by M.D. Dupuy

Black Friday brought droves of rabid shoppers to Best Buys and Targets all over the country, but today is reserved for the little guys. It’s Small Business Saturday, and boutiques and shops along Magazine Street are abuzz with customers. American Express sponsors the event, which incentivizes small shopping through credit bonuses.

by Emma Boyce

New Orleans knows the blues, but we also know how to cure them.  From 11 am to 7 pm on Saturday, the corner of Magazine and Napoleon will be buzzing with food trucks, live music, dance and rows of tents for the fourth annual Magazine Street Blues Festival.  

Cops caught up with a quartet of of alleged criminals last night shortly after the youngest among them robbed a group of people on Magazine Street, according to the New Orleans Police Department. About 8:30 p.m., two teens, ages 14 and 15, pointed guns at a group of four adults near the intersection of Louisiana and Magazine, according to police. The pair got a wallet and purse off the victims, but a woman started screaming for help before all the loot was turned over.

by Emma Boyce

It’s that time of year again.  Hocus Pocus on every channel.  Finishing a bag of mini-sized kit-kats before the first trick or treaters even ring the bell.  And the one thing on everyone’s mind is: what will I wear!

The New Orleans burger bonanza continues to spread through Uptown, and this time the trend has national ramifications. Smashburger is set to open up a franchise on Magazine Street.

by Mary-Devon Dupuy

One of New Orleans’ fastest growing neighborhoods is filling out its corridors, with two new adjacent businesses popping up in the 1900 block of Magazine. The Lower Garden District has long been home to local favorites Juan’s Flying Burrito, Aidan Gill for men, Trashy Diva, and a long list of other boutiques, restaurants, and galleries. The newest additions to this hub of hipness are the Roux Public House restaurant  (1910 Magazine) and its neighbor, Diva Dawg (1906 Magazine) a gourmet hot dog hangout.

by Erica Boni

Uptown is continuing to go patty this fall. Smashburger announced yesterday that their Magazine street location is set to open its doors to the public on September 19. The company is the nation’s fastest growing gourmet burger restaurant with more than 400 locations open to date.

Vietnamese food has arrived on Magazine Street, as it's now home to three spots serving Southeast Louisiana's most prevalent Southeast Asian food. To introduce us to these new spots, Brad Rhines samples the Banh Mi at each location, and talks to the chefs about their creations.

All that smoke billowing from the area between Magazine Street and Tchoupitoulas this morning was coming from an abandoned service station at the corner of Constance and Peniston. The building, which was slated for demolition, burned to the ground in the blaze. The fire also spread to the side of a home next door, but no one was injured. The fire was mostly extinguished by noon, but crews continued mopping up into the afternoon. Uptown Messenger has details from the scene. About 2 p.m., a second fire was reported on Laurel St. near Napoleon Avenue.

by Brad Rhines

Between Whole Foods, Pinkberry, Slice, and St. Joe’s Bar, poor little Joseph Street can’t get no relief. The narrow block between Magazine and Camp Streets has become a crowded corridor for Uptown shoppers coming from, going to, and parking along this busy stretch of Magazine. Well, no more - the City hopes. Starting Friday morning this block of Joseph Street will be converted from a two-way street to a one-way street, with traffic heading lakebound (from Magazine Street toward Camp Street).