About Oddusee NOLA

Oddusee NOLA is a New Orleans city guide built around Black-owned business. Every restaurant, bar, lounge, barber, boutique, bakery, food truck, event hall, photographer, contractor and professional service is here to put Black-owned business first. Nearly every listing is Black-owned, and Black-owned businesses come first in every category, map and search result on this site.

The guide is organized into ten doors: The Table, The Scene, The Look, Health, Arts & Culture, Services, The Ride, The Stay, Entertainers and Major Events. It covers more than 1,100 published listings across the city and the parishes around it. Inside Orleans Parish that means the Seventh Ward, Treme, Central City, the Lower Ninth Ward, Gentilly, Mid-City, New Orleans East, Uptown, the Bywater, the Marigny and Algiers. Beyond the parish line it reaches Metairie, Kenner, Gretna, Harvey, Marrero, Terrytown, Westwego, LaPlace, Slidell, Covington, Lacombe and Hammond, so a business on the Westbank or the Northshore sits in the same guide as one on Frenchmen Street.

The culture side of the site is just as deep. Second Line Season carries the parade calendar and the route for each Sunday, with club profiles for the Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs that put those parades in the street. There are pages for the brass bands, the Mardi Gras Indian tribes, the high schools and their bands, and the neighborhoods and housing developments that shaped the city's music. The Scene covers the bars and lounges around the clock, with drink specials, who is playing, and table reservations from the listing itself. The politics section names every elected official who represents New Orleans, from the mayor and City Council to the sheriff, district attorney, coroner, assessor, court benches and the congressional delegation, alongside a plain-language guide to registering and voting.

Listings are added and kept current by hand. A business owner can be added to the guide, and an event or party can be put on the calendar, by using the Get Listed form on the site.