"After years of dwindling vendors and a particularly slow summer, New Orleans’s last remaining food hall, St. Roch Market, was on the brink of closure by the end of August. That was before one of its original vendors, CR Coffee Shops owner Kevin Pedeaux, stepped in. Pedeaux took over the food hall’s hefty lease in September and has since dedicated his time to rebuilding the once-buzzing building. Pedeaux, who can typically be found at the food hall from morning to night and has managed to bring back some of the hall’s other original vendors as well as add new ones, tells Eater St. Roch is “full up with 11 vendors” with a waiting list, and promises further “exciting” changes soon. It’s a welcome turnaround for the historic market and building, which hasn’t had a full roster of vendors since prior to the pandemic." - Clair Lorell