Lost a landmark

K-Paul's was among the first of the major French Quarter restaurants to get back up and operating after Katrina. It hasn't survived COVID.

Now one of the most famous and influential restaurants in New Orleans has shut down permanently amid hard times from the coronavirus crisis.

The restaurant created by the legendary late chef Paul Prudhomme had been in business for four decades. But closure orders and restrictions from the coronavirus response and the prospects for difficult days ahead forced the decision to shutter the restaurant, its owners said.

This article says the current owners planned to close within the next five years anyway. But this is still pretty significant. Also it's worth noting that the PPP loan wasn't enough to see them through the summer.  So there's another handful of layoffs to throw on the pile. But, no worries. Some < $1200 "targeted" one time payments are on their way.

Anyway, instead of saying more about the significance of K-Paul's, I'll just link back to something I wrote when Prudhomme passed away in 2015.  Apparently today would have been his birthday.