What you get: the Hospitality OS — order from courtyard, hall, VIP, or parking stall · six chef windows · Mirage Pour · NASA lunch capture · weddings in the glass hall · ~4 minutes to the Westbank corridor.
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What makes Mirage different
Hotel Concept · 2D · Open-Court Resort · 1705 Manhattan · Harvey
One courtyard · one shell: U-shaped open court 120×40 · Six Chef Hall · Mirage Ballroom · 48 court-facing keys · vendor row $1,500 + 15%. Hotel Concept → · Courtyard layout · Project hub
Why this address hits different
Mirage District sits on 1705 Manhattan Blvd, Harvey (PLS #8387 flag lot) — not Gentilly Avenue or Gentilly Boulevard. First anchor: NASA (Michoud Assembly) about 600 feet away — 299 posted OL · workers, no on-site food court, three shifts that need real lunch and after-work energy. Second anchor: about 4 minutes by car to the former weekend events / Jazzland site, redeveloping as the Westbank corridor (resort, waterpark, sports, hotels). Mirage serves NASA’s daily crowd and the weekend traffic when the park district comes back.
World-scale manufacturing across 1705 Manhattan Blvd, Harvey — Saturn V, Shuttle tanks, SLS / Artemis today. 299 posted OL · workers · no food court · three shifts of hunger. Mirage is the walk-up glow-up they’ve been waiting for — and it’s almost here.
1.89-acre flag lot owned — eat in the chef courtyard, drink at Mirage Pour, celebrate in the Mirage Hall glass hall. One campus for NASA lunch, date night, and events — with the Westbank corridor ~4 minutes away.
227-acre rebirth — demolition done (2025), resort and waterpark partners lining up, public plans through 2028. The weekend wave is building. Dinner at Mirage before the park. Drinks after the tournament. You want to be on this corridor when the gates open. bayouphoenix.com
~600′ line-of-travel to Michoud gate area · ~4 min drive to former weekend events (typical off-peak). Same New Orleans East spine — two demand engines, one Mirage address.
Can’t wait? Good — Michoud lunch is almost here, resort weekends right behind it. Get on the opening list · Mirage Pour · The district · Founding chefs
The arrival
Pull in off 1705 Manhattan Blvd, Harvey — about 600 feet from NASA. Courtyard lit, hall glowing, bar buzzing. Lunch for the Michoud workforce on weekdays; dinner and drinks before or after the Westbank corridor (~4 minutes to the old weekend events site) on weekends — all on one campus.
Mirage Hall · commissary · portal · courtyard chef pavilions · parking · Mirage Pour
Vendor fill · event rhythm · NOLA nights lunch · reception bookings
Additional pads and SBA financing after Phase 1 proves demand — growth from operations, not a quick opening-day flip.
Pre-application materials complete · AOR stamp path defined · Stamp package index
The district
Grab lunch from a chef window — Michoud shift change, badge holders, contractors. Post up at Mirage Pour. Book the glass hall for your wedding. A 1.89-acre flag lot on 1705 Manhattan Blvd, Harvey, ~600′ from Jefferson Parish Westbank. Also ~4 minutes from the former weekend events resort rebuild when the weekend crowd rolls in.
Lit entrance, palms, and courtyard glow — you feel the energy before you hit the bar.
Outdoor courtyard with string lights, Mirage Lounge Pods, and seating — every table looks out on the open yard and Vendor Row.
Mirage Hall · corporate · weddings · rooftop nights · rain-proof anchor.
Scan · order · track · tap for service — from table to parking stall. Mirage-employed runners; vendors stay on the line.
Mirage Hall · indoor anchor
Mirage Hall is the enclosed reception and dining anchor — not the name of the whole campus. South face opens to the courtyard with metal panel and roll-up doors (lean build — no curtain wall). Side pavilions only (bar, bridal, office, VIP). Open center floor for dance, tables, and sightlines.
Mirage District = the campus · Mirage Hall = indoor dining & events · Mirage Pour = bar · Mirage Plate = courtyard food
Mirage District · weddings & milestones
Say “I do” outdoors under lights and florals, then move into Mirage Hall for a full indoor reception — open dance floor, linen tables, Mirage Pour bar packages, and a built-in rain plan (no tent rental).
Architectural visualizations · Opening on PLS #8387 · Your planner brings florals, band, and photo — we provide hall, courtyard, bar, chefs, and parking for 100 cars.
For event planners · Mirage District
Competitors advertise a low site fee — then you add catering, bar, extra hours, tents, and parking. Mirage District quotes are built as bundles (hall + courtyard + Mirage Pour + chefs). Compare total cost for your guest count, not the smallest number on their website.
Example @ 150 guests: Four Columns publishes ~$7,450 for 4 hours (site only) + food $18–25/person + bar extra → typical all-in $11,000–$14,000+. Mirage Essence from $8,900 targets ~$59/person with hall or courtyard, food stations, and beer/wine bar in one line item.
Seated up to 220 · Standing up to 450
7,200 SF open center floor · rain-proof anchorSeated dinner up to 300 · Cocktail up to 900+
8,500 SF hardscape · chef row · string lightsSeated up to 250 · Standing up to 550
Indoor reception · outdoor ceremony · built-in rain planCO baseline 280 on life-safety program
Special events above baseline — owner coordinationCapacity tiers: Permit CO baseline ~280 assembly · 100 parking stalls on Phase 1 plan (86 code min). Larger seated/standing counts require owner SEP coordination and city/NOFD approval — may not be available at opening. Courtyard cocktail figures above baseline are operational targets, not guaranteed permit capacity.
Each card is a package direction (space + time + F&B tier). Final quote depends on headcount and bar level. All include 100 parking (permit baseline) · 1.89-acre flag lot owned (1705 Manhattan Blvd) · Harvey · Jefferson Parish · house bar at Mirage Pour.
50–150 guests · 4 hours
From $8,900 ~$59/person @ 150
vs Generations: their $6k+ is often 3 hrs site only — you still buy catering & bar. Mirage bundle targets one invoice.
120–400 guests · 5 hours
From $10,500 site + catering from $40/pp
Beat warehouse rentals with no parking fight
150–250 seated · 500+ standing peak · 6 hours
From $14,900 ~$85/person @ 175 all-in target
vs Four Columns @ 150: their ~$7.4k is 4 hr site only (Harvey) — add food + bar + no courtyard. 6 hrs here with hall + courtyard + premium bar tier in bundle.
175–280 guests · 6 hours · ceremony + reception
From $18,900 custom quote by headcount
vs Cannery: $10k micro-wedding caps at 50 guests · $40–200/pp catering. Mirage scales to 175–280 with courtyard ceremony + hall reception.
Opening package rates · May 2026 · final quotes by date, headcount, and bar tier. Email partners@miragedistrictnola.com.
Left column = the headline number on their site. Right column = what planners usually pay after food, bar, and extras. Mirage bundles aim to land at or below that real total — with more hours and both indoor + outdoor.
| Venue | Their headline price | Typical all-in @ ~150 guests* | Mirage District bundle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Columns | ~$7,450 site · 4 hr | $11k–$14k+ + food $18–25/pp · bar extra · ballroom only | Essence from $8,900 4–6 hr target · hall or courtyard · beer/wine bar tier in bundle |
| Generations Hall | $6,000–12,000 site · 3 hr | $10k–$16k+ + outside catering · bar · downtown logistics | Essence / Courtyard one campus contract · easier drive for East bank guests |
| The Cannery | $10k @ 50 guests only | $12k–$25k+ scales $40–200/pp · one caterer · ~12k SF | District Buyout from $14,900 150–250 seated · 6 hr · hall + courtyard + premium bar |
| Mirage District | We quote bundles, not a bait site fee. Indoor + outdoor rain plan · 100 parking (permit baseline) · Mirage Pour house bar · founding chefs — compare the bottom line on your proposal, not the smallest number on a competitor’s homepage. | ||
*Illustrative ranges from public menus/packages (May 2026) + typical add-ons. Your date and headcount change the math — request a line-item quote.
Insurance-clean · show-bar revenue · no flask line at the gate. Open bar tiers above — not retail $46 goblets.
Multiple founding chefs, one campus contract — not locked to Toulouse or one ballroom kitchen.
Ceremony outside · reception inside · no tent rental when weather flips.
100 stalls · 1.89-acre flag lot · Kenner/Slidell/East bank beat a CBD or Harvey commute for your guest map.
New Orleans became a world destination because of its food, culture, and hospitality. Mirage was built to upgrade all three at once — with an operating system, not another building that makes you wait.
A 1.89-acre flag lot on 1705 Manhattan Blvd, Harvey: chefs who keep the margin, guests who keep their seat, and a workforce across the street that finally gets lunch without a line, a commission, or a guess.
The culinary engine
Stop saying “shared kitchen.” Mirage is a 1,260 SF cloud kitchen (42′×30′) — six dedicated cooking cubicles (7′×25′ each) with one 28′ Type I hood over the four center cubicles, roof-up exhaust, all-electric. Each vendor: own cooks · recipes · fryer · prep · inventory. Shared only: walk-ins · dish · grease · receiving.
Picture it: unlock before sunrise, coffee on, your mise under a hood you didn’t finance alone — then call tickets at a window with your name on it. The heart of our mission →
The heart of our mission
New Orleans runs on cooks, caterers, and founders who never got a fair shot at their own name on the door. Mirage District exists to change that — on 1705 Manhattan Blvd, Harvey, in Harvey, with a 42′×30′ Type I cloud kitchen you share instead of financing alone. Your menu. Your window. Your brand on the jacket. We handle the hood, the grease line, the walk-ins, and the permit path so you can focus on food people remember.
The heart isn’t a real-estate flex. It’s six founders who only had to master food — because Mirage already built the kitchen, the permits, and the hospitality layer that carries it to the table, the hall, and the parking lot.
Close your eyes — then see it on the boards
Steam rising off your line. Your logo on the menu board. A regular who comes back every Tuesday because you’re the best stop between Michoud and home — and again on Sunday after the waterpark. Investors walking the courtyard with cameras out. A kid with your fries in one hand and their parent’s hand in the other. That is not a lease you’re praying survives — that is the restaurant you always saw in your head, made real on 1705 Manhattan Blvd, Harvey.
“I stopped dreaming about ‘someday’ and put my name on the window — and on the coat. Mirage gave me the East bank crowd. I just had to cook like I meant it.”
Founding chef visualization · sample embroidery on jacket — your name replaces it on lease. The happy part is real; the face is a stand-in until founding chefs are announced.
Imagine your founding windowPrep in your assigned cooking bay, call tickets at your pass-up — guests see your name, not a ghost logo. Michoud’s lunch rush becomes your regulars. No cooking out of a food trailer. No pretending you’re a food truck in a parking lot.
Hood envelope, walk-ins, dish room, receiving — the infrastructure line cooks usually mortgage their future to build. Here it’s shared at the expensive layer only — your bay · your fryer · your grill · your inventory — permitted and professionally managed.
When you’re ready, your brand can ride Uber, DoorDash, and Mirage Express from the same line you already know — not a strip-mall ghost suite that eats your margin.
We protect your license — then we open the yard
Chefs lose everything when someone skips permits. We don’t. Zoning in writing, stormwater stamped, LDH commissary approved, Certificate of Occupancy on the kitchen — then your window goes live, then digital brands scale. That sequence is how we keep founders on the line instead of on the phone with the health department.
Counsel & lenders: Compliance-first sequence · Six + Six ops · Founding terms: Monthly pricing
The technology experience
Not because of the buildings or the lighting — because everything simply works. Guests feel taken care of before they ask. We separated who cooks from who carries from who knows where you’re sitting — then wired all three into one campus brain. Mirage hires the hospitality team. Chefs hire the cooks.
Read the full technology experience + try Mirage Guest on your phone →
Location is not a question — it’s a coordinate. Table 112 · Suite 4 · Row C Stall 42. Scan once; Mirage handles the rest — including the parking lot.
Open Mirage Guest on your phone
Every table, suite, and parking stall has an ID. The guest never says “we’re by the lounge pod.” The system already knows — and routes every ticket, runner, and drink to that coordinate.
Six chefs produce. One Mirage team delivers. Vendors don’t hire server armies for the whole site — Mirage Command schedules runners like air-traffic control, not like six restaurants guessing.
Tacos, sushi, goblets, and beignets from one phone — one cart, one payment rhythm, one service standard from parking row to glass hall. That’s not a food hall. That’s infrastructure.
We go to the car. Scan the lot · order from the driver’s seat · runner to Stall 42 — no walking a tray across the 1.89-acre flag lot.
Ambassadors + wayfinding · the whole district unlocked in three seconds — no app account, no confusion.
Table QR = truth. Courtyard 112 · Hall 17 · VIP 4 · Row C · 42 — never explain where you are again.
Four cravings, four windows, one seated group — the OS splits tickets; kitchens fire in parallel; guests never split up.
KDS · commissary · allergies · modifiers · every ticket stamped with the same location ID the guest scanned.
One employer. One standard. Runners + floor team — not six vendors fighting over who covers the parking lot.
The move no food hall figured out
Food halls rent stalls and wish you luck on payroll. Mirage employs the hospitality layer — trained, scheduled, dispatched by Mirage Command — so a founding chef runs a kitchen and a window, not a staffing agency for the entire East bank.
Founding vendors: your P&L is food, not floor. Kitchen + window + brand. Mirage carries the 25–35% FOH problem on the district balance sheet — where scale actually solves it.
100-stall south lot · park-and-order · runners to the car · Mirage Direct for Michoud badge lunch — the OS treats the parking field as a dining room with coordinates, not an afterthought.
Smart seating & zones
One employer for the entire guest experience — W-2 runners, ambassadors, floor service, event pool. Not gig roulette. Not six different server cultures on one yard.
Water · cleanup · manager · accessibility — tap in Mirage Guest; Mirage staff on tablets dispatch the nearest responder. Vendors stay on tickets.
Schedules runners, tracks SLAs, balances yard vs parking vs hall — vendors see kitchen tickets only, not the 1.89-acre flag lot of FOH.
Observable order state · deterministic location · same crew Tuesday lunch and Saturday wedding. The engineer across the street walks in and thinks: “Finally — hospitality with telemetry.”
“The technology disappears. Hospitality remains. That’s not an app on a restaurant — that’s a district with an API.”
The stack — six layers, one property
Guests never ask “Where do I order?” — they scan.
Never ask “Where’s my food?” — they watch the timeline.
Never hunt a server — they tap once.
Mirage is the first integrated hospitality district in the region where food, drinks, VIP, events, courtyard, hall, and parking lot run as a single intelligent system. Not a venue. An operating system.
Genius is sequence — permits and kitchen first, then windows, then parking-scale Direct. We ship the OS in waves so every layer stays legal and lethal.
Life at Mirage
This district serves the corridor that built America’s rockets — and the families, couples, and celebrations that deserve a real place in New Orleans East.
Jefferson Parish Westbank badge holders at lunch, after-shift pours, Mirage Express pickup — plus resort-weekend traffic as weekend events land wakes up.
Mirage Pour reservations, share plates from founding chefs, Insta-worthy goblets — the night out 1705 Manhattan Blvd, Harvey has been missing.
Reception hall, rain plans, anniversaries, baby showers, corporate events spilling into the yard.
Chef’s table energy, catering from the commissary, VIP rooftop — hospitality, not just lunch.
The experience
Mirage Plate = courtyard food from founding chefs. Mirage Pour = show cocktails and brunch pours at the bar. Mirage Play = games, team nights, and private events on the yard. All three run on the Hospitality OS — open Mirage Guest on your phone.
Founding chefs, sweet-shop energy, share plates at the table — everything born in the cloud kitchen, served to the courtyard. Lunch for the Westbank. Brunch for families. Birthdays that fill the yard.
The bar worth the drive. Owner-operated show cocktails, smoking goblets, candy-rim pours, and brunch towers — destination energy New Orleans East has never had. Reservations for date night, birthdays, and weddings.
Games, team nights, private events — eat first, play after. The courtyard as living room for New Orleans East.
Mirage Pour · destination bar
Smoking goblets, brunch towers, candy rims — the social content layer of the district. Owner-operated bar with courtyard scale and parking your guests can actually use.
Why choose Mirage
Guests already fly and road-trip for Sugar Factory–style spectacle — $39–$46 signature goblets, candy rims, reservations weeks out. Mirage Pour delivers that playbook with photos you can’t fake: real courtyard scale, real birthday tables, real gold smoke — and you’re not fighting French Quarter parking to get it.
Mirage Pour · what guests post
What they drive downtown for
Sugar Factory public U.S. goblet menu (May 2026): $46 alcoholic · $39 NA — Candy Shop, Lollipop Passion, Blue Ocean, Strawberry Cadillac, etc. (sugarfactory.com/menus/goblets). Mirage is not affiliated.
The most shared bar drinks globally share one recipe: smoke + scale + squad + one hero glass. Mirage Pour builds that playbook with Louisiana-only pours and courtyard scale Sugar Factory can’t match in a mall booth.
| Destination | Instagram hook | Typical price | Mirage answer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Factory | Dry-ice smoking candy goblets · celebrity candy shop | $39–$46 / goblet | Mirage Goblet $34 · courtyard + hall |
| The Aviary (Chicago) | Smoke, ice spheres, science glassware · Alinea-group bar | $27–30+ / cocktail | Show pours without downtown Chicago parking |
| Potions (Delhi) | “Cocktail theater” · story-driven smoke & spectacle | Premium experiential | Same theater energy · East bank lunch crowd built-in |
| Oddyssey Manor (Vegas) | Immersive cocktail theatre · timed tickets | $79+ / experience | No ticketed theatre — walk-up courtyard + reservations |
Research May 2026 · public menus & press. Photos above = Mirage Pour design visualizations until opening.
| What guests order | Sugar Factory* | Mirage Pour | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signature smoking goblet (shareable show pour) | $46 | $34 | $12 / table |
| Candy-rim / “couture” martini | $39–$46 goblet | $18 | ~$25 |
| Hurricane-style yard drink | $46 goblet tier | $22 | ~$24 |
| Espresso / dessert martini | $22–$26 cocktail | $16 | ~$8 |
| Sparkle milkshake / brunch tower | $39–$40 NA goblet | $14 shake · $48 tower (4) | ~$25+ |
| After-shift crew shot | $18+ cocktail | $9 NOLA Nights Shift | half the ticket |
| Parking | Garage / street · $$$ | 100 stalls on PLS #8387 flag lot | Time + stress |
*Sugar Factory U.S. goblet menus · May 2026 · varies by city. Mirage prices = opening concept menu at Mirage Pour — subject to final liquor program.
Destination show bars earn the trip. Mirage earns it without sending your crowd past downtown traffic.
Same photo-worthy pours — shorter drive, lower per-glass price, full courtyard and hall on one lot.
Why Mirage wins
Owner-operated Mirage Pour at Mirage Hall — smoking goblets, candy rims, towers too tall for one hand. Guests book for the pour, post before they sip, and tag Mirage District from 1705 Manhattan Blvd, Harvey to the Westbank. Seven-thousand-two-hundred-square-foot hall behind the bar. Courtyard chefs on the plate. No outside liquor. No BYOB.
New Orleans East’s only purpose-built show bar · 1.89-acre flag lot · PLS #8387 flag lot
Within thirty minutes of PLS #8387 flag lot there is nothing like this — a full district of food on the 1.89-acre flag lot: parking, courtyard chefs, enclosed reception hall, and Mirage Pour pours built for your group chat.
Reservations (opening)
Birthday tables and weekend pours will book fast — claim your night early.
Book a birthday or table Wedding & private bar packageWhy here · why now · why you’re grinning
Feel that buzz? Jefferson Parish Westbank — largest manufacturing footprint on Earth, Saturn V to SLS / Artemis — still has 299 posted OL · skilled workers and zero on-campus food court. Across 1705 Manhattan Blvd, Harvey, Mirage District owns the 1.89-acre flag lot at ~600′ from the gate. That is walk-up capture of repeat daily spend — lunch lines, after-shift pours, catering accounts — the floor, not the ceiling. Then the second engine roars: the Westbank corridor (~4 minutes) turning the old weekend events site into resort, waterpark, and sports. Weekday Michoud. Weekend tourists. Same craving, same address. You are not buying a restaurant. You are buying the only owned, by-right, multi-stream food-and-reception platform on the corridor — while the resort is still a blueprint and the land is still yours. That’s the glee. That’s the bet.
Michoud lunch is not a trend — it is three shifts, five days a week, badge holders with nowhere dignified to eat. Model uses 3,500+ workers for lunch math; corridor addressable 299 posted OL · . Repeat tickets. Catering accounts. After-shift pours. That is the floor — not the ceiling.
1.89-acre flag lot · 1705 Manhattan Blvd — Zone X build pad, slab-on-grade. MU-CD permit path: restaurant, reception facility, retail — straight permit path, glass hall + courtyard hosts. You are not renegotiating with a landlord — you own the lot.
Engine A: Michoud daily capture. Engine B: weekend events / the Westbank corridor (~$500M public plan) adding tournaments, hotels, waterpark traffic. Mirage is the pre-resort dinner and post-park drinks — and the wedding hall when families finally have a place on the East bank.
Michoud lunch alone modeled at $3.4M in Year 1 — before weddings, vendor rent, Pour, and event upside amplify the stack. Mirage Digital (owner-operated delivery brands, phased post-commissary approval) adds a modeled $240K–$420K Year 1 layer on top of the ~$8.1M base — see investor revenue detail.
Boeing · Lockheed · Entergy · federal badges — lunch, Mirage Express pickup, contractor catering. The spend already exists. It just leaves the zip code.
Former weekend events / Jazzland rebirth · sports · waterpark · hotels. Public plans through 2028. You want to own the address before the tour buses start.
Owned land · phased capital · vendor rent · reception bookings · SEP upside capped and disciplined. Not one bet — a platform.
St. Roch does not have Michoud. The CBD does not want shift-change parking. Mirage is the corridor’s missing infrastructure — and the anticipation is the asset: own the address before the gates open, before the lunch lines form, before everyone else wishes they had.
How it lays out
The opportunity
Mirage is not a single-restaurant bet. It is owned land, by-right zoning, a licensed culinary engine, vendor rent, corridor capture, events, and scalable pads — multiple income lines on one address.
Year 1 revenue architecture (projections · Doc 44 REV 7.7)
Weekday workforce · repeat daily demand · corridor add-on
6 cloud-kitchen cubicles · 10 retail units — courtyard-driven incidentals
Weddings · corporate · rain plans · VIP premium
10 units · tiered founding structure · landlord upside
After-shift · date night · show cocktails · reservations
Aerospace accounts · Mirage Express · contractor meals
Special Event programming · brand nights · cultural upside
Owner-run delivery brands from the commissary · phased H2 launch · 100% food margin minus platform fee
Base projected Year 1 revenue: ~$8.1M · With Mirage Digital layer: ~$8.34M–$8.52M · Operating profit projection: ~$3.2M base (+ digital margin upside) — not guaranteed.
We built the hood so chefs keep the margin — digital scales on the same legal kitchen. Our mission · Compliance-first before app listings.
Why the architecture de-risks the bet
1.89-acre flag lot · PLS #8387 · 1705 Manhattan Blvd, Harvey — not a lease gamble
Permitted uses on PLS #8387 · straight administrative path · city-aligned posture
Michoud ~600′ · 299 posted OL · workers · plus ~4 min to weekend events / the Westbank corridor
Lunch stabilizes · events amplify · vendor rent compounds
Phase 1A core → 1B from cash flow → Phase 2 SBA path
Licensed commissary · SBA-friendly infrastructure · local jobs
Zoned · permitted · approval-ready
Projections are not guarantees. Full investor summary: investors.html · invest@miragedistrictnola.com
The future of the East
Mirage is local talent, local jobs, and local pride — a district where chefs build brands, families celebrate in the courtyard, and New Orleans East finally has a destination that matches its workforce and its culture.
We’re not waiting for the city to fix everything. We’re building the anchor — hospitality infrastructure that pulls the corridor forward.
Founding Vendor Program
Six founding chef windows on the courtyard at Mirage District — 1705 Manhattan Blvd, Harvey, ~600′ from Jefferson Parish Westbank, with the weekend events resort rebuild ~4 minutes away. Not a job. Not a food-truck lottery. Your brand. Your menu. Your window. Mirage hires the runners and hospitality staff — you hire the cooks. Michoud’s lunch rush is real. The weekend wave is coming.
Imagine your day
You unlock the commissary line. Coffee on. Prep starts in the Type I kitchen you didn’t have to build. No landlord staring at your hood invoice. Just your mise and the hum of a campus waking up.
The lunch rush hits like a wave — East bank workers, resort-weekend families, hard hats, office badges. Mirage Express pings. Pickup lane moves. Your window is the reason they pulled into Mirage. Your name on the ticket.
Golden hour in the courtyard. Catenary lights glow. Mirage Pour is pouring. Families stay after shift. A birthday table orders your share plates. You’re not begging Bourbon Street — you built the destination.
Reception Hall spills into the yard — wedding, corporate, rain plan. Catering trays leave your line. The courtyard is your showroom. The city finally has a reason to drive to New Orleans East — and your food is in the middle of it.
Brunch. Families off shift. Westbank parents with kids. Mimosa towers at Mirage Pour. Your shrimp & grits, your praline french toast, your name on the board — and on the jacket. The courtyard slow and golden. This is the weekend they drive to you for.
Picture it: steam rising off your line. Your logo on the menu board. A regular who comes back every Tuesday because you’re the best stop between work and home — and again Saturday after the waterpark. Investors photographing the courtyard. A kid with your fries in one hand and their parent’s hand in the other. That is not a lease — that is the restaurant you always saw in your head, without the half-million-dollar trap.
“I stopped dreaming about ‘someday’ and put my name on the window. Mirage gave me the East bank crowd — I just had to cook like I meant it.”
Tell us your concept and category. No fee. No commitment.
Cost: $0We confirm your slot is open — one concept per category, no copycats.
Cost: $012-month founding term · Year 1 rate locked · your name on the window.
Cost: $1,500/mo + 10% of gross salesType I kitchen behind you — hood, walk-in, compliance at campus level.
Included · no build-out from scratchPower at your unit · NOLA nights lunch · Sunday brunch · events in the yard.
You cook · we built the crowdYou bring: menu, insurance, window staff, and food cost. We bring: the district, the kitchen, the permits, and 299 posted OL · workers across the street.
This is not a job application. It is a 12-month founding lease. Submit for consideration — if your category is open, we will ask for menu, sales history, and insurance.
You already see it. The only question is whether your category is still open.
Program summary only · executed lease governs · vendor carries food cost, window staff, insurance & unit equipment
Pre-permit package
One project hub for REV 9.5 / 7.7 drawings, markdown scope, surveys, and online bid submission — plus investor summary, kitchen equipment schedule, and compliance locks for partners.
Full HTML packet · per-sheet viewer · drainage v5 · REV 9.5 A1 authority · site REV 7.7.
GC, civil, structural, MEP, foodservice, prefab steel (PEMB), survey, AOR — fill, attach PDF, submit to partners@.
Code lock · permit gates · Six+Six ops · monthly vendor pricing · life safety Doc 68.
42×30 cloud-kitchen equipment schedule (triple-checked) · investor $243K budget · CRE worksheet · capital reconciliation.
No password · Bids submit online · Rev 4 permit set · Investors