Slurping wetly and noisily at the nourishment that is New Orleans
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 […]
Like many people, I save my uber expensive dining excursions for special occasions. After trying Acamaya earlier this year with an old friend who visits New Orleans on the regular, I couldn’t wait to share it with John on my birthday. At first, I didn’t understand the hullaballoo about Chef […]
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 […]
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 […]
*I know there’s no June 2025 Food News. Oops! Dad’s cookin’ . . . Named after Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne deBienville, the French explorer known as the “Father of Louisiana,” Le Moyne Bistro is the latest restaurant launched by Tim Armstead and chefs Farrell Harrison and Christian Hurst. With Warehouse District […]
Discover a few secrets behind the slice at a restaurant on the edge of the Warehouse District that’s been serving the “world’s best baked ham” for over 80 years. Mother’s might get all the hype for its roast beef debris po-boys, fried chicken, and red beans and rice, but the […]
As sure as eggs on Sunday … Dynamic drag duo Lou Henry Hoover and Kitten LaRue have officially opened permanent digs for their mom and pop sweet stand Chance in Hell Snowballs. The popular snowball stand began as a side-project out of the married couple’s home until they got sidelined […]
Visiting Fatma’s Cozy Corner in the Tremé is a lot like an open invitation to hang out at your best friend’s house. Comfy, high-backed, paisley-upholstered couches are tucked next to the front window, an upright piano stands stolid, waiting patiently to be played in a rear dining room, and a […]
Erster liquor . . . Brian Weisnicht and Chef Farrell Harrison, the dream team behind Plates on Annunciation Street, have launched another Warehouse District restaurant on Tchoupitoulas Street dubbed Maria’s Oyster & Wine Bar. Located in the space that held N.O.S.H, or New Orleans Social House, adjacent to Tommy’s Wine […]
Restaurants in New Orleans going against the grain with offbeat bánh mì. Affectionately known as Vietnamese po-boys, bánh mì have arguably become as quintessentially New Orleans as crawfish étouffée and Bananas Foster. The infusion of Vietnamese culture into the current Crescent City gumbo happened after the fall of Saigon and […]
To die for . . . Owner Phi Vu, a local actor best known for his work in Happy Death Day, launched his Korean fried chicken pop-up in late November 2023. Now he’s launched OPPA Korean Fried Chicken inside the tiny shop on Severn Avenue, formerly Wishingtown Bakery and longtime […]
Taco ’bout sushi . . . The dream team behind the Nori Guys pop-up, home of the sushi taco, have opened a brick and mortar restaurant in Mid-city called Hibachi Grill. Owners Kenny Truong and Nigel Pais recently opened their new digs on the corner of S. Broad and Banks, […]