Slurping wetly and noisily at the nourishment that is New Orleans
For Chef Uong, a dreaded childhood chore becomes reflective preparation of an ideal, breakthrough dish into Cambodian cuisine. From peeling mountains of potatoes to the tedium of picking the leaves from a seemingly endless bundle of parsley, few women escape the drudgery of food prep as a child. Instead of […]
Presentation is key . . . Veho Hospitality, the folks who gave us the endlessly-entertaining Tacos Del Cartel (Shots, shots, shots, shots, shots!), recently opened a whole new restaurant concept dubbed Sushi by Us. Located on O’Keefe Avenue inside The Beacon at South Market, the new restaurant took over what […]
Simmered in a sauce piquant, sauteed in garlic butter or deep fried, frog legs have long maintained a place on local menus. While realistically no one is worried about dining on the cursed limbs of Tiana or Prince Naveen, many people are understandably squeamish about eating frog legs. Not only […]
A pastry by any other name . . . Gracious, the beloved New Orleans bakery launched in Gert Town by Megan and Jay Forman over a decade ago, is now under new ownership. Callais Capital Management, a Louisiana-based, venture capital investments firm, has purchased the bakery with promises to keep […]
Dinner and a show and home by 10? Pulcinella! celebrates a year of serving up Sicilian comfort food – and offering sassy burlesque and drag shows for dessert, right upstairs at the Original Nite Cap cabaret. In historic Italian theatre, Pulcinella was a stock character who personifies the “everyman.” His […]
Canary in Spanish Plaza . . . They say forgiveness is a gift we give ourselves, so instead of swallowing that oh-so bitter pill, allow your taste buds some grace for Chef John Besh’s new restaurant on the Riverfront. Inspired by the Isleños fishing and hunting communities in St. Bernard […]
Tucked behind the U.S. Customs House, a small corner café invites guests to linger over affordable, French-inspired meals or an alfresco evening glass of wine at a sidewalk table.
Chef Tabone offers a European-esque menu in the lush, sunlit courtyard alongside Krewe’s flagship store on Royal Street. In Latin, patula means “wide-spreading”; in Sanskrit, “eloquent”; and in Tagalog, “poetic.” For Chef Rob Tabone, though, it’s chiefly a nod to Marigold, the restaurant that thrived in this space nearly a […]
Revisiting restaurants I covered years ago to see what’s changed, or what’s deliciously stayed the same. Always hungry for affordable experiences and new flavors to share, I pulled off the dazzling feat of dining at well over a thousand New Orleans restaurants over the years. It’s a lifetime achievement I’ll […]
Classin’ up the joint . . . Restaurateur and contractor Cassi Dymond has partnered with chef Melissa M. Martin of Uptown’s Mosquito Supper Club to launch Saint Claire located in Algiers. Part of a complex that served as an internment camp for “enemy aliens” during WWII called Camp Algiers and […]
Work has already begun to revitalize Old Algiers’ historically significant building that’s been forlorn since Hurricane Katrina. On the way back home from a ladies lunch, we stopped at a light when I caught sight of the peaked roofline of a huge, abandoned building hunkering behind much smaller residences and […]
Made a move … After spending nearly two decades feeding office denizens in the CBD, the Empire State Delicatessen picked up shop and moved all the way past the far end of St. Charles Avenue to Oak Street. A change in names coincided with the move, as the new spot […]
Just steps away from hustling street performers, fortune tellers and local artists in Jackson Square lies Sylvain, a Southern bistro tucked into a carriage house built in the late 18th century. Famished guests seeking respite from the brouhaha enter the restaurant by traversing a long, dark side-alley culminating in a […]