A Taste of New Orleans celebrates 35 years with N’awlins-style music, food and good times
Cloaked in purple, green and gold, Justin LaRose strode down the crowded vendors’ row at the Sunken Gardens Theater Sunday, thick with gray smoke drifting from nearby black barbecue grills.
The flag is the garment he’s worn for years to this annual event now in it’s 35th year. It’s his calling card. His two children, Xander, 12, and Kenley, 10, and father Keith LaRose, 74, walked with him, in search of a caricature artist. Keith LaRose, a native of New Orleans, wanted one thing — a beignet. He had visions of dusting the light and puffy pastry with white sugar like he used to in the Crescent City. And he didn’t care how much powder fell on him.Inflation is driving up the cost of Fiesta food favorites like chicken on a stick, organizers say
SAZA executive council member Rudolph Coleman, 71, and his wife Vivian, 74, said the nonprofit was happy to be back after a two-year COVID break. The event began as Juneteenth picnics held at Carmargo Park by military members and civilian personnel at Kelly and Lackland Air Force Base.The couple said the event bounced back this year, but lost a few vendors to the pandemic.
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