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A packed house under the covered courtyard at Parkway Bakery & Tavern during the Throwdown for the Future
That's a wrap · Oct 13, 2026 · New Orleans

New Orleans, thank you. What a night.

Parkway packed the courtyard for the Throwdown for the Future, and the night raised over $40,000 for the Louisiana Restaurant Association Education Foundation's youth culinary programs.

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Hosted by LRAEF · At Parkway Bakery & Tavern · Next up: Hogs for the Cause 2027

$40,000+
Raised for LRAEF youth programs
1 Night
Oct 13 · 6:30–8:30 PM
71
Louisiana high schools in ProStart*
Mar 19
Hogs for the Cause 2027

*Per the Louisiana Restaurant Association.

Two House of Hogs teammates on the LRA Education Foundation step-and-repeat, one in a Hogs on the Half Shell shirt
How it went

Mid-City showed up hungry

The covered courtyard at Parkway Bakery & Tavern was wall-to-wall by the time the music got going. New Orleans chefs brought the good stuff, DJ Captain Charles kept it rolling, and the raffle table never had a quiet minute.

Our own Justin Kennedy — Parkway's GM and Head Chef, and the newest member of House of Hogs — opened up his house for the night. The cause: the Louisiana Restaurant Association Education Foundation, which trains the next generation of Louisiana cooks through programs like ProStart. When the dust settled, the room had raised over $40,000 for them. A smashing success, start to finish.

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From the night

Throwdown at Parkway

A full courtyard, a lot of good food, and a room full of people betting on Louisiana's next generation of cooks.

Guests filling the covered courtyard at Parkway Bakery & Tavern A chef in whites and a House of Hogs teammate smiling in the courtyard Parkway's lunch counter with its vintage Woolworth's Luncheonette sign Parkway's Little Merch Store cabinet: Keep Calm and Eat Po-Boys Guests relaxing on a bench along Parkway's yellow courtyard wall Cocktail tables set up under the string lights in Parkway's courtyard

More from the night on @houseofhogsbbq

To everyone who made it happen

Thank you, New Orleans

  • The Louisiana Restaurant Association Education Foundation — for throwing a party with a purpose.
  • Justin Kennedy and the whole Parkway crew — for opening up the courtyard and feeding a crowd.
  • The chefs, bartenders, and DJ Captain Charles — for the food, the drinks, and the soundtrack.
  • Every raffle donor and every guest — you're the reason the number has a comma in it.

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