Meanwhile, the owner of Katie's instantly lost 50% of his business when the last mask mandates came back. People would rather drive out to Metairie to dine than deal with all the hoop jumping of vaccine and mask mandates in Orleans parish. There was a time where I think those mandates were good ideas but at this stage in the game, its a little ridiculous at this point. She's putting a world of hurt on restaurants in Orleans parish. Talking to the owner of Katies was eye opening on how destructive these mandates are when your neighbor parish doesn't have them.