One local business owner was hoping the preseason home game, just two blocks away, would cook up business, already slowed by the summer season.
NEW ORLEANS — Much like the Saints on game day, The Original Italian Pie on S. Rampart Street must be prepared on game day.
“We upped our staff for the game, but it pretty much produced the same as we normally get,” said owner Severan Jones.
Sunday’s Saints game didn’t leave Jones doing a celebratory end zone dance.
“With a 1 o’clock game we don’t have lunch because they’re all trying to make it to the game and if we lose, they’re gone,” said Jones. “They’re just not going to come in.”
Jones was hoping the preseason home game, just two blocks away, would cook up business, already slowed by the summer season. Nine years as owner, he says pre-season games aren’t usually money makers.
“Typically …
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