Messages and calls to the food hall operator, a company founded by entrepreneur Jamal Wilson, have gone unreturned. News of the multi-restaurant venue at Caesars comes during an uncertain time for New Orleans food halls: The Hall on Mag, which opened in August 2022 to replace the previous food hall there, Auction House Market, has been unexpectedly shuttered since at least December 30 when diners with reservations arrived to a locked building. Luxe sushi brand Nobu will anchor the casino with its first New Orleans restaurant, as announced in 2021, and is set to debut in 2024 (that restaurant is not part of the food hall). The Times Picayune-New Orleans Advocate reported this week that a new food hall planned for the casino has confirmed three well-known residents: Bobby Flay’s Bobby’s Burgers the second location of Buddy Valastro’s PizzaCake and, for a local name, a restaurant from chef Nina Compton, to be called Nina’s Creole Cottage. At the same time, two of New Orleans’s three food halls, the months-old Hall on Mag and four-year-old Pythian Market, both closed in recent weeks.
As Harrah’s New Orleans gradually transforms into Caesars New Orleans - courtesy of a $325 million renovation - an ambitious, celebrity chef-driven food hall is also taking shape inside the casino.
