Rob Bechtold Pops Up With Bayou Bao in Mid City's Bevi Seafood

BYWATER— If you want to go as a Bywater Barista for Halloween, best start with a nice grandpa sweater.  [Gambit]

MID CITY— Helen Freund reports that Rob Bechtold, who just shuttered his beloved NOLA Smokehouse in the LGD last week, will soon be popping up in Bevi Seafood with Bayou Bao, an Asian steamed bun concept. No word on the dates yet. [Gambit]

NOLA— Behold six new patios including Brennan's and Shaya for when the weather finally gets the memo that it's fall. [NOLA.com]

NOLA—In the wake of lots of recent crappy restaurant news, from the deaths Paul Prudhomme, Willie Mae Seaton and more legends to the armed Uptown restaurant robberies, Ian McNulty suggests hugging a chef today. Or share the love with your fave bartender, server, restaurateur. [Advocate]

BATON ROUGE— The AP reports that "LSU has received a $1 million donation from the estate of Thomas J. 'T.J.' Moran," a longtime operator of a dozen Ruth's Chris locations. [NOLA.com]