Mid-City Messenger

08/01/2024

No MCNO meeting tonight. Stay safe.

🚨Due to forecasted inclement weather, we must cancel tonight’s MCNO meeting. We will reschedule. Please stay safe and dry tonight!

26/10/2023

This is the most elaborate and nuanced art installation to appear on the former Jefferson Davis Parkway neutral ground. Find out what it all means.

By Katherine Hart, Mid-City Messenger The rows of weathered doors, gates, shutters and windows that appeared in September on the Norman C. Francis Parkway neutral ground were installed as part of an antidote to the Confederate monuments that once dominated the site. The art installation “Abolition...

16/10/2023

The new lights high above North Carrollton that have been flashing red all week are fully operational today. Here's what drivers, pedestrians and cyclists can expect:

The city has activated the new traffic signal commonly the 400 block of North Carrollton Avenue. The new system, which has been operating in flashing mode since Oct. 9, becomes fully operational today (Monday, Oct.16). Referred to as “pedestrian hybrid beacons,” the new signals replace the forme...

28/09/2023

This Mid-City building deserves some respect, preservationists point out.

By Katherine Hart, Mid-City Messenger The moldering, graffiti-splattered Family Dollar building at Canal and Broad made the Louisiana Landmarks Society’s 2023 list of New Orleans’ Nine Most Endangered Sites. The historical preservation group annually calls attention to nine local buildings or in...

26/09/2023

This Friday at The Greenhouse

29/06/2023

Does anyone recognize this dog? Found on the Lafitte Greenway.

FOUND on the lafitte greenway. Call FiveOhFour.2317865 to identify and claim.

09/06/2023

Here's what's planned for a prominent spot in Mid-City.

By Katherine Hart, Mid-City Messenger The City Planning Commission, going against its staff’s recommendation, has given a green light to a car wash on Tulane and South Carrollton avenues. The conditional use proposal will move to the City Council with the CPC’s recommendation to approve. The cit...

24/05/2023

Do you have a vision for the former R&S Auto site on the bayou? Let Ray St. Pierre know.

By Gwen Dilworth, Mid-City Messenger For nearly half a century, R&S Auto Service stood on the triangular lot at the intersection of Moss Street and Hagan Avenue, near the terminus of Bayou St. John. The business closed last October, when owner Ray St. Pierre retired. The building is now for sale, an...

17/04/2023

Are there any good choices in this dilemma?

By Katherine Hart, Mid-City Messenger The Daughters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary plan to expand their Moss Street convent so they care for the older nuns in their order. That expansion, as it currently stands, will involve felling a mature live oak. Taking out the sprawling oak that graces the ben...

10/04/2023

The folks at American Can are getting a new landlord.

By Katherine Hart, Mid-City Messenger The American Can Co. multi-family, office and retail complex has been sold to Key Real Estate Co. The former factory at 3700 Orleans Ave. has 268 apartments with commercial space on the ground floor. The sale’s dollar amount was not disclosed in Elifin’s The...

07/04/2023

06/04/2023

By Gwen Dilworth, Mid-City Messenger Mathilde Lemann decided last year that planting a tree on Bayou St. John would be a meaningful way to honor her cousin Denise Dalferes, who passed away in 2020 without a proper memorial service. The tree was planted next to Magnolia Bridge with approval from the....

01/04/2023

This Sunday will be a Super Sunday.

Hundreds of Black masking Indians representing various Mardi Gras Indian tribes will be parading Sunday (April 2) beginning on the banks of Bayou St. John at Orleans Avenue. The 11th Annual Circle of Chiefs Indian Cha Wa Downtown Super Sunday give the public a chance to see the Indians’ 2023 suits...

23/03/2023

The 2023 Patois New Orleans Human Rights Film Festival is slated for Thursday (March 23) through Sunday (March 26) at The Broad Theater and The Broadside.

The 2023 Patois New Orleans Human Rights Film Festival is slated for Thursday, (March 23) through Sunday (March 26) at The Broad Theater and The Broadside. What: 2023 Patois Film Festival Where: The Broad, 636 N. Broad St and The Broadside, 600 N. Broad S When: Thursday through Sunday In addition to...

17/03/2023

The St. Joseph’s altar is one of those Catholic traditions that, through some creative adaption, New Orleans has made its own.

The St. Joseph’s altar is one of those Catholic traditions, in this case a Sicilian Catholic tradition, that, through some very creative adaption, south Louisiana has made its own. Among all the breads and cakes shaped into religious symbols — a monstrance, chalice, cross, heart, dove, Bible —...

15/03/2023

The owner of the new Ethiopian restaurant on Broad and Tulane believes "the secret to good food is that it is served fresh."

By Marielle Songy, Mid-City Messenger Sammy’s Ethiopian Kitchen opened in January, serving fresh traditional food in the Broad Street space that once held another Ethiopian restaurant, Addis NOLA. The owner is a veteran of the two other Ethiopian restaurants in the city: Addis NOLA, now on Bayou R...

03/03/2023

It's Friday. And it's Lent. Time to find a fish fry.

  It’s Lent, the season of the Friday fish fry. Below are some fish fry opportunities in the Mid-City area, all benefiting a church or nonprofit. See here for the archdiocese’s full list of church fish fries in the metro area. If you know of a fish fry in the Mid-City area that’s not on Read ...

16/02/2023

Faubourg St. John neighbors say they are running out of options to stop a group of unruly men from hijacking Fortier Park. Now they are considering a push for an ordinance to ban alcohol in the beloved pocket park on Esplanade Avenue.

By Macie Batson, Mid-City Messenger Neighbors are demanding change after a decade of picking up after a group of men who frequent a small community park on Esplanade Avenue. Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association President Andy Ryan said that, even through the pandemic, the same core group of me...

30/01/2023

Congratulations to Mid-City's own Angelo Brocato's 🍧🍰☕️

Most everyone in New Orleans knows the Angelo Brocato gelato parlor and pastry shop on Carrollton Avenue in Mid-City. Now it is on the national radar. The century-old family business was recently announced as a semifinalist for a 2023 James Beard award in a new category: bakeries. The announcement c...

24/01/2023

Here's what's going on behind the chain-link fence on Orleans and Moss.

By Kloe Witt and Katherine Hart, Mid-City Messenger An underused lot near Bayou St. John is being transformed into a public green space and stormwater collection and monitoring center. Construction began in the fall on the Sewerage & Water Board Green Infrastructure Project at Orleans Avenue and Mos...

05/01/2023

A message from Tubby & Coo's.

05/01/2023

The countdown to Carnival begins tonight at the King Cake Hub, which will feature 70 different king cakes throughout the season.

By Marielle Songy, Mid-City Messenger King Cake Hub is back this year at Zony Mash Beer Project and will kick off the Carnival season season with a party and pageant. The seasonal pop-up is a one-stop shop for king cakes. Local bakeries send a daily supply, so that lovers of the Carnival confection,...

09/12/2022

Celebrate the season by enjoying a leisurely Revéllion dinner with family and friends.

Three Mid-City restaurants are honoring the Revéillon tradition with prix fixe menus that reflect their style and cuisine. The local Revéillon dinners were inspired by the early Creole residents celebrating the start of Christmas with a big family meal after midnight Mass. This European tradition ...

06/12/2022

You can donate to the 1st District's toy drive until Dec. 12.

01/12/2022

“The lot at the corner of Canal and Carrollton has been sitting for 20 years, awaiting the opportunity to be developed," said property owner Vincent Marcello, who is planning a two-story commercial building, with a Main Squeeze juice bar, for the high-profile corner.

By Macie Batson, Mid-City Messenger A new building planned for a prominent Mid-City corner will include a healthy choice for juice enthusiasts. Main Squeeze Juice Co., a fast-casual juice and smoothie bar, plans to open its doors in the fall of 2023 on South Carrollton Avenue and Canal Street. Local...