Two days after Hurricane Francine made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 storm, New Orleans’ power supply is still unstable. Literally — in neighborhoods across the city, one block may have power on while the next is still dark. Although Francine has now been classified as a tropical depression, utility companies are still working to restore power to thousands of customers who lost electricity.

On Thursday, Sept. 12, Pizza Delicious on Piety Street in the Bywater neighborhood was as busy as could be, with wait times for a custom takeout pizza reaching up to an hour. A block upriver on Louisa Street, however, Sneaky Pickle still had no power and had been closed since the outage on Wednesday, Sept. 11. As of Friday, Sneaky Pickle is still without power, but the hip neighborhood restaurant known for its creative use of vegetables is getting creative in other ways. By mid-afternoon, chef and owner Ben Tabor planned to drag his pizza oven and pizza platter out to the sidewalk and sell a limited selection of takeout food, as well as wine, beer and other beverages. “We were getting impatient just sitting around waiting for the power to come back,” Tabor says.

Closed Friday, September 13th

Bar Sukeban

Butcher shop

The Country Club

El Cucuy

The Real Pavo

Grey-Grey

relationship

Leo’s Bread

Lilly’s Cafe

Monday

Open: Friday, September 13th

Acamaya

Addis NOLA

Anna’s

Avo

Ayu Bakery

BABs

Bacchanal wine

Bao Mi

Blake’s Place

The Arbor

Bratz, all of you

Carmo

Clesis

Cochon and Cochon Butcher

Commander’s Palace

Copper vine

Cure opens at 3pm

Dala

Elysian Bar

Francolini’s

Galaxy Tacos

Gianna

Good Catch Thai Urban Bistro

Hansen’s Sno-Bliz

Herbal Saint

I-tal Garden

Jewel of the South

Juniors on Harrison

Justin’s

The Bakery

Latitude 29

Lil Dizzy’s

Luvi

Maple Leaf Bar

Mawi Tortillas

Meril

Mojo Coffee House

Napoletana Nighthawk

Nolita

OK Bar

Origen Bistro

Palace Cafe

Parkway Poor Boys

Peche

Dove and whale

Pizza Delicious

Port Orleans Brewing Co.

Queen Trini Lisa

Rosedale

Saba

Small market

Southern States

St. Roch Market

Stein’s Deli

The Joint

The little house

Tito’s Ceviche and Pisco

Turkey and the Wolf

Union Ramen

Williby’s catfish

Photo by: Wishing Town Bakery Cafe