When Superior Seafood & Oyster Bar opened about seven years ago in the old Copeland’s building, I was one of the first to check it out. I loved their Frozen Pomegranate Mojitos, BBQ shrimp, raw Gulf oysters, warm French bread and Shrimp Louie Salad. Over the years, I’ve dined there […]
A modern, whimsical Parisian brasserie in the French Quarter
With lots of help from local design firm Farouki Farouki, chef and restaurateur Justin Devillier and his wife and partner Mia launch their third restaurant Justine on Chartres Street in the Vieux Carré. On the ground floor of the mixed-use, May & Ellis apartment building (formerly the Hurwitz Mintz building) […]
Sweet Springtime
With Easter just around the corner, I can’t help but think of sweets. I don’t know about you, but when I was little my bright yellow basket (which is still sitting in my Mom’s closet) was overflowing with jelly bean-filled plastic eggs, fluffy yellow Peeps, malted milk chocolate Easter eggs […]
Oh omelet! Or omelette?
No matter how you spell it, an omelet is indubitably an eggs-cellent creation. Aside from my mom’s less-than-beautiful but always delicious jack cheese and tomato versions, I’ll never forget my first restaurant omelet. It was from a hot, new breakfast spot in downtown San Mateo that was soon known for […]
Who gives a fork?
I suppose you could say John does … I’m going to let you in on a little secret. You know all of these fabulous amateur food pictures I post? Well, my endlessly talented and artistic boyfriend is responsible for approximately half of them. When we go out to eat and […]
House of the Week: Side Hall Cottage on Constance St.
This past Saturday, my friend and real estate agent Zuheily from NOLA Living Realty invited me to her first solo listing. She knew there was no way I could afford this particular property, but she also knew how smitten I am with classic New Orleans architecture and the open house […]
A Deep South Nightclub with West Coast Flair
The Fillmore New Orleans, a new live music venue on the second floor of Harrah’s Casino, features design elements that effortlessly blend San Francisco’s historic psychedelic 60s with the cultural archetypes of New Orleans. Hundreds of fans queued up in front of the old-fashioned theater marquee on Canal Street last […]
Bitch Sessions: Oxlot 9
Quite often, I can be almost too optimistic when it comes to dining experiences. I wave off inconveniences that would definitely have other diners reducing tips, taking their problems to the manager or worse, giving an ugly review on Yelp. But for me, if the food was incredible, I could […]
From Fine Art to the Culinary Arts
What was briefly the Louisiana ArtWorks building has become the New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute, a world-class brainery dedicated to one of the city’s finest virtues. Early last month, classes began for the first full-time students of the New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute now located on the corner […]
Beloved Bivalve
Though most will be planning a special outing with their significant others this Valentines Day, I’ll be bucking the trend with a day-long ode to oysters. You may be telling yourself “She’s probably single or maybe just doesn’t play into that annual greeting card holiday,” but nothing could be further […]
Such stuff as dreams are made on . . .
A small, used furniture store in Mid-City could be just what you’re looking for when decorating the house of your dreams, especially on a budget. Located on the corner of Toulouse and N. Pierce Street, House Stuff is an unassuming shop, formerly a neighborhood grocery store, that’s been selling used […]
Burger Resolve
There’s a commercial that airs quite often on local radio where a couple of guys are talking about where they want to go for lunch and one of them, in a thick New Orleans accent, says “I want a big, juicy mouth-watering burgah and I want it now!” Though he […]