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MARCH 9 – MARCH 15, 2021 VOLUME 42 || NUMBER 10 NEWS

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Turning up the heat THE HOT 8 BRASS BAND PERFORMS A LIVE SHOW in the courtyard of the New Orleans Jazz Museum at 5 p.m.

Tuesday, March 9. The performance also will be livestreamed at facebook. com/nolajazzmuseum/live.

When life slowed down, Mike Dillon’s music picked up

Black to the future NEW ORLEANS’ EXPERIENTIAL MUSEUM, JAMNOLA, celebrates Black art and artists with an after-hours event, “The Future Is: Black Joy, Black Art, Black Music” hosted by comedian DC PauL and Vally O. The lineup features artists and performers such as musician and poet Sunni Patterson, artist Marcus Brown, poet Daiquiri Jones, dance group Body Talk and more. The event is from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday, March 9.

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BY JAKE CLAPP FOR GOING ON 30 YEARS, Mike Dillon has averaged around 200 shows a year. The vibraphonist and percussionist hasn’t let up much since he was 25, spending massive amounts of time on the road, whether with his own psych-rock, jazz and funk bands or as a sideman for Les Claypool and Ani DiFranco.

But when the pandemic pulled the plug on touring almost exactly a year ago, all of that energy had to go somewhere. So Dillon started to write and write — and write.

“I just got obsessed with writing.

There was nothing else to do,” Dillon says. “I can remember the energy of everything being closed. Masking up — putting on the hazmat suit to be able to go to the grocery store.

No one coming over. Christ, we were spraying down our food before we brought it in.”

Within weeks, Dillon wrote 20 songs, and in October, he released the 10-track album “Shoot the Moon,” taking advantage of Bandcamp’s initiative to waive fees for musicians on the first Friday of each month. The next month, he released the ninesong “Suitcase Man.” Then rounded out the trilogy in December with “1918,” an 11-track release.

On Friday, record label Royal Potato Family will issue Dillon’s “The Great Quarantine Album Trilogy” on vinyl and make the albums available on other major streaming platforms.

The new albums also come relatively quickly on the heels of Dillon’s well-received “Rosewood,” released last July.

“I’m really proud of [them] because all three of them are something different for me,” Dillon says over the phone from Kansas City, Missouri, where he relocated during the pandemic.

When not on the road over the last 15 years, Dillon has been based in New Orleans, a steady presence in the music community as part of Nolatet with Brian Haas, James Singleton and Johnny Vidacovich.

He’s played with Stanton Moore, Skerik and Marco Benevento as Garage A Trois, and led his Mike Dillon Band, which won the Big Easy Award for best rock act in 2018.

Tribal rites Dillon moved in with his girlfriend in Kansas City when the pandemic hit but has been starting to travel back and forth to New Orleans, hauling an Airstream trailer to stay in while here.

The livestreaming gigs — whether solo or performing with other musicians like Singleton and saxophonist Brad Walker — have been frequent in the past year. And recent months have seen more outdoor gigs pop up at places like the Broadside, where he played with Iceman Special.

A few months into the pandemic — after recalibrating from the “hamster wheel” of tour life — Dillon started to visit a friend’s studio space in Kansas City. He’d go in two or three times a week, write, experiment with new instruments, like a Moog synthesizer someone left in his van, record and then drive around listening to the tracks. Even having more time to work on studio material was a change for him, Dillon says.

“There are elements [on the new albums], of course, of what I’ve been doing my whole career,” Dillon says, “but I took some chances on these records.” That’s something of a statement for a musician whose percussive work has always been unpredictable and blurred definitions. On his 2016 album, “Functioning Broke,” for example, Dillon re-imagined songs

by Elliott Smith, Neil Young and Tiki lounge maestro Martin Denny.

Again, the genres blur in the quarantine trilogy, but each album has a certain through-line style. Dillon squeezes as much driving psychedelia and punk as he can into “Shoot the Moon” while dissecting the U.S.’ current political climate. On “1918,” Dillon experiments a little more with

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Mike Dillon finally found time to take a bath after the pandemic hit.

synths and percussion, sometimes heading for space, often settling into a groove. Generally, the album is all about the pandemic and the oddities of the past year, but Dillon will occasionally draw comparisons back to the influenza pandemic of 1918.

While those two albums examine the outside world, Dillon becomes more introspective on “Suitcase Man.” The album is unique in its bare, singer-songwriter style. Vocalists Tif Lamson and JJ Jungle offer occasional background vocals, but for the most part, Dillon is left to his own devices with a vibraphone and a raspy voice.

“Touring with Rickie Lee [Jones], in the middle of the show, she’ll take a guitar and play by herself and she’ll get the whole crowd with her … they don’t need us side musicians, they just lay it all out on the line,” Dillon says. “So being the musician I am, I was like, ‘I want to try that.’ And of course, not being afraid to suck, I said, OK, I can’t sing that well, but neither can Bob Dylan.”

Dillon says he’s starting to get back in the touring mode as he optimistically looks at scheduling dates in the fall. But he’s hesitant to get back to the 200-dates-a-year grind.

“I’ve just never had a home life at all. That’s what blew my mind,” he says. “We got to work and we got to pay our bills. If anything, the new Covid economy has taught us that our fans are the best thing in the world. At the end of the day, it’s the music and the fans.”

FUNK BAND FLOW TRIBE HASN’T PERFORMED A LIVE LOCAL SHOW IN A YEAR. Its 2017 album “Boss,” featuring Mannie Fresh, raised its profile.

In early fall, the band released “Loteria Cosmica.” The group performs at 7 p.m. Friday, March 12 at Southport Hall.

Find tickets on eventbrite.com.

Box shredders THE SAMANTHA FISH CIGAR BOX GUITAR FESTIVAL is inspired by the home-made guitars. This year’s event will be livestreamed from Chickie Wah Wah and other locations on Friday, March 12, and Saturday, March 13. The blues-heavy lineup includes Samantha Fish, Jonathan Long, J.P. Soars, Italian bluesmen Superdownhome and others. Visit neworleanscbg.com for information.

Hopping scene AFRO-CUBAN BAND OTRA PERFORMS AT 5:30 P.M. FRIDAY, March 12, on the lawn at Dixie Brewery, which is changing its signage to the new Faubourg Brewery. The weekend schedule also includes Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 13, and Susan Cowsill at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, March 14.

Visit facebook.com/faubourgbeer for full schedule and information.

Word up SAINTS AND SINNERS, the annual LGBTQ literary festival, is a virtual event this year, taking place Thursday, March 11, through Sunday, March 14. There are readings and performances by Dorothy Allison, Bryan Washington, Felice Picano, Cheryl Head, Wo Chan, Andrew Holleran, David P. Wichman, Robert Jones Jr., Fauxnique, Peaches Christ and others. Most readings and seminars are free, and there are some workshops with limited, ticketed access. Visit sasfest.org for information.

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Reznor and Atticus Ross last week won the Golden Globe for Best Original Score for their work on the latest Pixar film, “Soul.” Batiste wrote, arranged and performed the jazz compositions used in the animated movie and acted as a musical consultant, along with Herbie Hancock and Questlove.

The film, which is streaming on Disney+, replicated Batiste’s hands playing the piano.

Republic NOLA was issued a cease-and-desist order and shut down by the city recently for not following Covid restrictions. More than 250 people were inside the Warehouse District bar and music venue — well above the 75-person indoor capacity limit allowed during Phase 2 — and reportedly most were not wearing masks. The city also alleges the bar was serving drinks past the 11 p.m. cutoff.

The Archdiocese of New Orleans last week issued a state-

ment in which it called the new Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine “morally compromised” because it is produced using cell lines created from a few abortions in the 1970s and 1980s. It acknowledges that lab-testing of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines also utilized an abortion-derived cell line (the final product does not use the cell line), but advises parishioners to choose them if available. Pope Francis was vaccinated in January and initially required vaccinations for people who work at the Vatican.

The number of Louisiana lawmakers, out of 144, who as of press time are rooting for you to die of COVID-19.

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Soul Brass Band outside the Convention Center

‘LIKE CHRISTMAS MORNING’ HUNDREDS OF NEW ORLEANIANS filed into the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center accompanied by live music from the Soul Brass Band on Thursday, March 4, for the opening of the city’s first mass vaccination site.

In a city that has struggled tremendously for the last year under the weight of COVID-19, vaccine recipients, many of whom were accompanied by a family member or close friend, reacted with levity to their shots.

Kathleen Conlon, 61, was in high spirits when she sat down to receive her vaccination from Ascence Woodson, a medical assistant at LCMC Health. “Is there a bar?” Conlon joked after receiving the shot shortly before 11 a.m.

The newly approved Johnson & Johnson vaccine — the only single-dose vaccine available in the United States — made its way into arms starting around 7 a.m. Officials, who ushered groups into the facility in 15-minute increments to accommodate physical distancing protocols, noted that New Orleans isn’t normally known for catering to an early-rising crowd, but people were lined up by 6:30.

Allison Guste, a registered nurse at LCMC, oversaw the logistics of the site with Dr. Jonathan Elder, an ER physician and LCMC Health’s Director of Emergency Preparedness.

“It all started on a white board in my office,” Guste says, recalling sketching out a tentative floor plan a few months prior to envision an immunization space for the masses.

Over the next three days, LCMC staffers will administer 900 shots daily of their allotment of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. They are limited to 2,700 doses, likely until the end of the month, but next week they plan to further ramp up efforts when they procure doses of the Pfizer variety from the state health department, which is responsible for divvying up the federally supplied vaccines.

LCMC staff members are assisted on-site by dozens of neon-clad NOLA Ready volunteers. So far, nearly 400 volunteers have stepped up to phone bank, assist low-income communities and those who lack technology and transportation in order to get the vaccine more equitably distributed.

FEMA, the state and city health departments and the RTA — which is providing free shuttle service — are all partners in the Convention Center effort.

There have been some issues with online registration: The city initially circulated the wrong hyperlink, and even with the correct one, LCMC uses a third-party platform that caused obstacles for some people who aren’t pre-existing patients, because of an automated authentication

These state representatives and senators signed a March 4 letter to Gov. John Bel Edwards, urging him to completely end all restrictions and lift the mask mandate following declining cases and hospitalizations. Edwards earlier in the week significantly loosened statewide restrictions — but kept many in place, as the state remains in the clutches of the deadly pandemic, vaccine rollout has been slower than expected and there is still significant widespread risk.

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OPENING GAMBIT Black patrons racially profiled at Desi Vega’s An account from a local couple who experienced racial profiling at Desi Vega’s Seafood and Prime Steaks in Metairie sparked a swift and widespread response.

For Brandee Bocage, it also felt uncomfortably familiar.

The controversy erupted when James Washington of New Orleans gave an account on Facebook Saturday of a date night with his wife at Desi Vega’s. After the meal, the couple, who is Black, received a bill with a 20% tip already included.

Suspicious of the automatic tip, Washington — who cited his background in the restaurant business as a bus boy and waiter — said he called the restaurant from his table and spoke with a manager who confirmed the 20% tip was restaurant policy.

Still skeptical, Washington called friends who had been to Desi Vega’s and said they had not received the same treatment. He then spoke to a White couple in the restaurant who had already paid their bill. The couple said 20% wasn’t automatically added to their bill.

“I called the manager over to the table and asked if he had lied. He admitted that he did,” Washington

wrote. “He confirmed that he and the server prejudged us. Said he felt bad so he kept the lie going. Said he was in a ‘precarious’ position. Said he didn’t mean to racially profile us but his server asked him to do this to us so he went along with it. Said he was ‘embarrassed and humiliated.’ Promised he’d never do it again. Said they never did it before.”

Washington’s post led to a public apology from restaurant founder Desi Vega, who said on social media that the manager and waiter who were involved were “suspended without pay, pending further review.”

That post also got Bocage and her friends talking.

Bocage said they went to the same restaurant on Veterans Boulevard for a friend’s birthday dinner on Feb. 20. All the people at her table of four were Black. When they paid the bill, she was surprised to find a 20% gratuity had already been added.

Automatic gratuities are common place in restaurants for larger groups, similar to service charges applied in other businesses; not so for tables of two or four.

“It was my first time there, so I thought maybe it was normal,” Bocage said.

After hearing the Washingtons’ story, she and her friends are looking back at

the dinner with a different perspective.

“Now to find out you might have been singled out, it’s disheartening,” she said.

“It happened to us, it happened to this other couple. Maybe it’s normal practice there. I’m glad they spoke out.”

Bocage provided a photo of receipts showing the 20% gratuity added to her bill. In his statement addressing the Washingtons’ incident, Vega wrote that the automatic gratuity was improper.

“The fact that my staff tried to cover the situation up by lying about it makes it much worse,” Vega wrote.

In a follow up Facebook post, Washington wrote that he and his wife Yasmin met with Vega and the restaurateur apologized to them.

“My wife and I believe his apology was genuine,” Washington wrote.

They also requested Vega implement implicit bias training throughout the company; post the restaurant’s gratuity policy publicly; and “work with, support, and donate to Café Reconcile,” a longtime local nonprofit that uses its own restaurant as a platform to uplift under-privileged youth.

In his public apology, Vega said that those steps will be taken. —IAN MCNULTY AND KYLE WHITFIELD / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE | THE NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE

WE CARRY EACH OTHER It’s how we do things in Louisiana during times of challenge. We’re stronger together and we know our strength lies in the helping hands of our neighbors.

So let’s wear a mask and protect one another. And protect the life we love.

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process. (A spokesperson said that non-LCMC Health patients can successfully book an appointment online if they can be verified.)

It was a stark contrast from nearly a year before, when the Convention Center served as a spillover facility for potentially overwhelmed hospitals, filled with military personnel and makeshift white hospital tents as officials braced themselves for the worst.

Laure Larkin Tapia, 55, said she nearly leaped out of bed early Wednesday morning to set up her appointment. “I was determined,” she said. She hasn’t seen her son, who lives in New York and normally visits twice a year, since the end of 2019.

Now, he’s planning to visit next month after he gets his own vaccine.

“I’m so excited. I am very much relieved. I’ve been staying home and gotten used to this lifestyle,” she says.

“But I wanted to be able to hug my son when he gets here.”

Outside, the band struck up “When the Saints Go Marching In” against the backdrop of an “I Want To Be In That Number” sign on the sidewalk leading into the building.

Conlon said on her way out, “It feels like Christmas morning.”

— SARAH RAVITS

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COMMENTARY

Our Endorsements ON MARCH 20, VOTERS IN LOUISIANA’S SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT will

choose a successor to former U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, who now works as a top aide to President Joe Biden. Voters in state House District 82, which encompasses Old Jefferson and other parts of Metairie, will likewise chose a new state representative. And in most parts of Jefferson Parish, voters will decide whether to renew a pair of property tax millages for improved water and sewer service.

Early voting in all those areas runs March 6-13. Turnout is expected to be low across the board, so we urge all our readers in those areas to make their voices heard. We herewith offer our recommendations.

For Congress:

Troy Carter

The Second Congressional District includes parts of 10 south Louisiana parishes, but almost 70% of its voters live in Orleans and Jefferson parishes. Several of the 15 candidates in

The Gambit Ballot March 20

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CONGRESS, 2ND DISTRICT Troy Carter (Most of Orleans, parts of Jefferson)

STATE REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE DISCTRICT 82 Eddie Connick (Old Jefferson & Metairie)

JEFFERSON PARISH MILLAGE RENEWALS WATER DISTRICT NO. 2 (5 MILLS) YES

SEWERAGE DISTRICT NO. 2 (5 MILLS) YES

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State Sen. Troy Carter

this race impressed us, most notably state Senators Troy Carter and Karen Carter Peterson, activist Gary Chambers Jr., and business owner Desiree Ontiveros. We hope they all continue to serve their communities and will offer themselves for public service again. In this race, of course, voters can choose only one candidate. After examining their records and interviewing each of them on the issues, we recommend Troy Carter as Louisiana’s newest member of Congress.

Carter has served our area on several levels already — beginning in the state House of Representatives in the 1990s and then on the City Council. He lost a bid for mayor in 2002 and dropped out of public life, but he continued to serve the community in the private sector as a volunteer leader with several nonprofits and community groups. In 2016, he returned to the state Legislature as a senator representing both Orleans and Jefferson parishes on the West Bank.

As a senator, Carter has established a proven record of effectiveness by building coalitions to support (and in some cases, oppose) legislation affecting our region and its people. He has been on the forefront of advocating for a higher minimum wage, equal pay for women, ending wage discrimination and secrecy, LGBTQ rights, better health care for all (including mandatory insurance coverage for women

recovering from breast cancer), criminal justice reform, expanded voting rights, affordable housing — and more. In Congress, he will work to pass President Biden’s agenda for securing voting rights, addressing climate change, expanding and guaranteeing public health care, raising the minimum wage, and reforming the nation’s tax code.

Most important of all, Carter has shown that he can work with other lawmakers to move important legislation forward, particularly when it requires finding common ground with those who have opposing viewpoints. This is a critical skill set, one that Richmond displayed over the years. Louisiana needs someone with those skills more than ever. He is endorsed by the Alliance for Good Government, Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng, New Orleans Councilmember Helena Moreno and more than 100 others — including Richmond. We add our name to that impressive list by urging our readers to elect Troy Carter as Louisiana’s next congressman.

House District 82:

Eddie Connick

Voters in Old Jefferson and other parts of Metairie will choose a new state representative to replace former Rep. Charles Henry, who resigned after serving just one year

in office. Three candidates are vying for the job. We recommend former medical and health services executive Eddie Connick.

Connick brings a strong business and medical background to the job. He spent more than two decades working for Medtronic, a leading medical technology firm. His experience there gives him uncommon insight into the challenges facing public health care, which he believes can be expanded via tightened audit procedures that will free up money for expanded care. He also will push for a top-to-bottom revision of Louisiana’s arcane tax code, including centralized sales tax collection, and for greater funding for early childhood education. He supports mandatory kindergarten and making it easier for citizens to vote legally, noting that fears of “voter fraud” are “a red herring.”

He also will advocate for improved flood protection in his district.

We recommend Eddie Connick for state representative in House District 82.

Jefferson Parish Tax Renewals:

Yes A pair of property tax renewals will appear on the ballot in parts of Jefferson Parish. These are existing taxes that support vital water and sewerage services in most but not all areas of the parish. Voters are being asked to renew them both for 10 years with a maximum millage (property tax) rate of 5 mills each.

We recommend voters say “YES” to both propositions.

Both propositions are endorsed by the nonpartisan Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR), which examined them closely before making its recommendation.

“The taxes would provide revenue necessary to maintain and improve Jefferson Parish’s water and sewer systems,” BGR wrote in its analysis.

“The Parish has clear plans for implementing infrastructure projects that would address critical needs and reduce risks of system disruption and environmental hazards.”

If approved by voters, the millage rates would increase nominally, but the total increase per $100,000 in a property’s value would be only about $33 a year — a paltry sum for improved water and sewer services. We urge our readers in the areas served by the water and sewer districts to vote YES on the two renewals.

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The restaurant you remember was The Deli, which opened in late 1972 at 1534 Melpomene Street, just off of St. Charles Avenue.

In May 1973, The States-Item “Underground Gourmet” restaurant columnist Richard Collin called it “a seedy little place… that turns out good and unusual food.” He said its specialty was its Sicilian pizza, which had a thicker crust than regular pizza and resembled a true pizza pie. “It is freshly baked, beautifully seasoned and delicious. The sausage and onion pizza (highly recommended) is spectacular,” Collin wrote.

True to its name, The Deli also offered a line of delicatessen sandwiches, including pastrami and corned beef. Its sandwiches were served on Jewish rye, onion rolls or pumpernickel. “I wouldn’t put it up

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The Deli stayed open into the mid-1980s, before reopening as a music club called Boyd’s Blues Alley. In the 1990s, it was Moochies, Shooters, then LeRew’s Soul-Creole Cuisine restaurant. It was also a music and comedy club known as Pepina’s Cafe. The building has since been demolished.

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BLAKEVIEW ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL POLITICAL FIGURES in the history of Jefferson Parish — many would say the state — was born 100 years ago this week. Lawrence A. Chehardy was Jefferson Parish assessor for 11 years but wielded considerable influence beyond that as a champion of the state’s homestead exemption.

Born March 10, 1921, in New Orleans, Chehardy entered Jefferson Parish politics in 1960 when he was appointed parish attorney. In 1965, Gov. John McKeithen named Chehardy to succeed parish assessor Vernon Wilty Jr., who had died in office.

Throughout the 1960s and ’70s, Chehardy became known as a crusader for the homestead exemption. The measure is enshrined in the 1974 state constitution largely because of his efforts. It exempts the first $75,000 of an owner-occupied home’s value from parish property taxes, and voters loved Chehardy for that. He wanted to go even further, saying no one should pay property taxes.

The assessor relished his role as political kingmaker. A Chehardy endorsement — delivered in a letter to voters — was prized by candidates who secured it and feared by those who were its targets. His most legendary maneuver came in 1975, when the powerful incumbent signed up to run for re-election and drew no challengers until the last day of qualifying. With three minutes to spare, his 22-year-old son, Lawrence E. Chehardy (his chief deputy), signed up to run. In what came to be known as “pulling a Chehardy,” the father withdrew, leaving the son to take office. The younger Chehardy held the post for 34 years.

In 1980, Lawrence A. Chehardy was elected to the state’s 4th Circuit Court of Appeal in Gretna, which later became part of the 5th Circuit. He served for 12 years. In 1998, he swore in his daughter Susan when she was elected the court’s first female judge.

Chehardy died in 1999. In 2000, the state Legislature voted to rename the Fifth Circuit courthouse in his honor. In 2016, the Chehardy family was inducted into the Louisiana Political Hall of Fame.

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BY C L A NC Y DUB O S

FIFTEEN CANDIDATES hope to win former U.S. Rep.

Cedric Richmond’s Second Congressional District seat.

As early voting begins, the top contenders are working overtime to distinguish themselves from one another — a task made even more daunting by the pandemic.

The final weeks of the March 20 primary will see a flurry of last-minute endorsements, attacks, counter-attacks and perhaps some surprises. Covid has already changed everything else — why shouldn’t it turn politics on its head as well?

“Virtual campaigning is just not the same as in-person campaigning,” says University of New Orleans political science professor Ed Chervenak. “It’s more difficult in almost every way. Traditional campaigns give candidates the opportunity to make that personal connection with voters, which is good for everyone.

That can’t happen via Zoom. Something’s lost there.”

Another loss, says Chervenak, will be Richmond’s seniority. He won his seat in 2010 and rose through the ranks to a leadership position that included chairmanship of the Congressional Black Caucus. He wielded enviable clout on national matters as well as leverage on issues of concern to his district.

Soon after Richmond won re-election last November, he accepted an offer from President-elect Joe Biden to become a top advisor focusing on outreach and

engagement. Richmond’s departure from Congress opened a political floodgate. (See list of candidates on p.15) “Whoever wins this race will have to start at the bottom and work his or her way up,” Chervenak says. “And at this point, all the good committee seats are gone.”

Among the eight Democrats in the race, state Sen. Troy Carter of Algiers and state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson of New Orleans lead the pack in name recognition, polling, fundraising and endorsements.

Meanwhile, community activist Gary Chambers of Baton Rouge and New Orleans businesswoman Desiree Ontiveros have generated enthusiasm as progressive newcomers.

All four of them are left of center on the major issues.

Peterson, Chambers and Ontiveros embrace the progressive agenda with boundless enthusiasm, while Carter offers general but nuanced support — depending on the issue. The Louisiana Democratic Party has endorsed all eight Dems in the race.

Although four Republicans are running, the Louisiana GOP has thrown its support behind former LSU track star Claston Bernard of Gonzales. Party leaders appear undaunted by the fact that less than 12% of the district’s voters are GOP registrants. Bernard and GOP

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leaders hope he can get enough votes from independents and conservative Democrats to edge out one of the frontrunners for a runoff spot.

Early voting starts/started Saturday, March 6 and continues through March 13. If no candidate gets a majority in the March 20 primary, the two top finishers, regardless of party, will advance to the April 24 runoff.

“Early voting has proved to be a friend of the African-American community,” notes Dillard University political science professor Gary Clark. “I think early voting will be a good barometer of overall turnout.”

‘A Safe Seat’ LOUISIANA CONGRESSIONAL SEATS are among the saf-

est in the nation, which makes the contest to succeed Richmond a marquee event for area politicos. The district’s demographics overwhelmingly favor Democrats — particularly those from New Orleans.

The district includes parts of 10 parishes stretching from New Orleans East to West Baton Rouge Parish.

Locally, it includes almost all of New Orleans, most of the West Bank of Jefferson Parish, and a few areas on the East Bank of Jefferson. New Orleans contains 45%

of the district’s electorate; Jefferson, 23.6%; and East Baton Rouge Parish, slightly less than 12%.

Those numbers tell only part of the story, however. Black people are 61% of the district’s voters; Democrats, more than 63%. Meanwhile, independent and “other party” voters outnumber Republicans by a margin of more than two-to-one — 25% to less than 12%.

All candidates face the same challenge: getting their voters to turn out for a special election with nothing else on the ballot to boost turnout.

“This is a low-stimulus election,” says Chervenak.

“We just had a presidential election and now, after a quick breather, we have another. We’ll likely see a turnout of about 15% to 20%, and typically it will be the most chronic voters, who tend to be older.”

Dillard’s Clark agrees with that projection but also sees a reason for Democrats to place a high priority on this contest. “Even though it will be a low-turnout election, this election will have national implications,” Clark says. “The Second District is a very safe district, but in this case, it is highly important because of the single-digit majority that Democrats have in Congress.”

In some ways, the four leading Democrats are competing on two distinct tiers as well as across generational lines. The candidates’ strategies, strengths

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Carter and Peterson are both “establishment” Democrats with political roots, resumes and allegiances that go back decades in New Orleans.

Both currently serve in the Louisiana Senate, and both have some impressive national endorsements. They are the clear frontrunners.

They have raised the most money, polled well ahead of the pack, attracted the most media and voter attention, DILLARD POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR and captured or shared all P H O T O P R OV I D E D B Y major local endorsements.

DR . GARY CL ARK “Troy and Karen have a similar history in terms of having been legislators,” says Southern University at New Orleans political science professor George Amedee. “They are known commodities.

Chambers is the up-and-coming guy.”

Chambers and Ontiveros are proudly and loudly progressive — outsiders who brandish their “upstart” status as a badge of honor. Financially and otherwise, they are competing a tier below Carter and Peterson, but they and the other 11 candidates appear to have enough support to trigger a runoff.

The challenge for Chambers and Ontiveros is to find a way to break out of single digits and garner enough votes to pass either Peterson or Carter for a runoff spot.

Chambers has gotten attention by generating at least $300,000, he says, via his huge social media following. He plans to put most of it into an advertising blitz in the campaign’s final weeks.

“Chambers has relied heavily on social media because that’s his natural platform as a young activist,” says Clark. “Social media is important, but in this race the leading candidates all understand social media — and they also understand practical politics. The key for Chambers is to turn his social media following into votes. It will be a major test of his candidacy.”

For her part, Ontiveros has earned a share (with Peterson) of an important local endorsement from the New Orleans Coalition. She also has endorsements from other progressive groups.

Dr. Gary Clark

A Zero-Sum Game As early voting begins and candidates take their final shots, it’s noteworthy that we’re not hearing more about their positions on the issues. Perhaps that’s because there’s not a lot of difference there, at least on the major points.

For example, all support repealing the Trump tax cuts and raising the hourly minimum wage to $15 or more. All like most if not all of the Green New Deal, and all support Medicare For All, depending on how it’s defined and how it’s implemented.

Peterson, Chambers and Ontiveros staunchly support a single-payer health care system right now and all of the Green New Deal. Carter says it will take time to phase in major changes to the health care system and that the Green New Deal is “a good blueprint” that cannot realistically be implemented all at once. His position on both those issues mirrors that of Biden.

Peterson, when pressed about the single-payer system, says she’s “okay with it being phased in” over time. “I know how to make sausage,” she says, noting the give-and-take of legislating.

“I’m for a public option and health care for all,” Carter says.

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It’s noteworthy that the two veteran lawmakers openly acknowledge the role that compromise plays in passing legislation. Both also know that an election, on the other hand, is a zero-sum game. On that front, no one is making concessions — particularly not in the closing weeks.

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In addition to a generational divide, the leading Democrats differ from one another stylistically — perhaps more than they differ philosophically. Their approaches to the challenge of turning out their voters illustrate those differences.

Carter and Peterson, while they have learned the importance of social media, came of age in an era of street-level, door-to-door campaigning tied closely to the city’s network of Black political organizations.

Peterson’s late father was a leader in BOLD (Black Organization for Leadership Development), the Central City-based group that has been a force in city and state politics for more than half a century. Ken Carter was the city’s first Black elected assessor. BOLD members and allies have included city council members, state lawmakers and many other local and statewide officials, including Peterson and City Councilman Jay Banks.

BOLD has notched many successes over the years, but the group also has seen some defeats. Just last fall, Peterson and her husband, political consultant Dana

Peterson, played major roles in former Judge Keva Landrum’s campaign for district attorney, which ultimately lost against new DA Jason Williams.

Similarly, Carter is a member of a political camp led by Richmond, whose allies often clash with BOLD in local elections. While BOLD is anchored in Central City but active citywide, Carter hails from Algiers but has drawn support across town and throughout the district.

The last time BOLD and Richmond’s forces clashed in major elections, BOLD ran the table of local state representative races in 2019. Richmond allies won key seats in Senate races, however, and in legislative races in the River Parishes and Baton Rouge, which are part of the Second Congressional District. Many see this contest as the latest bout between BOLD and Richmond.

Covid has put a damper on street-level campaigning, but door knocking and sign waving at busy intersections — particularly during early voting and on Election Day — could still make a difference in a low-turnout election such as this one.

On the other hand, can those old-school turnout mechanisms compete with the immediacy and reach of social media?

The younger Chambers and Ontiveros believe they have an edge there. Social media came to the political forefront in the past 15 years, and its impact continues to grow. In some ways, this campaign is yet another contest between the old order and the new.

“It’s always about matchups,” says Clark. “Signs don’t vote. At the same time, having lots of social media followers doesn’t necessarily translate into votes. You have

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Dueling Endorsements

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Traditionally, political endorsements have played a dual role in campaigns by giving candidates credibility and momentum. In this campaign, some of them could help generate turnout as well. That’s particularly true for Carter and Peterson’s campaigns.

Endorsements also underscore the two-tiered political matrix of this election. Carter and Peterson have garnered support from prominent national Democrats, along with a slew of important local figures and groups.

Peterson’s most recognizable supporter is Stacey Abrams, the Georgia firebrand who is widely credited for turning her state purple in the last election cycle. The secret to Abrams’ success in Georgia, which Peterson hopes to replicate in this race, was her ability to motivate voters to do whatever it takes to cast their ballots. Peterson also has an endorsement from Donna Brazile, the Kenner native who has twice chaired the Democratic National Committee and regularly appears on network TV as a political analyst.

In a district that is 61% African American and 56% female, endorsements from Abrams and Brazile could motivate women voters to turn out in large numbers for Peterson.

Carter has two big names in his corner as well: Richmond and Congressman James Clyburn. Richmond may be more

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influential than ever after being tapped by President Biden to serve as a top aide. Clyburn helped revive Biden’s flagging campaign by delivering South Carolina to him during the primaries. Clyburn also has been a close friend and mentor to Richmond. While no one can match the star power of Abrams right now, Richmond has a turnout machine in place — and Clyburn is an icon among seniors, who tend to be chronic voters.

Carter and Peterson’s dueling endorsements mirror their different strengths and appeal. While both have a share of “national” endorsements, Peterson’s campaign has relied more heavily on her national contacts, which she made as head of the Louisiana Democratic Party and as a vice chair of the Democratic National Party. She also has about two dozen local endorsements from lawmakers, parish council members and other local officials up and down the district.

Carter, however, has more than three times the total number of endorsements as Peterson, including those of a dozen current members of Congress. Locally, he has the Alliance for Good Government, the Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO, the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance (a network of influential Black pastors), and several state senators — including Cleo Fields, a political force in Baton Rouge. All told, Carter has more than 100 endorsements from local officials.

“The various factions within the Democratic party will have major impacts in this election,” says Clark. “The Progressive wing is moving their support toward Peterson.

Democracy for America, Emily’s List, Stacey Abrams — they have a vested interested in who comes to Washington.

“On the other side, moderates and the traditional faction — the AFL-CIO, the Congressional Black Caucus and Cedric Richmond — are all for Carter. It’s also important that Cleo Fields is supporting Carter because Sen. Fields will make a tremendous difference in the Baton Rouge area, which he represents. He has a very intense ground campaign team, and he has coattails.”

Amedee agrees, adding that Fields’ endorsement of Carter will help Carter in Chambers’ home turf of Baton Rouge.

“Cleo Fields still has a progressive reputation,” Amedee says, adding that Abrams’ endorsement of Peterson “gives peoPolitical Science Professor, ple the most pause.”

UNIVERSIT Y OF NEW ORLE ANS “Her reputation is going to be tested here. To the extent Troy gets an edge because of Cedric Richmond, you have to note that Karen has Stacey Abrams. She has a proven record of turning people out to vote.”

Two other potential endorsements loom large — those of Mayor LaToya Cantrell and new District Attorney Jason Williams. Neither has made a move yet, but each could significantly impact the fortunes of a chosen candidate, particularly in metro New Orleans.

Williams won the DA’s race by a surprisingly large margin, and he has tons of cred among progressives. His endorsement — if he gives one — may even be more influential than that of Cantrell, who joined her longtime ally Peterson in backing Keva Landrum for DA against Williams. Herroner’s once-impressive political coattails got trimmed

by Williams’ lopsided victory — and when four tax propositions she backed all went down to defeat in December.

Then again, every election presents an opportunity not only for voters to express their will, but also for politicians, factions and power brokers to test the bounds of their influence. And while every election is a unique event, the outcome of this one will likely impact New Orleans and the surrounding areas for years to come.

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BY B E T H D ’A D D O N O SECRET BIRRIA, A TACO SPOT which opened in November in Uptown, isn’t on a main drag. You have to know it’s there, because it would be easy to pass right by the storefront windows looking in on a kitchen and service counter. Secret Birria offers counter service and outside seating in the adjacent driveway, with food delivered through a side window.

The compact menu hangs its hat on birria tacos, the now-trending traditional tacos that are typically made with slow-stewed beef, simmered with guajillo and ancho chiles into an oily, fragrant pool of flavorful shredded meat. Super popular in cities including Los Angeles, San Antonio and Houston, birria tacos have been blowing up on social media. A quick check on Instagram has more than 244,000 #birria posts, with 115,000 birria-based videos running rampant on TikTok. Yes, they are that good. Super juicy, a scoop of the chili-infused meat is griddled with plenty of cheese in between corn tortillas, and they are served with a bowl of broth for dipping. There are many versions of the specialty, which hails from Jalisco, in western Mexico. The family-style stew is made with beef, goat or lamb. They have been popularized locally at places like chef Will Avelar’s Mawi Tortillas.

Alex Caluda manages Secret Birria, whose owner prefers to stay out of the spotlight — though the building is owned by Darryl Reginelli, the local restaurateur who founded Reginelli’s Pizzeria in 1996.

According to Caluda, the owner fell in love with birria tacos in Mexico, and with a help of a friend there, came up with the idea of having his own birria taco joint in New Orleans.

“The people behind this like the idea of a secret masked luchadore

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(wrestler) being the restaurant’s face,” Caluda says. One of the trademark wrestling masks is on the counter where walk-in customers place their orders.

Caluda wasn’t familiar with birria tacos before he opened the restaurant, but he’s learned fast.

“We use Angus chuck beef and marinate it overnight in a base of fresh peppers and seasoning,” he says. “The next day we cook it for at least five hours, which makes it so flavorful.”

Tacos are grilled in flour, not corn tortillas, filled with the shredded beef mix, onion and cilantro. Tacos are available in trios for $12, or solo for $4. A “birriarito” is a burrito made with birria beef, rice, beans, pepper sauce, white queso, fresh onion and cilantro, and dipping sauce is served on the side.

Birria ramen is another specialty, and it is exactly what it sounds like: a soupy bowl of ramen noodles swimming in the birria jus with meat, onion and cilantro for $8.75 a bowl.

It’s reminiscent of yakamein but not as spicy.

If beef isn’t your thing, there are a few other options. A chicken burrito is made with shredded chicken, rice,

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Secret Birria serves birria ramen, tacos and more.

beans and slaw tossed with salsa negra, shredded mozzarella, fresh onion and cilantro. The fried fish tacos are stellar. Crispy battered Gulf fish — usually sheepshead, which comes in fresh most days — is garnished with shredded cabbage, drizzled with chipotle relish and served on a flour tortilla. House-fried Cajun cracklings are served with queso for dipping. Sides include queso, roasted shishito peppers and rice and beans.

The restaurant doesn’t have a liquor license or a plan to get one.

Instead, the options are strawberry-, pineapple- and orange-flavored Fantas and Mexican Cokes made with Mexican cane sugar.

Secret Birra is a casual neighborhood place, with a bench out front for customers waiting for take-out orders and a smattering of outside tables on the side of the building.

“We’re definitely catching on,” Caluda says. “The neighborhood crowd is growing.”

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WHAT Secret Birria

WHERE

323 Octavia St., (504) 899-2961; secretbirria.com

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5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday through Sunday

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Limited outdoor seating and takeout

CHECK IT OUT A casual eatery focusing on birria

Wiggins recently joined Cafe Reconcile as executive chef, taking over from longtime chef Eugene Temple. One of her goals is to raise Cafe Reconcile’s culinary profile. Her vision is to make it what she calls a modern soul food cafe.

She’s making changes gradually.

Some will result in new dishes on the menu, others in behind-the-scenes processes, and all of it is synched to Cafe Reconcile’s overarching purpose of empowerment.

“The better I make Cafe Reconcile, the better training people here will get,” Wiggins says. “That’s my motivation now and it’s a real motivation.

I want to make this a great place to eat so it can be like the places I want them to work. They should be working at the best restaurants in the city and getting the jobs that today usually go to white transplants from somewhere else.”

Cafe Reconcile is a Central City nonprofit that uses the structure of a neighborhood cafe as a teaching platform, surrounding it with mentoring and social services. It’s aimed at connecting young people with jobs or further education.

Cafe Reconcile’s interns often go on to work in local restaurants, but this is not a culinary training program. Instead, its tenets are “foundational skills” they can take anywhere, like attention to detail, teamwork, leadership and communication.

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Wiggins built a successful career in restaurants by the usual measures. But at Cafe Reconcile she’s out to accomplish more.

She wants the people who work with her here to expect something different from restaurants too, and to pursue success on their own terms.

“I really want to create an environment that sets the standard for what we want restaurants to look like in New Orleans,” she says.

Wiggins is focused on the confluence of equity, inclusion and restaurant culture, and as a Black woman leading the culinary side of a program serving a predominantly Black community, she has found a position to spur change.

“I’ve had a lot of privileges in my life, which is why I’ve been successful,” she says. “A lot of that was mentoring and what I was exposed to.”

“I can have an impact as part of a community of support, sometimes that’s all someone needs, especially for young Black people in New Orleans who often don’t have these privileges but who should be advocated for and should be supported. They are such a big part of this city. It’s their culture and they should reap the rewards of it.”

Wiggins is a native of Washington, D.C. She started working in restaurants as a teenager. The physicality of cooking, its immediacy and sometimes frenetic pace spoke to her deeply, kindling ideas of her ancestry and what was passed on.

“My hands are guided in a sense,” Wiggins says. “The reason why this is natural to me is something that came before me.”

She came to New Orleans in 2010 and got a job cooking at Sylvain when that French Quarter restaurant first opened. She eventually became chef and was nominated several times for James Beard Foundation awards while there. In 2018, she left to cook at the Elysian Bar, working with chef Alex Harrell, the original chef at Sylvain.

Cafe Reconcile has been around for two decades. Wiggins knew about it and has worked with its interns and graduates in past jobs.

But she only learned the depth of its program when she started talking about joining the staff.

“Development and training are things I’ve been invested in everywhere I’ve been, whether that was recognized or not,” she says. “Here that’s the priority, making sure that the interns have a valuable experience and that the guests have a good experience too.” — IAN McNULTY/THE TIMES-PICAYUNE | THE NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE

More seasons AS THE NEW FOUR SEASONS HOTEL

works toward its debut later this year, its culinary ambitions are coming into focus. For one of the new restaurants taking shape here, led by chef Alon Shaya, that means a modern take on Louisiana’s culinary heritage.

It will be called Miss River, a nod to the hotel’s location on the New Orleans riverfront, and it will be an upscale, contemporary restaurant with some unique ways to showcase its food and drink.

That includes a “food stage,” for a different take on tableside preparations; drink carts to whisk bubbly around the room; and a sommelier table, a drop-in spot for people to sample and learn more about wines from the restaurant’s wine staff.

“When the world starts getting back to normal, I think people will be ready to celebrate and we want to be there for that,” Shaya says. “We’re doubling down on the celebratory aspect here, for when people get back to so much of what’s been held back.”

Miss River is scheduled to open when the hotel itself opens, now slated for mid-2021.

Chef Donald Link also will open a new restaurant at the Four Seasons; this project has yet to be named and is expected to open in the fall.

Shaya said Miss River will draw from diverse Louisiana flavors, with elements ranging from Cajun to Vietnamese. Some signature dishes will be a whole fried chicken, sizzling dirty rice with duck breast, a take on the Louisiana classic oyster patty with mushrooms and citrus and a saltcrusted whole red snapper.

Dishes with more elaborate presentations or finishing touches might take a spin through the food stage before landing at the table.

It’s a centerpiece element of the restaurant meant to bring some of the energy of the kitchen out to the dining room.

“It’s a way for the whole restaurant to enjoy the show,” Shaya says.

Shaya and his wife Emily Shaya are developing Miss River through their company Pomegranate Hospitality. It will be their second restaurant in New Orleans, after their modern Israeli restaurant Saba on Magazine Street (the chef has no affiliation with the restaurant Shaya, where he was once chef and partner). They also operate the restaurant Safta in Denver. — IAN McNULTY/THE TIMES-PICAYUNE | THE NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE

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Talitha “Tali” Smith Pop-up operator TALITHA “TALI” SMITH AND DEREK SMITH moved to New Orleans in

2018. They both work in medical fields, and on the side, they started their PoLa New Orleans (@polaneworleans) pop-up to serve pierogis, pickles and traditional Polish dishes. PoLa is at Broad Street Cider every Friday and also offers precooked, packaged meals on the second and fourth Sunday of the month.

How did you learn to cook Polish food?

TALITHA SMITH: When I was a kid, my grandmother always made hundreds and hundreds of pierogis for Christmas Eve, which is a huge Polish holiday. It’s called Wigilia. Then Easter was always big as well. We’d be at her house, and she’d be cooking, and you’d sit there at the table and you’d be handed your rounds of dough, and you would have to pinch your dumplings. And if they weren’t good, they were getting tossed out, because Granny was tough.

It was fun. I don’t think I appreciated it as much when I was young.

Pierogis are a time-consuming situation. We realized that once my parents are gone, there’s really no one to carry on my family’s recipes. That’s where a lot of this came from — do Granny the honor of carrying it with us.

I dragged (my husband) into this whole Polish food thing. He doesn’t have an ounce of Polish or Slovak in him. There’s some German on my dad’s side. My mom’s side is primarily Polish, Czech and Lithuanian.

That’s where all of the cooking comes from — helping my grandmother pinch pierogi in the kitchen for all of our Polish holidays.

What distinguishes a pierogi from a dumpling?

S: It’s in the dough. It’s like a pasta dough. It’s heavier than what’s in a lot of dumplings. They tend to be heftier. We have a pretty big Polish clientele. A woman said it’s nice to see the traditional fillings, because anything else is just a dumpling, and you can get a dumpling anywhere. The most traditional pierogi is called a ruskie. It’s just potatoes, onion and cheese.

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S: We always keep at least two traditional kinds on the menu, and we shuffle out two other fillings.

The ruskie stays. We had the vegan one last week. I shuffle between cabbage and mushroom, which is really traditional, and the miesem, which has a meat filling.

I have test-batched an oxtail pierogi. We get requests for usual things, like Buffalo chicken or Philly cheese steak. The Polish people who are hunting around for pierogi always come for the traditional ones. But people who have never had them before often want a flavor that’s familiar to them. We did a pear and goat cheese for Christmas Eve that did well.

We like to play around with seasonal flavors. We did a king cake pierogi last month. It was cinnamon and cream cheese based, and we made a dough with natural dyes in the Mardi Gras colors. Sweet pierogis are pretty common, as well. We are likely going to have the blueberry one back around Easter.

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3803; theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies and toppings to build your own pizza. The menu also includes salads and sandwiches. Curbside pickup and delivery available. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. $

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Luna Libre — 3600 St. Claude Ave., (504) 237-1284 — Roasted chicken enchiladas verde are filled with cheese and served with house-made cheese dip. The menu combines Tex-Mex and dishes from Louisiana and Arkansas. Curbside pickup is available.

Breakfast Sat.-Sun., dinner Wed.-Sun. $

Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001; lakeviewbrew.com — This casual cafe offers coffee, pastries, desserts, sandwiches and salads. Tuna salad or chicken salad avocado melts are topped with Monterey Jack and Parmesan.

Takeout, curbside pickup and delivery are available. Breakfast and lunch daily. $ Lotus Bistro — 203 W. Harrison Ave., (504) 533-9879; lotusbistronola.com — A Mineko Iwasaki roll includes spicy snow crab, tuna, avocado and cucumber topped with salmon, chef’s sauce, masago, green onion and tempura crunchy flakes. The menu also includes bento box lunches, teriyaki dishes, fried rice and more. Takeout and delivery are available. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. $$

CARROLLTON Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; mikimotosushi.com — The South Carrollton roll includes tuna tataki, avocado and snow crab. Takeout and delivery available. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — Diners will find Mediterranean cuisine featuring such favorites as shawarma prepared on a rotisserie.

Takeout and delivery available. Lunch and dinner daily. $$

CITYWIDE Breaux Mart — Citywide; breauxmart.com — The deli counter’s changing specials include dishes such as baked catfish and red beans and rice. Lunch and dinner daily. $

FAUBOURG MARIGNY Kebab — 2315 St. Claude Ave., (504) 3834328; kebabnola.com — The sandwich shop offers doner kebabs and Belgian fries.

A falafel sandwich comes with pickled cucumbers, arugula, spinach, red onions, beets, hummus and Spanish garlic sauce.

No reservations. Takeout and delivery available. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Mon. $

FRENCH QUARTER Desire Oyster Bar — Royal Sonesta New Orleans, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 586-0300; sonesta.com/desireoysterbar — The menu features Gulf seafood in traditional and contemporary Creole dishes, po-boys and more. Char-grilled oysters are topped with Parmesan, herbs and butter. Reservations recommended. Takeout available. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. $$

HARAHAN/JEFFERSON/ RIVER RIDGE The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches and changing lunch specials. Curbside pickup and delivery available. Lunch and dinner daily. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 1212 S. Clearview Parkway, Elmwood, (504) 733-

METAIRIE Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; andreasrestaurant.com — Chef Andrea Apuzzo’s speckled trout royale is topped with crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce. Capelli D’Andrea combines house-made angel hair pasta and smoked salmon in cream sauce. Curbside pickup and delivery available. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; koshercajun.com — This New York-style deli specializes in sandwiches, including corned beef and pastrami that come from the Bronx. Takeout available. Lunch Sun.Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. $ Mark Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; marktwainpizza.com — Mark Twain’s serves salads, po-boys and pies like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil. Takeout and curbside pickup are available. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 2125 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 5104282; theospizza.com — See Harahan/Jefferson section for restaurant description. $

MID-CITY/TREME Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; angelobrocatoicecream. com — This sweet shop serves its own gelato, spumoni, Italian ice, cannolis, fig cookies and other treats. Window and curbside pickup. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. $ Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar — 231 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite C, (504) 6093871; brownbutterrestaurant.com — Sample items include smoked brisket served with smoked apple barbecue sauce, smoked heirloom beans and vinegar slaw. A Brunch burger features a brisket and short

Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 891-0997; joeyksrestaurant.com ­— The menu includes fried seafood platters, salads, sandwiches and red beans and rice. Sauteed trout Tchoupitoulas is topped with shrimp and crabmeat and served with vegetables and potatoes.

Takeout and delivery available.

Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. $$ Red Gravy — 4206 Magazine St., (504) 561-8844; redgravycafe.com — Thin cannoli pancakes are filled with cannoli cream and topped with chocolate. The menu includes brunch items, pasta dishes, sandwiches, baked goods and more. Takeout available. $$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 8948554; theospizza.com — See Harahan/Jefferson section for restaurant description. $ Tito’s Ceviche & Pisco — 5015 P H O T O B Y S C O T T T H R E L K E L D/ T H E T I M E S P I C AY U N E | T H E N E W O R L E A N S A DVO C AT E Magazine St., (504) 267-7612; titoscevichepisco.com — The PeruAngelo Brocato’s ice cream and sweet shop vian menu includes a version of (214 N. Carrollton Ave., 504-486-0078; the traditional dish lomo saltado, angelobrocatoicecream.com) serves gelato, featuring beef tenderloin tips Italian ice and more in Mid-City. sauteed with onions, tomatoes, cilantro, soy sauce and pisco, and served with fried potatoes and rice. Dine-in, outdoor seating and delivery available. Lunch and rib patty topped with bacon, brie, a fried dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. $$$ egg, onion jam and arugula on a brioche bun. Dine-in, takeout, curbside pickup and delivery available. Lunch and dinner Wed.WAREHOUSE DISTRICT Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. $$ Annunciation — 1016 Annunciation St., (504) Doson Noodle House — 135 N. Carrollton 568-0245; annunciationrestaurant.com — Ave., (504) 309-7283; facebook.com/dosonnoodlehouse — Bun thit is Vietnamese-style The menu highlights Gulf seafood in Creole, grilled pork with cucumber, onions, lettuce, Cajun and Southern dishes. Fried oysters mint, cilantro and fish sauce served over and skewered bacon are served with rice or vermicelli. The menu includes pho, meuniere sauce and toasted French bread. spring rolls and more. Takeout, curbside Reservations required. Dinner Thu.-Sun. $$$ pickup and delivery are available. $$ Carmo — 527 Julia St., (504) 875-4132; Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., cafecarmo.com — Carmo salad includes (504) 482-3935; fivehappiness.com — The smoked ham, avocado, pineapple, allarge menu of Chinese dishes includes monds, cashews, raisins, cucumber, green wonton soup, sizzling seafood combinapepper, rice, lettuce, cilantro and citrus tions served on a hot plate, sizzling Go-Ba mango vinaigrette. The menu includes and lo mein dishes. Takeout and delivery dishes inspired by tropical cuisines. Takeavailable. $$ out and delivery are available. Lunch and Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., dinner Tue.-Sat. $$ (504) 488-6582; katiesinmidcity.com — FaNOLA Caye — 898 Baronne St., (504) vorites include the Cajun Cuban with roast302-1302; nolacaye.com — The menu ed pork, grilled ham, cheese and pickles features Caribbean-inspired dishes and pressed on buttered bread. The Boudreaux Gulf seafood. Seared ahi tuna is served pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, with mango, avocado, mixed greens, citrus red onions, roasted garlic and scallions. vinaigrette and sesame seeds. Takeout, Takeout, curbside pickup and delivery availdelivery and outdoor seating available. D able. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. $$ daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. $$$ Neyow’s Creole Cafe — 3332 Bienville St., Provisions Grab-n-Go Marketplace — (504) 827-5474; neyows.com —The menu Higgins Hotel, 500 Andrew Higgins Blvd., includes New Orleans favorites such as red (504) 528-1941; higgingshotelnola.com — beans with fried chicken or pork chops, as The coffeeshop serves salads, sandwichwell as grilled or fried seafood plates, poes, pastries and more. Takeout available. boys, raw or char-grilled oysters, pasta, salService daily. $ ads and more. Dine-in and takeout available.

Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. $$ Nonna Mia — 3125 Esplanade Ave., (504) WEST BANK 948-1717; nonnamianola.com — A Divine PorMosca’s — 4137 Highway 90 West, Westwetobello appetizer features chicken breast, go, (504) 436-8950; moscasrestaurant.com spinach in red pepper sauce and crostini.

— This family-style eatery serves shrimp The menu includes salads, sandwiches, Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked pasta, pizza and more. Curbside pickup and oysters Mosca, made with breadcrumbs delivery are available. Dinner Tue.-Sun. $$ and Italian seasonings. Curbside pickup Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4024 Canal available. Dinner Wed.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ St., (504) 302-1133; theospizza.com — See Harahan/Jefferson section for restaurant Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle description. $ Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; specialtyitalianbistro.com — The menu combines Old World Italian favorites and pizza.

NORTHSHORE Paneed chicken piccata is topped with lemon-caper piccata sauce served with Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 70488 angel hair pasta, salad and garlic cheese Highway 21, Covington, (985) 234-9420; bread. Takeout and delivery available. theospizza.com — See Harahan/Jefferson Lunch and dinner daily. $$ section for restaurant description. $

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ONCE IN A BLUE MOON

STAYCATION IN A SORT OF SUPPORT GROUP MEETING, Yakov Ronen says he

made a mistake in a job application when he wrote out a resume by hand. It seems naïve, but he’s trying to get his life together. Yakov has left the tight-knit Hasidic Jewish community in Borough Park, Brooklyn, and is trying to master many new things. He also searches the internet for advice on “how to talk to a woman.”

He also needs to pay rent, so he falls back on a previous source of intermittent work. His former rabbi has asked him to be a shomer.

It’s an old Jewish tradition of watching over a dead body before proper burial. Usually, the task is fulfilled by family members, but it’s acceptable to pay a substitute shomer. In this case, the rabbi needs someone to do an overnight shift. Because he needs the money, Yakov doesn’t leave after the elderly widow of the deceased tells him he should leave.

The tradition of watching dead bodies may not be well known outside of orthodox Jewish tradition, but it seems surprising that it hasn’t surfaced before in a supernatural horror film. In “The Vigil,” resting in peace does not come easily.

There are many signs the shomer gig is not a good idea for Yakov.

The rabbi tells him that he’s filling in for a shomer who left suddenly without explanation. The deceased was a reclusive man who had his own world of secrets. And if any visual clues are needed for viewers, director Keith Thomas shrouds the apartment in darkness and the streets of the neighborhood in shadows. The luminescence of Yakov’s cellphone is one regular source of eerie glows.

Yakov also is not in the best frame of mind. The Hasidic community had clear rules and customs, but now he’s on his own. He is taking

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medication to cope with psychological problems, and it’s not clear if that’s just anxiety or the source of his hallucinations. He has horrible memories of an incident of antiSemitic violence.

The rabbi and the widow leave him alone with the body, and soon the lights start to flicker, he gets strange messages on his phone and a glance at the clock says it’s going to be a long night.

Yakov is played by Dave Davis, who grew up in New Orleans.

He’s done local stage work and appeared in film and TV, including “The Big Short,” “True Detective” and “The Walking Dead.” Rabbi Reb Shulem is played by Menashe Lustig (aka Moshe Mordecai Loeffler), an actor and writer who grew up in a Hasidic community in Brooklyn and starred in a film based on himself, “Menashe.”

Perhaps the most familiar face is that of Mrs. Litvak, played by the late Lynn Cohen, who appeared in “Sex and the City,” “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” Woody Allen’s “Manhattan Murder Mystery” and more.

“The Vigil” is built on suspense and supernatural torment. It’s not a graphic story of possession like “The Exorcist.” Danger lurks out of sight, and it’s the stillness and flickering sights that convey the psychological horror. It seems like there were some dark corners that Thomas could have explored further, especially about the deceased and his widow. At times, the film relies on the score for tension, simply ratcheting up ominous music.

Yakov may regret taking the job, but he’s learning, and “The Vigil” is a spare but tense dive into an occult horror niche.

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BY KEITH SPERA CHARMAINE NEVILLE ISN’T SURE HOW she caught the

coronavirus, soon after New Orleans music clubs shut down last spring.

Maybe she got it from her longtime pianist Amasa Miller, who tested positive after a rehearsal at Neville’s house.

Or maybe she was infected during her final show at Snug Harbor last March. As usual, she invited audience members — specifically, “people who look like they don’t have rhythm” — onstage to bang on cowbells.

“I had a guy from China, a guy from Russia, a guy from Brazil, a guy from Africa, somebody from London,” she recalled recently. “Everyone has to take a solo. It’s always so hilarious. They never forget it. They have a good time, and we do, too.”

Days later, she “woke up with the worst headache I’ve ever had in my life. It went downhill from there. The fever was the worst.”

Fortunately, she never developed respiratory issues and eventually recovered. Recently, she received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

After a year away, she’s back at Snug Harbor for a livestream performance on StageIt.com on March 14.

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, she’s kept busy by painting and “cooking and cooking and cooking. I’m trying to keep myself from going crazy. I’m talking to my cat.”

Her only gigs have been virtual appearances at the King Cake Festival and the Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival. To help make ends meet, she’s collected unemployment and Social Security, and burned through her savings.

“It’s all gone now, of course,” she said. “I’m one of millions. That’s why we can’t wait to get back to work.”

The daughter of Neville Brothers saxophonist Charles Neville, Charmaine was barely in her teens when she toured the “chitlin circuit” in Mississippi and Alabama with an R&B band called Country & Scooter, named for its two principal members.

Early versions of her own band boasted a litany of New Orleans music legends, including pianist James Booker, drummers James Black and Zigaboo Modeliste, and percussionist Michael Ward.

Miller, a songwriter as well as a pianist, has been her steadiest collaborator. “He’s wonderful,” Neville said. “I’m old as dirt. He’s old as cayenne pepper.”

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She first started singing at 626 Frenchmen St. when it was called the Faubourg. After it became Snug Harbor, she locked in the Monday night gig she’s held for decades. An entertainer as much as she is a singer, she gives tourists a full-on New Orleans experience.

“My band will spontaneously combust and explode if I give them a setlist,” she says. “I’m notorious for not giving them a setlist unless we’re doing something for TV or a recording.”

As if her Snug Harbor return wasn’t already emotional enough, Neville planned to dedicate Sunday’s show to her late drummer, Raymond Weber Jr., who died at age 25 on Sept. 24 following a fall.

Years ago, he replaced his father, legendary New Orleans drummer Raymond Weber Sr., in Neville’s band.

“He was a different spirit in the band,” she said of Weber Jr. “It took him a long time to realize I didn’t want him to be his father. I wanted him to be him. When he did … he was phenomenal.

“I’d point at him and tell him, ‘Take us.’ And he would. I can feel him doing those rhythms for me. I still see him and hear him.”

For the show, Raymond Weber Sr. steps in for his late son, joining Neville, Miller, bassist Donald Ramsey and guitarist Detroit Brooks.

“It’s going to be heavy for all of us,” Neville said. “It will feel funny, but we’ll be able to do it. I’m excited just about being able to work. I think it’s going to be spiritual.”

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