# @nolanews on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CnVHlHELwuu
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15399951-nolanews-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/ac5341ef84.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-01-12T21:20:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NOLA.com (@NOLAnews) — https://gondola.cc/NOLAnews

## Caption

ICYMI: A New Orleans food "giant" has fallen. ⁠
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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.⁠
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Now Blue Giant has permanently shuttered, confirmed owner Richard Horner.⁠
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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.⁠
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Read the full story about the closure at the link in bio. ⁠
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#NewOrleans #WhereNOLAEats #BlueGiant #FoodCosts #Inflation

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## Tags

inflation, neworleans, bluegiant, wherenolaeats, foodcosts

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