SoCal Restaurant Show July 25, 2026 Hour 2

Alice Glenn is the Executive Vice President of New Orleans & Co. She joins us to explain what a Destination Marketing and Sales Organization (DMO) does to support their home city.Meg Bickford is the Executive Chef of the legendary Commander’s Palace in New Orleans. She joins us.“Edgar “Dook” Chase, IV is the Owner/President of Chase Hospitality Group and Chase Concessions, LLC., a partner in Chase North, the premier food and beverage operator and management concessionaire at the Louis Armstrong International Airport, and the proprietor of two of their concepts, Leah’s Kitchen and Dook’s Burgers. Chase Concessions also operates eleven other concepts at MSY, as well concepts in Boston Logan International Airport and Nashville International Airport.”“Food journalist Ian McNulty is a writer for The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate and NOLA.com covering restaurants and food culture. His commentary series Where Y’Eat airs weekly on NPR affiliate WWNO, and he is a frequent contributor to WWL radio in New Orleans.” Ian joins us to close our NOLA show special.