Hurwitz Mintz's Last Season on Airline Drive: What to Know Before the Showroom Closes

Hurwitz Mintz Furniture is at 1751 Airline Drive. Inside the showroom, a wall of old newspaper clippings, advertisements and photos hangs above the counter where customers used to fill out financing paperwork, according to NOLA.com's coverage of the closing.

The store has done business in Metairie since 2000, which is a quarter of its 102 years, and it has been the company's only location since the Royal Street store closed in 2005. It is ending here, on Airline Drive. The liquidation rules it has posted mean the final weeks favor shoppers who plan their pickup before they fall for a piece.

A century that ends on Airline Drive

The company announced the closing on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. It said it would permanently close at the end of the year, following the death of third-generation owner Mitchell Mintz. The family's statement, as published by New Orleans CityBusiness, read: "After three generations, 102 years, and countless memories, Hurwitz Mintz Furniture is closing its doors forever."

The store's addresses tell the story of how a Royal Street business became a Metairie one.

According to NOLA.com, founders Joseph Hurwitz and Morris Mintz were brothers-in-law and Russian Jewish immigrants. They arrived in New Orleans in 1920 and opened their furniture store four years later. Gambit's centennial history points to an Oct. 11, 1925, newspaper ad announcing the Royal Street store.

Morris Mintz's son Ellis ran the business for more than 60 years. In that time Hurwitz Mintz became one of the region's leading furniture retailers, known for the big Royal Street picture windows full of living room sets. It also ran ad campaigns starring Barbara Feldon of "Get Smart" and Adam West of "Batman."

The move to Airline Drive happened five years before Katrina. When the Royal Street store closed after the storm, the Metairie showroom became the company's main store, and it has stayed that way ever since. CityBusiness describes it as the largest furniture store in the Greater New Orleans area. The store celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2024, from its Metairie location. If your Hurwitz Mintz memories begin after Katrina, they began in Metairie.

The rules of the liquidation sale

The family said more than $4 million in remaining inventory would be sold at liquidation prices. The sales and promotions page on the store's website still advertises "60% - 70% off storewide." It runs "until we say goodbye," while supplies last.

Those prices come with terms that work differently from a normal furniture purchase:

• Every sale is final. Merchandise is sold as-is.
• No holds. You cannot reserve a piece while you think it over.
• No returns, exchanges, refunds, credits or cancellations.
• No special orders. What's on the floor or in the warehouse is what's available.

The store's return policy page says purchases made on or after Oct. 1, 2026, are "FINAL AND SOLD AS IS." Customers who bought merchandise or placed special orders before Sept. 28, 2026, and need a refund are told to contact the store. WWL-TV reported the same terms.

With no holds and no cancellations, your planning has to happen before you get to the register. Measure the room, the doorway and the stairwell at home, and know how the piece is getting there. A dining table that won't fit through your door can't go back.

Hours, pickup and payment

Pickup is where the details need checking. The store's hours and location page and its service policy list different pickup schedules.

The hours page sends pickup customers to the rear of the store and notes that hours can change for holidays or unexpected events. The service policy says local deliveries are scheduled after purchase and run Tuesday through Saturday. That page reads as the store's standing policy, though. It doesn't say whether delivery is offered on liquidation purchases or what it would cost.

For payment, the hours page lists cash, personal or business checks, money orders, Visa, Mastercard and Discover. It also says, "Sorry, we no longer accept the Wells Fargo store card." The sale page doesn't advertise any financing offer.

The store has posted no answers on several questions that matter for a large purchase: whether liquidation items can be delivered, how soon after purchase they must be picked up, and how gift cards or protection plans are handled. The service policy describes one-year service on material and workmanship defects and help with manufacturer warranties, but it excludes as-is merchandise and doesn't address the closing. The call us page lists the numbers that can answer these questions:

1. Main line, (504) 378-1000. Confirm current showroom and pickup hours before you drive over.
2. Delivery scheduling, (504) 378-3250. Ask whether delivery is available on sale items, what it costs, and how far out the schedule runs.
3. Customer service, (504) 378-3220. Call about an older order, a warranty question or a gift card.

This is general information about the store's posted terms, not legal or financial advice. For anything that depends on your own receipt or order, go by what the store tells you directly.

How long the sale will run

NOLA.com reports Dec. 31 as the last day in business. WWL-TV quoted a store manager who said the closing date was open-ended and depended on how quickly the inventory sold. Read together, Dec. 31 is the latest the doors are expected to stay open, and the selection could run thin well before then.

The rush started early. The store emailed customers about the closing on Thursday, and dozens of shoppers were in the Airline Drive showroom by Friday morning, according to NOLA.com. As of late October, the website still shows the 60–70% range and no new discount tier. Nothing the company has posted says what happens to the building at 1751 Airline Drive after the store closes.

The wall, and the stores before it

The clippings above the financing counter are the closest thing Metairie has to a Hurwitz Mintz museum. They cover a century that ran from Royal Street to Airline Drive. NOLA.com places the closing alongside other recent losses of longtime local names. Adler's closed its Canal Street jewelry store earlier this year after more than a century in business. In 2025, Langenstein's, the city's oldest supermarket, was bought by Robert Fresh Market, which retired the Langenstein's name.

David Rubenstein's family clothing store is still open on Canal Street, a few blocks from where the Hurwitz Mintz French Quarter stores stood. He gave NOLA.com a simple explanation: "Sometimes it's just a generational thing. If there's not a next generation to take over, it goes away."

Neither the store nor the news coverage says whether the wall, the fixtures or the floor models are for sale. The showroom is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m., and the wall is there to see whether or not you buy anything.

If a last Hurwitz Mintz piece is going into a home you're about to buy, sell or move out of, the timing matters, especially with a pickup window that ends this year. Patricia Conaghan can help you line up a closing date, a move-in day and that one sofa you've waited years to buy. Let's talk about your next move.