| BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
More short-term rentals: The plan was to develop nearly an entire block in Central City as affordable housing. Fast forward a couple of years and the houses are being built -- but it's certainly not what you'd call affordable housing, Stephanie Riegel reports. For more business coverage, please sign up for our NOLA Business Insider newsletter. Seafood price surge? Louisiana is making a big push to restore its coastline. But will a healthier coast translate into more expensive seafood? For more coastal and environmental coverage, sign up for our Louisiana Coastal Watch newsletter. Egg-spensive: Terrible pun, right? But, really, have you bought eggs lately? Yikes! Lots of blame to go around for this mess, Jabez Berniard reports. Paying the toll: If you regularly cross the lake and have a Causeway toll tag, some big changes are in the works. Gone soon will be the clunky, hard plastic contraptions that Velcro-ed to the windshield. Joni Hess has more. Interested in news from St. Tammany and the north shore? You might enjoy our North Shore Report newsletter. Take the cake: Tis the season, so go out and try some new king cake. Our dining (and king cake) guy Ian McNulty offers up this standout from a Metairie bakery, another entry in his ever-so-popular king cake notebook. Speaking of . . . a Cincinnatti bakery is checking in with the “Baby Joey,” a king cake (???) in honor of former LSU hero Joe Burrow. Bless their hearts. For even more food and drink coverage, please sign up for our Where NOLA Eats newsletter. Thanks for reading Lunch Line. And if you're not a subscriber already, check out this great deal. Six months for a buck - how can you not sign up? Bob | 