There are new plans for the Lakeview building formerly home to Elle-J’s, a three-year-old Creole-Italian restaurant from Ludovic “Vic” Gerrets (who’s previously cooked at Andrea’s in Metairie, Mezzaluna in New York, and Scarpetta in Miami). Mayhew followed up the initial closure announcement with an encouraging note, asking followers to stay tuned for future pop-up announcements. John, as Mayhew gradually expanded from basic loaves of bread and sweets to include more savory items, like the customer favorite jam-bam, a jambon-beurre sandwich, pizza, and savory pastry swirls. The bakery, which gained a following first as a king cake and bread walk-up window in Metairie, was a boon for Bayou St. The three-year-old neighborhood cafe from local baker Kelly Mayhew had its last day on Thursday, August 11, Mayhew announced on Instagram this week. No new plans have been announced so far for the LGD address, 1513 St. Opened in 2004, it became a favorite for families and its rare build-your-own-slice option, expanding with a second shop Uptown in 2010 (that store closed two years later). “It was a hard decision to make,” owners wrote on social media, asking customers to come in for one last hurrah. Charles Avenue staple for pizza and one of a limited number of restaurants opened before Hurricane Katrina still in operation, will close its doors on Sunday, September 25. Creole Cuisine Restaurant Concepts has leased the space to further expand its burgeoning mini-chain, Boulevard American Bistro. A representative told Eater that the Emeril Group has plans to open more restaurants and will not be closing any additional restaurants - Lagasse still operates casual cafe Meril and fine-dining Emeril’s, his very first restaurant, both in the Warehouse District. Louis Street in 1992, the restaurant had been closed since the arrival of the COVID pandemic and citywide dining restrictions, as was the case with Emeril’s Delmonico. It’s the second longtime New Orleans spot the celebrity chef’s restaurant group has closed this year, following Emeril’s Delmonico in February 2022. One of Emeril Lagasse’s longest-running restaurants, NOLA in the French Quarter, has closed permanently as of early November.

The announcement read, in part, “We tried as best as we could to uphold and honor Rand’s legacy in this shop, and we hope you know how important this community was to him and has been to us.” MCP Uptown, which Owens opened as a second Mid City Pizza in 2016, and Banks Street Bar, which Owens bought in 2018, remain open and are still owned and operated by a small group of Owens’s family members and friends.

On Saturday, December 10, the proprietors of the almost ten-year-old Mid City Pizza announced its closure, three years after the death of founder Rand Owens. These are the New Orleans bars, restaurants, bakeries, and cafes that have closed their doors permanently, rather than temporarily due to pandemic-related circumstances. Here, Eater keeps track of all the important food world closures New Orleans diners need to know about in 2022.

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