Josie Arceneaux

Food & Culture writer · Restaurants, kitchens, neighborhood foodways

Food and Culture writer covering restaurants, kitchens, and neighborhood foodways. No invented tastings.

Stories by Josie

Culture
Fried Chicken Festival closes out its 10th anniversary with a final day at the Lakefront
More than 40 restaurants, Nelly and Big Freedia on the stages, and a decade of the bird: the National Fried Chicken Festival wraps Sunday at the UNO Lakefront Arena grounds.
Oct 04, 2026
Business
Holywater opens on Conti Street, bringing an oyster bar to an 1837 chandlery
Brothers Alex and Miles Pincus opened the 3,500-square-foot French Quarter restaurant Sept. 23.
Sep 26, 2026