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Food
Could New Orleans' Public Drinking Culture Disappear?
Famed for its laissez-faire attitude toward sin, New Orleans has been slowly but surely cleaning up its act. After a smoking ban recently passed, some wonder if the city's culture of public drinking is under threat.
Andrew Paul
8.19.15
Food
Defending the Daiquiri and New Orleans’s Go-Cup Culture
The ultrasweet street daiquiri is the official drink of every hell-hot New Orleans summer, and they're traditionally slurped out of giant go-cups, but this culture is under attack from snobbish city authorities.
Michael Patrick Welch
8.15.13
Neither Big nor Easy
New Orleans's War on Music
Louisiana’s Department of Tourism recently launched a new ad campaign that declared, “No America We Will Not ‘Turn That Music Down.’” But on the ground, the authorities in New Orleans have been trying to quiet the city’s famously vibrant music scene.
Michael Patrick Welch
4.5.13