Keith Lee poses with fans at a New Orleans food giveaway the food influencer hosted with restaurateur Larry Morrow in December. Photo: Thaddaeus McAdams/Getty Images
🎡 Food influencer Keith Lee promises a new food festival on May 16 with big-name music acts, an obstacle course and carnival rides. Tickets for Familee Day go on sale Feb. 9. (Instagram)
🥙 Alon Shaya has a sneak peek of the menu for his upcoming Lakeview restaurant, Safta's Table, in his newsletter. The restaurant's chicken schnitzel sandwich will be available at Saba during Thoth on Feb. 15. (Substack)
👀 ICE took an NOPD recruit into custody yesterday and is processing him to be deported. (The Times-Picayune🔒)
💰 Louisiana's prisons will cost $82 million more than last year in Gov. Jeff Landry's latest annual budget. Officials say the expenses are a result of state lawmaker-approved and Landry-backed criminal justice policies that keep more people in prison for longer. (Louisiana Illuminator)
