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 […]
Antoine’s Restaurant: A Crown Jewel in Carnival’s History
An informal tour through one of the city’s most revered landmarks and their krewe-designated dining rooms stirs a sense of wonder for the spectacle of Mardi Gras. The masquerade ball scene in the 1984 film Amadeus, based on the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, teems with masked revelers adorned in […]