NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Few people in New Orleans are more enthusiastic about local restaurants and stores than Melika Honoré, a board member of the Greater New Orleans East Business Alliance and owner of The Verdict Lounge and Restaurant on Lake Forest Boulevard.
“Small businesses are holding up the economy,” she said.
Honoré is celebrating the four-year anniversary of opening her restaurant, despite having delayed the original opening date by several weeks because of permit application delays…