| BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
Restaurant fire: A beloved New Orleans restaurant was damaged in an overnight fire. Food writer Ian McNulty says this opens a challenging new chapter for Willie Mae’s Scotch House, but the owner of the famous fried chicken eatery says she plans to reopen. Whew! For even more food and drink coverage, please sign up for our Where NOLA Eats newsletter. A river runs through it: When water began rising in the streets of one New Orleans neighborhood Easter morning, it was a bit of a head scratcher. After all, it wasn’t raining. No, this time the flooding was coming from beneath the street, Jeff Adelson reports. Backs against the wall: The playoff run for our Pelicans got a lot harder Sunday, columnist Rod Walker writes. Our fave NBA team blew a lead in Minnesota and lost to the Timberwolves. Now, the Pels have to win a couple of “play-in” games to advance to the actual playoffs. Ugh! 'Sausage ghost’: Have you heard the yarn about the sausage ghost? Sure, it might exist in a bit of a “historical fogbank,” Mike Scott writes, but it involves old New Orleans, a bad marriage, murder... and a sausage grinder. Vapors! Thanks for reading Lunch Line. If you're not a NOLA.com subscriber, check out this great deal. Bob | 