As Freret Street has grown into a restaurant row, High Hat Cafe has emerged as one of its welcoming, easy-going ambassadors, a place that blends Southern soul with deep New Orleans flavor and does so ...

Like stars forming in a nebula, bright new restaurants burst out of nothingness during the past two years along Freret Street. The curving stretch from Napoleon Avenue to Jefferson Avenue, never ...

High Hat Cafe opened at the right time, just as Freret Street was revving up as a hot restaurant row. It quickly acquired a timeless feel, connecting to deep-running Southern flavor and anytime ...

When Katerina Carson decided to close her eponymous North Side club at the end of June, music lovers grieved for the loss of an uncommonly intimate, user friendly room. But the tears turned out to ...

Before The High Hat opened this summer, I stopped by to chat with owner Michael Noyes. Albums by Taylor Swift and Thelonious Monk rest near the turntable at The High Hat, a new Cathedral Hill ...

Of all the casual Uptown restaurants that line cherished Freret Street, High Hat is the most memorable. It’s an ode to the culinary traditions of the Deep South, from the specials board to the ...