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Freret's Future | THE FRERET CORRIDOR BETWEEN CENTRAL CITY AND UPTOWN SOON SHOULD BE SPORTING A NEW LOOK. IS IT THE NEW MAGAZINE STREET?

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Published Jan. 18, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

It's a frigid Saturday morning at Freret Street Po-Boys and Donut Shop, and customers are sitting down for a meal or dashing in to grab a cup of coffee at this latest addition to the 4700 block of Freret Street, called the "Blue Block" by locals. All of the storefronts on the odd-numbered ... By David Winkler-Schmit ...

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Ciro's Cote Sud | French classics and crowd-pleasing pizza share the bill at a cozy Uptown cafe

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Published Oct. 12, 2009 at 3:00 a.m.

WHATCiro's Côté SudWHERE7918 Maple St., 866-9551; www.cotesudrestaurant.comWHENDinner Wed.-Mon.RESERVATIONSAcceptedHOW MUCHModerate (cash or check only)WHAT WORKSSeductive setting, great pizza, delivery for bistro dishesWHAT DOESN'TUnderstated seasoning in ... By Ian McNulty ...

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Antonio's Italian Restaurant

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Published Sept. 14, 2009 at 3:00 a.m.

Antonio's Italian Restaurant (7708 Maple St., 218-5457;www.antoniosrestaurantnola.com)has relocated from Gretna to a spot Uptown. Antonio's serves lunch,with a selection of Italian-style sandwiches, and dinner, with entreeslike osso buco or lamb chops crusted with Creole mustard. Pasta dishesar ...

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Village Coffee: New on Freret

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Published Sept. 2, 2009 at 3:00 a.m.

A former Uptown bank building has been revamped as Village Coffeeand Tea Co. (5335 Freret St., 861-1909). In addition to coffee shopfare and light lunches, look for cones and cups of New Orleans IceCream. A few blocks down the street, the new Sarita's Grill(4520 Freret St., 324-3562) is serving ...

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BREAKING: Gary LaGrange Is “Sensitive”

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Published Sept. 9, 2009 at 4:51 p.m.

Dock Board approves moving New Orleans Cold Storage UptownThe Dock Board that governs the Port of New Orleans this morning approved moving New Orleans Cold Storage to Uptown cargo docks, abandoning longheld plans to relocate the poultry exporter from the Industrial Canal to docks near the French Quarter.A cadre of Louisiana politicians — including Lieutenant [ ... ] ...

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Contrasts in Construction

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Published July 4, 2009 at 12:51 p.m.

  I found this example of two starkly contrasting blocks of old and new construction located uptown at the intersection of Annunciation and Amelia. Standing in the intersection, in immediate proximity of these contrasting styles, I found that they illustrate quite well criteria numbers three, four and six of the ordinance governing the NCDC (Neighborhood Conservation [ ... ] ...

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Blake Pontchartrain | New Orleans Know-It-All

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Published March 30, 2009 at 3:00 a.m.

Hey Blake,Are there a lot of hawks in Uptown these days? Seems like I hearthem almost every day in the University/Carrollton/Riverbend area,although I rarely see one. I do hope they don't eat the parrots.Nicole YoungmanDear Nicole,  We are lucky to have several types of hawks, i ...

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