Since Zony Mash brewery in New Orleans closed this spring, Jennifer Samuels has spent months searching for a new home for her pop-up market, King Cake Hub, scouting spaces in Uptown and just beyond the city, in Metairie.

This week, she found one.

The vendor, known for selling king cakes from various local bakeries during Mardi Gras, will be returning to Mid-City, where it's had three primary homes since its launch in 2019 — the Mortuary Haunted House Mansion, the Broad Theatre and most recently, Zony Mash.

Its fourth home will be in an industrial, blue building on the corner of Gravier Street that also houses El Guapo , a local producer of nonalcoholic cocktail bitters and syrups.

The new space spans 6,000-square-feet — roughly 4,000-square-foot more than the previous location — and

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