"There are new owners of Creole-Italian stalwart Liuzza’s Restaurant and Bar (not to be confused with Liuzza’s by the Track), the latest round of ownership for a restaurant that first opened in 1947. Brothers Jason and George DeCastro, Erin Clark, and Michael Shelow are set to take over for the Bordelon family next week, a year after Liuzza’s co-owner Frank Bordelon died (the restaurant was on the market for a year before that, however). The brothers own sports bars in Miami, according to the Times Picayune/New Orleans Advocate, which Clark helps run, but they’ll relocate full-time to New Orleans, with Clark running the front of house and George DeCastro in the kitchen. As far as plans for the future, DeCastro might end up introducing dishes from his Filipino heritage, he told the newspaper, and Clark envisions creating an “Italian beer garden with bistro lighting” in the outdoor space." - Clair Lorell
