The 1000 Figs Team Is Opening Little Fig at Pythian Market Very Soon

INTERVIEWS — Alon Shaya’s new company, Pomegranate Hospitality, is a reckoning with past managerial behavior and experiences. In an interview with Brett Anderson, he admits that his way of managing was “unacceptable,” but says he’s “made a commitment to improve” with the company and the restaurants being “a product of past experiences.” [NOLA.COM]

OPENING ALERT — Little Fig, a compact outpost of Mid City’s 1,000 Figs, will open in the Pythian Market on July 10 with Mediterranean specialties like hummus platters, made fresh daily and topped with rotating garnishes. [press release]

RENOVATION REPORT — Heard Dat Kitchen added an indoor, air-conditioned dining space. Regular hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. [NOLA.COM]

EXPANSIONS — French Truck Coffee expanded to Biloxi [Sun Herald]

AWARDS SEASON — Effervescence bubbles & bites, Eater NOLA’s 2017 Bar of the Year, just won a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence. [press release]

SWITCHEROOS — The Five Happiness event space next to the main restaurant on Carrollton Avenue is becoming a Subway according to construction permit requests filed.

OPENING ALERT — The d4 Tabletop Gaming Café has opened on Oak Street with po-boys, bread pudding, and board games (to play at the cafe or at home), and an “annex” to rent for rowdier role-playing games like Magic. Eight-year-olds can learn to play Dungeons and Dragons on Saturday mornings. [UPTOWN MESSENGER]

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