Do you REALLY know what you’re drinking when you order one of New Orleans’ famous cocktails? New Orleans is a drinking town and I’ve been drinking in this town longer than I care to admit. Here are a few drinks that NOLA is famous for and I’m here to tell …

If you’re like me, the mid-week slump is enough to make you want to run home, curl up on your couch and watch Netflix until you have up again tomorrow. Now, normally I would be a huge supporter of this idea but I’ve been thinking I need to branch out …

For this week’s edition of What the Funk?, I had a few questions swimming around in my head while I drove to work. And then Coolio’s “Gangsta Paradise” came on my Spotify and I had a lightbulb moment. I spent a semester abroad in Europe my last year of college …

April Fools fun at it’s finest! How could you fall for that? The French Quarter is no place for Applebee’s!   Earlier today, Applebee’s CEO and President Zane Tankel announced that he plans on opening New Orleans’ first restaurant where in the former Brennan’s Restaurant building on Royal Street.   For …

The New Orleans chef to headline Wrestlemania would have been a sight to see. It would have been like “BOW!!” Roundhouse to the face. “BOW!!! BODY SLAM!!!” I would have paid to see that. Unfortunately, just part of our April Fools jokery!   Sources confirmed to us early Tuesday morning …

This one is both hilarious and edging that fine line between hilarity and downright wrong. But that is our specialty. Luckily for everyone involved, it’s all part of the April Fools fun.   Ladies, try to keep your clothes on, because Darren Sharper is looking for love.  According to sources …

This is the one you probably believed the most, wasn’t it? Yeah, we were counting on you to buy this for our April Fools series.   On Thursday, April 1st, a bill which would add traffic cameras to every major intersection in Orleans Parish will head to the New Orleans …

For all those of the Tucks generation, this article was probably the biggest high and lowest low of your day, wasn’t it?   After three years of dormancy, Friar Tucks will once again open its doors on Freret Street.  On Sunday, March 30th, previous owner John Blitch announced that he …

This post gave all of us at Red Beans and Life a good laugh and made us feel dirty all over. But no worries, it was all part of our April Fools series!   After nearly three weeks of speculation and searching, the two pilots of missing Malaysia Flight 370 …

When brainstorming for April Fools ideas we asked ourselves “What would scare the shit out of Louisiana residents?” And that’s how we got this little gem. Admit it, did you begin to tear up when you first saw this?   In a pivotal and unusual landmark decision, Louisiana’s Democratic party …