Residents in New Orleans impacted financially by the coronavirus can still get free meals for another month.
Last week, FEMA approved a 30-day extension for the city's COVID-19 Meal Assistance Program.
The free meal program delivers twice daily, local restaurant-made meals to thousands of residents in need. The meals will now be available to eligible recipients through September 4.
“That program has 70 local restaurants participating and producing meals and overwhelmingly the response has been positive,” said New Orleans spokesperson Beau Tidwell at a news conference Tuesday.
Here is what residents need to know:
Already enrolled residents will continue to receive meals, and residents who may be newly in need of meal assistance are encouraged to apply, as there is still significant capacity in this program. Any individuals who may be in need of food should apply online or call 3-1-1 (504-658-2299) to see if they qualify.
Eligible residents include:- Seniors age 65 and above
- Adults with high-risk health conditions and special medical needs (Examples include pregnancy, smoking, asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart or lung disease, obesity, cancer, compromised immune system, kidney disease, liver disease, HIV, AIDS, Sickle cell disease, and more.)
- Individuals who test positive for COVID-19 or have been exposed and require isolation or quarantine
- Homeless residents
- Children under 18
*Applicants must not be receiving other federally-supported food assistance.
Participating restaurants include:- Avila Grill
- Bacchanal
- Bonafried
- Boucherie
- Brechtel Hospitality
- Brennans Commissary
- Briquette Warehouse
- Brown Butter
- Café Dauphine
- Café Degas
- Café Minh
- Café Navarrre
- Café Porche
- Central City BBQ
- Chase Catering and Concession
- City Green
- Clesi’s Restaurant and Catering
- Cochon
- Costera
- Court of Two Sisters
- Diva Dawg
- Domenica
- Dona’s Pizza
- Dong Phuong
- Dunbar’s Creole Cuisine
- Eat Well
- Elysian Events
- Frankie and Johnny’s
- Grilling Shilling
- Howling Wolf
- Iacovone Kitchen
- Johnny Sanchez
- Juniors on Harrison
- Katies
- Kenny’s Cajun and Creole
- Killer Poboys
- Live Oak Café
- Luke
- Marie’s Fleur De Lis Catering
- Martin Wine Cellar
- Maya’s
- Meribo Pizza
- Messina’s
- Mint Modern Vietnamese
- Mirepoix Event Catering
- New Orleans Creole Cookery
- Next to Eat
- Nirvana Indian Cuisine
- NOCHI
- Nolavore
- Nole Restaurant
- Patois
- Poke Loa
- Red Fish Grill
- Rimon
- Rockrose
- Saffron NOLA
- Sala
- Silk Road
- Soule Café
- Streetcar Restaurant
- Taceaux Loceaux
- TAVA
- The Backyard
- Toulouse Catering
- Toups Meatery
- Two Tony’s
- Welty’s Deli
- Zea
Restaurants that would like to join in this effort should use the form found on the Chef’s Brigade website: chefsbrigadenola.org/become-a-restaurant-partner.
