A New Home For Brown Butter Restaurant

A local favorite is the pimento cheeseburgers, smoked brisket, and crab mac and cheese at the well-known Brown Butter Southern Kitchen + Bar.  The restaurant which is currently located in Mid-City will close its doors temporarily. They hope to reopen in a new location as their current location will become a medical facility according to the restaurant’s landlord.
“Needless to say, our hearts were broken, and we weren’t left with enough time to facilitate a smooth transition to another location,” he wrote.
Brown Butter opened its doors in 2015 and savors local Southern flavors with a Louisiana twist.  In fact, owner Simon Beck and chef Dayne Womax called it the “Bible Belt cuisine.”  The full-service bard and cocktail establishment was always busy, especially for brunch.
“This definitely isn’t a goodbye, we’ll see y’all down the line somewhere,” wrote co-owner Simon Beck in a message to customers.

Home Builders Associations’ Southshore Parade of Homes

The Southshore of New Orleans will once again be open to the public for 2 weekends in a row for the Home Builders Association of Greater New Orleans’ Parade of Homes. This year, from June 17th to June 25th, you can visit new homes for sale – newly completed new construction homes – Saturday and Sunday from 1pm – 5pm.

The Parade of Homes features 22 homes to tour. The homes are located on more than just the New Orleans, Metairie, and West Bank metro areas – there are homes that are newly built in Destrehan as well. 14 builders participated in this year’s Parade. This offers new home buyers the unique opportunity to tour so many homes and view new builder features and upgraded amenities and technology in these new homes for sale.

“We have a great variety of homes this year at all price points, from $249,000 up to $2 million,” said Patrice Kononchek, chair of this year’s event. “It also covers a wide geographic area, from Lake Vista to Destrehan to Kenner and more. There are a lot of options for people to take in.”

After the Parade of Homes, there will be a virtual Parade of Homes online at www.hbagno.org/paradeofhomes, which starts on June 26th. This gives home buyers wanting to view the homes for sale in the comfort of their home, on mobile and desktop devices.

Many of the new homes being built focus on potential home buyers who will be living and working from home. The included amenities in these new homes for sale feature outdoor kitchens, home offices, workout rooms, and home theaters.

The Parks of Plaquemines has 3 custom homes in the Parade of Homes. Visit our community to speak to our exclusive, premiere builders in the Greater New Orleans area!

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Come to the Plaquemines Parish Seafood

The annual seafood and heritage festival is one of Plaquemines Parish’s biggest events. The festival was held this year from April 28 – 30, 2023 at the festival grounds in Belle Chasse.

Patrons enjoyed seafood and culture through restaurants and organizations’ food and history. Everyone enjoyed Croatian American Society’s chargrilled oysters. All the cuisine served at the festival will be prepared b local restaurants.

The event had live music by Groovy 7, Electric Ramble, R&R Smokin’ Foundation, Supercharger, BC Boyz, Faith Becnel and Rockin’ Doopsie Jr. There were also carnival rides, crafts and an oyster drop raffle.

“We are excited to celebrate Plaquemines Parish’s seafood and unique culture at the nineteenth annual Plaquemines Parish Seafood Festival. This year we have added carnival rides to the festival. Enjoy an amazing weekend of music, food, carnival rides and fun for the entire family,” said Dondra Kientz, Plaquemines Parish Seafood Festival Event spokesperson.

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Pathscrossed Will Be Held in Westwego

Pathscrossed is a street party along Sala Avenue that will host three art exhibit openings in Westwego. Sala Avenue will be closed and there will be live music, a red-carpet reception for all and a possible appearance of fire dancers.

The organizer is artist Josh Wigerter, who is using the event as a  tribute to all the artists who’ve contributed to his successful career.  Wingerter is known for his art that was along Frenchman Street that is graffiti style and began during the pandemic lockdown. He wanted to create a display that was kind of like an outdoor art gallery.

He became well known for his portrait of Louis Armstrong with a mask, and Wonder Woman dressed as a vaccine-armed nurse. Wingerter grew up in Westwego and is starting an art colony so to speak in the community. The 37-year-old previously was in management at Home Depot and earned his degree in business at UNO so he knows the business side of things.

He struck a deal with Westwego to rent an abandoned two-story building that used to be a bank. He turned it into a gallery and studio that now is part of the old main area. Wingerter loves the area and **likes the intimate vibe of Sala Avenue and would like to see it grow into an art destination like Royal Street, without the crowds and complications of visiting the French Quarter.**

A big part of this event is to help artists with how to make a living through their art. Among other artists that will be featured at the street party will be Dago, Paco Lane, Monique Lorden and Aubrey McGuire. All of these artists want to embrace the cute little town and add some quirky flavor to Westwego.

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Land Beneath the Elevated West Bank Will No Longer Be an Eyesore

Everyone who goes on the elevated West Bank Expressway knows it is an eyesore but nothing has been done about it in the past because the state of Louisiana owns it. This might change as Jefferson’s legislative delegation plans to introduce a bill that would give control of the property to the parish. Currently, the land is covered with litter and is an undeveloped eyesore. The area beneath US 90, Terry Parkway and Garden Road is also used for homeless encampments.

“It always looks terrible. We need to be able to control our own fate,” says council member Ricky Templet.

The parish would like to see the land be put to good use as new parks, drainage infrastructure or buildings for retailers. “That’s a great place for economic development, and also, it can give the people of west Jefferson a better quality of life,” says state Rep. Timothy Kerner.

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