Favorite FQ restaurant may be forced to close

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The owners of Mona Lisa Restaurant on Royal Street signed a lease for it in December after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Twenty years later, they may be forced to close.

Farrow Stephenson and Tom Moore say the building has been sold to a new owner, and the new owner has served notice that the restaurant lease will end in two months.

Loved by customers for its elegant Italian dishes (Tom does the cooking) and for its irreverent vibe (Farrow can be sassy), Mona Lisa is not a restaurant for tourists—although tourists who discover it are lucky.  It’s a restaurant for locals, who’ve been lighting up social media in despair that it might be lost.

Hear what Farrow Stephenson tells WGNO’s Susan Roesgen in our story above.

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