NOLA Defender

10/21/2019

NYC’s award-magnet, The Dead Rabbit, will be opening a New Orleans satellite. The location marks the first expansion for the popular craft Irish bar.

11/28/2018

The Tales of the Cocktail Foundation has a new brick and mortar home. The industry heavyweight just announced that they will be…

05/03/2018

More about the new Tales...

In February, a new team comprised of NOLA philanthropists Gary Solomon and Gary Solomon Jr., along with bar-owner Neal Bodenheimer assumed control…

02/21/2018

Tales of the Cocktail is finally moving on. The new leadership team comprised of New Orleans locals Gary Solomon Jr., the Solomon…

12/22/2017

Tales is sold, but the fest is staying local...

Tales of the Cocktail will be under new management next year. Today, Ann and Paul Tuennerman announced that they have signed a…

12/13/2017

For the last few months, the craft cocktail world entertained itself with a guessing game about the future of Tales of the…

10/21/2017

Krewe du Boo is tonight! Check out some spooky spirits to get celebrate Halloween week properly...

It’s that time of year again. The Halloween marketing blitz is underway and the liquor world is not immune. For your perusal,…

09/28/2017

More on the local tales of the Cocktail controversy.

The rumors and controversy swirling around Tales of the Cocktail in the wake of resignations from founder Ann Tuennerman and her husband…

09/24/2017

Our friends at Neat Pour are breaking some big local news...

In a shock announcement Saturday evening, Tales of the Cocktail co-founders, Ann and Paul Tuennerman resigned from their roles with the company…

09/16/2017

The New Orleans Police Department saw six crimes hit the city on Friday (9.15). According to the Major Offense Log (MOL), the NOPD responded to five armed robberies, kidnapping, two rapes, unclassified death, a shooting, and a stabbing.

09/16/2017

Today in NOLA: Hispanic Heritage Festival, The Music Box Village reopening, Bad to the Bone: Rescued on the Runway canine fashion show, Art Klub official opening and fundraiser

Today, celebrate the grand re-opening of Music Box Village in the Bywater. Annunciation Park is taken over by a two-day festival dedicated to hispanic heritage in New Orleans. Fashion and furry creatures come together at the 10th annual Bad to the Bone, while some of the city's greatest musicians pe...