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In 1988, there were 55 Pancho's Mexican Buffet restaurants. [15] At the end of 2000, there were 48 restaurants, and the company employed 2001 people. [14] In September 2004, there were 40 restaurants, located in the U.S. states of Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. [16]
The Daily Star began on November 12, 1959, as The Hammond Press, which on December 23 of the same year retitled itself The Hammond Item. The Daily & Sunday Star is the sole daily newspaper published in Hammond (as of 2011). [3] Its Sunday edition is The Sunday Star; The Daily Star is issued on five weekdays (Tuesday through Saturday, as of 2011).
In 1821 H W Hammond opened a drapery shop on the old North Bridge in Hull. The business continued to operate at this location until 1861 when the store moved to Osborne Street. [3] In 1889 the business was sold to James Powell and his three sons, whose family continued to operate the business until 1972. The business was incorporated in 1913. [3]
With former New Orleans public school teacher O.C.W. Taylor, Dejoie founded The Louisiana Weekly newspaper in 1925. [3] The intent of the newspaper was to provide an outlet and a voice for the African-American community, a serious need in the Jim Crow South of the time. [4]
Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States, located 45 miles (72 km) east of Baton Rouge and 45 miles (72 km) northwest of New Orleans. Its population was 20,019 in the 2010 U.S. census, and 21,359 at the 2020 population estimates program. [5] Hammond is home to Southeastern Louisiana University.
Hammond Square, formerly Hammond Square Mall, is a shopping mall in Hammond, Louisiana, United States. Originally built as an enclosed mall in 1977, it was extensively renovated into an outdoor lifestyle center between 2007 and 2009 after a period of decline. Major tenants of the mall include JCPenney, Dillard's, and Target.
Pistolette—either of two bread-based dishes in Louisiana cuisine: one is a stuffed and fried bread roll (sometimes called stuffed pistolettes) in the Cajun areas around Lafayette, the other is a type of submarine shaped bread about half the size of a baguette that is popular in New Orleans for Vietnamese bánh mì and other sandwiches [37]