ICYMI: A New Orleans food "giant" has fallen. ⁠ ⁠ Three years ago this week, bluegiantnola opened in the Lower Garden District with a menu drawn from the American-style Chinese classics, funny fortune cookies and lousy timing. Two months later, the pandemic threw all restaurants into turmoil.⁠ ⁠ Now Blue Giant has permanently shuttered, confirmed owner Richard Horner.⁠ ⁠ The reason, he said, was the rising cost of running the business, a factor that has roiled the industry as restaurants have tried to claw back from the coronavirus crisis.⁠ ⁠ Read the full story about the closure at the link in bio. ⁠ ⁠ #NewOrleans #WhereNOLAEats #BlueGiant #FoodCosts #Inflation