New Orleans is the country’s No. 2 city for food and drink, according to Food & Wine’s annual Global Tastemakers Awards. New Orleans was well represented in the magazine’s annual awards, with six restaurants, bars and hotels making the cut. The city’s dining scene was singled out for “seamlessly bridging the old and the new.” The profile of New Orleans highlighted Dooky Chase, Brigtsen’s, Dakar NOLA, Wild South, and the upcoming Acamaya.
For the third year in a row, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) has been named one of the top airports in North America, in a widely watched customer satisfaction survey that rates airports on wait times, service, cleanliness and other factors. New Orleans airport was named one of three top-performing airports in the category of airports that handle 5 million to 15 million passengers annually, according to the survey.