Quarter Kaleidoscope
Storytelling Project
Welcome to this collaborative community project by The Historic BK House & Gardens, The Vieux Carré Property Owners, Residents and Associates, and French Quarter Journal. Look for a new episode each month in 2025!
This digital archive is underwritten in part by a Community Partnership grant from the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation
Farrow Stephenson: Mona Lisa’s Post-Katrina Smile
The co-owner of Mona Lisa Restaurant on Royal recounts how he and husband Tom Moore took over the reins of the beloved neighborhood eatery in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
– by Farrow Stephenson