearheading the new restaurant, which will mimic a ..read more

Milkfish founder and chef, Cristina Quackenbush. | Josh Brasted/Eater NOLA Milkfish chef Cristina Quackenbush is joining forces with Anh Luu and Haley Vanvleet for the immersive, mystical new restaurant and absinthe bar in New Orleans Cristina Quackenbush has been conjuring her roots through her cooking for most of her life. Come summer, she’ll bring a new restaurant that integrates witchcraft, mysticism, and Southeast Asian foodways to the French Quarter. After more than two years of weekly appearances, Quackenbush will wrap her last pop-up meal at Twelve Mile Limit on Thursday, May 2 to make ..read more

The Southern from Bonafried. | Gabrielle Geiselman Malone/Bonafried The 10-year-old Bonafried Food Truck has a Bayou St. John restaurant in the works The 2022 winner of the National Fried Chicken Festival’s “best fried chicken in a dish” is opening its first restaurant, reports the Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate. Bonafried will serve its popular fried chicken sandwiches from a new shop near the New Orleans Fair Grounds, hopefully opening by Jazz Fest 2025. “We can’t wait to offer our customers more availability,” Rebecca Elizabeth Hollingsworth, who goes by Bee, tells Eater. “They really ..read more

Parkview Tavern. | William A. Morgan/Shutterstock Plus, a Metairie favorite for Mexican opens downtown, smash burgers are coming to Uptown, and more New Orleans food news to know right now Parkview Tavern, a decades-old Mid-City dive bar, announced some good news last night: The bar will remain open at its current address (910 N Carrollton Avenue) for at least another year, maybe two. Parkview was preparing to shut down at the end of this month after popular neighboring business Blue Oak BBQ purchased the property and offered “non-viable” lease terms, according to managing partner Kathy Anders ..read more

Pagoda Cafe. | Josh Brasted/Eater NOLA Hit these spots before or after Jazz Fest to keep the party going It seems impossible for a Jazz Fest-er who spends all day eating crawfish bread, oyster patties, and hot sausage po’ boys to think about more food. But, in reality, there’s always room for more: Ahead of a day of festing, you might need to refuel from the late night before. After hours of taking in live music and wandering the Fair Grounds, it’s about keeping the party and conversation going over irresistible small plates and drinks. While the Fairgrounds neighborhood overlaps with some Bay ..read more

Venezuelan ceviche at Origen. Origen draws on former Mucho Más chef Julio Machado’s Venezuelan heritage, dishing up fresh ceviche, cachapas, and spit-roasted carne en vara Chef Julio Machado has spent much of his New Orleans career cooking Mexican food, making his name at Zocalo, Tacos del Cartel, and eventually, Mucho Más, where he served a menu of rice-wine cured steak ceviche, Mexican ramen, and rich queso fundido, among other dishes. He loved learning about Mexican cuisine, and found a “family” at Zocalo, he says, having emigrated from his native Venezuela in 2018. “But at some point, I ha ..read more

Bayou Saint Cake. | Randy Schmidt/Eater NOLA Plus, chef Charly Pierre has highs and lows on Top Chef, La Tia Cantina expands, and more news Baker Bronwen Wyatt, who built a national following for her swirly, surrealist made-to-order cakes, has announced that her business Bayou Saint Cake will end its bakery operations at the end of May. Wyatt made the announcement on Instagram and elaborated on her decision in her Substack newsletter, writing that she never fully planned on a career as a cake entrepreneur — in fact, she’s always wanted to be an artist and a writer. “For the past two years I’ve ..read more

Hurray’s newest album, The Past Is Still Alive, dropped in late February. | Hurray for the Riff Raff Intel on fresh pasta, dirty martinis, and farmers market gems, courtesy of musician Alynda Segarra One of Alynda Segarra’s first New Orleans hangouts was Z’otz Cafe downtown, a now-closed location near the Royal Street laundromat. The cafe was open 24 hours — to Segarra, then a 17-year-old, freight-train-hitching, Bronx-born punk street musician, it was a refuge, a place where they met friends, washed dishes in exchange for free coffee, and napped until it was light enough to wander around Wash ..read more