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On New Year’s Eve, Mister Mao will transform into Brasserie Mao for a one-night prix-fixe dinner inspired by classic brasserie dining with Chef Sophina Uong’s signature global spin. The three-course experience is priced at $80 per person and includes a welcome champagne toast, with two seatings offered at 6pm and 8:15pm.
The menu highlights brasserie-style comfort dishes filtered through Mister Mao’s bold, Southeast Asian-influenced lens. Guests can expect selections such as black garlic masala escargot, gochujang moules frites, and entrées including wood-fired lamb and gulf fish with preserved lemon butter. Desserts will feature collaborations with local favorites including Lucy Boone, Butter Cakery, and Creole Creamery. Chef Sophina Uong and her team are curating the evening as a celebratory, one-night-only dining experience to ring in the new year. Mister Mao was recently recognized with a Bib Gourmand distinction from the MICHELIN Guide, and this event offers guests the opportunity to experience a special menu created exclusively for New Year’s Eve. Seating is extremely limited and early reservations are strongly encouraged. Reservations: Book online via OpenTable If you didn't catch the New Orleans Shakespeare Festival this summer, you have one more chance to see their amazing production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. For one night only, the cast and crew return to Dixon Hall to perform one of theater's most beloved plays. The production takes place at Dixon Hall on January 16th, and you can get more information and ticket links right here.
Read our review of August's production! From December 15 - 21, Gianna’s Chef de Cuisine Justin Koslowsky invites guests to celebrate the Italian American tradition of the Feast of the Seven Fishes, honoring the Italian American Christmas tradition of abstaining from meat and celebrating seafood dishes.
The menu begins with three antipasti: little gem salad, marinated burrata, and yellowfin tuna crudo. The primi course includes crab and sea urchin spaghetti with squid ink bottarga, oven-roasted oysters, and Puccia bread. The secondi course offerings are grilled swordfish piccata, shrimp scampi, and charred broccolini and to finish the meal traditional cannoli created by Executive Pastry Chef Maggie Scales. An optional wine pairing will also be available to complement each course. The Feast of the Seven Fishes menu is $105 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Full table participation is required. À la carte reservations are available on Resy here For more information, please visit https://giannarestaurant.com. WHEN: Saturday, December 20 (11am – 3pm).
WHERE: Saint John, 715 St Charles Ave DETAILS: Get your Christmas sweaters and Santa hats ready for SANTA’S BRUNCH on Saturday, December 20 (11 am - 3 pm). Join for a three-course meal ($60) hosted by Queens/Elves, Debbie with a D and Laveau Contraire. Saint John will have Christmas cocktails, music, and performances. RESERVATIONS: Book via Resy or call the restaurant at (504) 381-0385 Virgin Hotels New Orleans is ushering in the festive season. “Our goal this year was to create a collection of experiences that feel immersive, indulgent, and distinctly New Orleans,” said John Price, General Manager.
HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS A Merry Little Tea Time: a festive after-hours tea experience tucked inside the Funny Library Coffee Shop. Happening December 3rd - 19th, Wednesday through Friday, with seatings at 5 PM and 7 PM. Expect tea-inspired cocktails, sweet, and savory bites, and live music. Tickets are $50 per person and include two complimentary tea-inspired cocktails and an array of bites. Reserve your space HERE. Guests can also work their way up to the 13th floor for the Cajun Christmas Pop-Up Bar, which brings a lively Louisiana twist to the holiday season, welcoming guests Wednesdays through Sundays from 5 PM - 10 PM. Dreamboat transforms into a festive rooftop escape where visitors can sip eggnog, enjoy gumbo and holiday bites with a Cajun flair. Entry is complimentary with RSVP HERE. WHERE: The Chloe's Holiday Market
WHEN: Dec 14th from 12-6pm Join The Chloe for a Holiday Market with live music by David Torkanowsky. The afternoon will feature a beautifully curated selection of local makers and artisans, including Iris 1956, Oxalis Apothecary, Moxlox Eyewear, Saint Michele Atelier, Hazeltine Scent Co., Dyers Dyed Goods, Emma Fick, Anthology Vintage, Tenant, Freda, Lush Hussy, Cubs the Poet, Mad Nails, and Tiny Nest Botanicals, along with ceramics by Ariel Claborne. The NOLA Project theatre company’s free play reading series returns to The Broadside on
Wednesday, December 3 at 7pm. The itinerant ensemble will read A RATED-R CHRISTMAS CAROL, an irreverent spin on the Charles Dickens classic, by former Artistic Director A.J. Allegra. In this comedic retelling, Ebenezer Scrooge learns the true meaning of charity. The script has been read twice for past NOLA Project fundraisers, in 2016 and 2018, respectively and recorded for posterity in 2020 as part of the company’s PodPlays productions. The 2025 reading will feature NOLA Project ensemble members Khiry Armstead, Natalie Boyd, Keith Claverie, Leslie Claverie, Wayland Cooper, Torey Hayward, Alex Pomes, Matthew Thompson, Anna Toujas, Alex Martinez Wallace, Megan Whittle and Kristin Witt. For more information on Rough Draughts, visit NOLAProject.com. |
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