Blake Pontchartrain: In Uptown, a sign marks the old H. Weil Baking Company
The H. Weil Baking Company operated on Prytania Street for more than 50 years.
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Blake Pontchartrain: The story behind 'P. Draube's Sons'
Philip Draube once owned a corner grocery story and bar at Octavia and Laurel.
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Blake Pontchartrain: The Krewe of Virgilians was an early krewe for local Italian-Americans
The krewe was known for its elaborate tableau balls.
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Blake Pontchartrain: The Roosevelt Hotel's Rendezvous Room hosted dinner and late-night dancing in '60s New Orleans
The Rendezvous Room closed in 1972 and is today the Fountain Lounge.
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Blake Pontchartrain: This Marigny brewery closed during Prohibition. What's going there now?
The distinctive building at 2121 Chartres St. is the former home of the Columbia Brewing Co.
Richard Campanella John Kennedy Toole World Bottling Co Columbia Brewing Co Hey Blake Elysian Fields
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Blake Pontchartrain: Which Blue Plate came first, the mayo or the coffee?
The company claimed its coffee was the result of 1,167 taste experiments by New Orleans housewives.
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Blake Pontchartrain: Gaudet High School once taught students on Old Gentilly Road
Frances Joseph-Gaudet raised $5,000 to purchase 105 acres of land on Old Gentilly Road to open a school.
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Blake Pontchartrain: Louisiana's rare white alligators have a new Florida-born descendant
Rare white alligators have brought international attention to the Audubon Nature Institute for more than 35 years.
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