NOLA restaurants

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You might want to check Tom Fitzmorris' website: http://www.nomenu.com/default.html. Fitzmorris is the food talker for WWL radio. You could also call into his show (weekdays 2-5pm; 504-260-9762) and ask him yourself. I was listening to him a week or so ago and I believe opined that Stella is the best restaurant in NOLA. Y'all Bon Apettit! 😀

If you like oysters, you'll want to visit Cassamento's on Magazine at Napoleon. Very unpretentious. I get a dozen on the half-shell, then the fried trout sandwich. Yum!

You have petunias on your list. Go there and get the Eggs St. Louis and a sausage sampler. Eggs are like Benedict with lump crab meat YUM! The sampler has Boudin, andouille, and gator sausage. Great Mimosas and Bloody Marys. My favorite breakfast restaurant. For lunch go to Johnnys Po'boys, cafe Maspero, or Mothers. Cafe Maspero gives you alot of food for your money and very good.

You have petunias on your list. Go there and get the Eggs St. Louis and a sausage sampler. Eggs are like Benedict with lump crab meat YUM! The sampler has Boudin, andouille, and gator sausage. Great Mimosas and Bloody Marys. My favorite breakfast restaurant. For lunch go to Johnnys Po'boys, cafe Maspero, or Mothers. Cafe Maspero gives you alot of food for your money and very good.

We use to go to Petunia's...pre-Katrina. It was exactly as you describe. Haven't been since, but the reviews over the past six months have been really bad. Poor service, avg. food. Have you been there recently?

Johnny's and Mothers are very good.

Bayonas

OK you Creole aficionados....

We're heading to Nawlins' next weekend and are looking for some excellent food and fun. I'm interested in some restaurants off the tourist path and known by the locals as the best.

Some of our party has recommended these restaurants. Can you advise and provide your recommendations?

Stella -
Couchon -
Le Petite Grocery -
The Grill Room at the Windsor Court Hotel -
NOLA -
The Praline Connection -
Duckie Chase -
Mosca's -
Petunia's-

Where are you staying and how much do you want to spend?

Arkiehawg,

Coming down in April with freinds, riding the City of New Orleans (Drink, don't drive😀😀😀).

Been a while since we were in the City. Hows about a trip report so we knows what's good?:confused:

Thanks:wave:

Where are you staying and how much do you want to spend?

Ritz Carlton......pricing from very reasonable (breakfast/lunch)....moderate/expensive (dinner).

Lunch -- Crabby Jack's, Pho Tau Bay


Dinner -- Bayona, August, Jacques Imo's

Arkiehawg,

Coming down in April with freinds, riding the City of New Orleans (Drink, don't drive😀😀😀).

Been a while since we were in the City. Hows about a trip report so we knows what's good?:confused:

Thanks:wave:

Will Do!

OK, let me turn you on to three breakfast spots besides the usual suspects:

Tout de Suite coffeehouse on Verret in Algiers Point. Take the free ferry ride to Algiers Point (get on the boat at the foot of Canal St) and the restaurant is a short walk through a very nice neighborhood. Great traditional breakfast, casual and cheap.

Coffee Pot on St Peter-I have never been, but I hear they serve solid traditional fare as well as Creole breakfast dishes you can't get anywhere else. Casual and cheap.

Elizabeth's-This is about 10 minutes from the Ritz in the Bywater neighborhood on the corner of Chartres and Gallier Streets(Chartres runs along the river). It is worth the drive just to see the architecture in Bywater and Fauburg Marigny. Elizabeth's fare is a bit more upscale (but it is not snooty or expensive by any means). We always went for brunch on Sunday morning.

Lunch and Dinner to follow...

Hard to argue with Jacques-Imo's (take a cab). Get there early if you want a seat and then go to the Maple Leaf next door for live music. Down the street from there on Dante Street is Brightsen's which I consider the best restaurant in the city. Try P&G's on Baronne Street (between Canal and Poydras) for a great shrimp po-boy. Remoulades on Bourbon Street is a good mid-priced oyster bar. It's run by Arnouds (which is good high-end restaurant). You'll never go wrong with Friday lunch at Galatoire's. Might want to pay someone to stand in line (no reservations). Drago's in the Hilton would be another good call. Famous for the oysters.

ok, now I am HUNGRY!!!!

ate at K-Pauls last week, killer dinner! Tom Fitzsimmons newslettr is fwee and a good read if you are a foodie! Have fun in NO y'all!

Galatoire's has always been my favorite NOLA restaurant but I haven't been since prior to Katrina. In October 2005, Galatoire's opened Galatoire's Bistro in Baton Rouge. This was meet with a great deal of anticipation and excitement. Our first visit was about a month after opening and it was unremarkable - overcooked pompano, cold sides, high prices. With thought this was just a fluke and returned several more times with even more disappointing results (the bread is still great though 😀). There is no way I could recommend Galitoire's in Baton Rouge. I have no idea if the NOLA Galatoire's is suffering similar maladies.

Call me a tourista, but the entire Svelte family loves Brennan's. We go at least once a year. I get the same thing every time: turtle soup then Eggs Shannon (bed of creamed spinach, topped with a fried trout filet which is covered by two pouched eggs and hollendaise. Great crispy bread which makes the table a mess. Then they force me to finish with Bananas Foster. Jeez, it is sooo hard. 😀

Dick and Jenny's on Tchoupitoulas has a great food and a wonderful atmosphere. I second Jacque-i-mos - it's like no where else in the world. We don't miss going to either on our visits back home. Palace Cafe on Canal Street is really good as well.

We lived there all of our lives until Katrina, and miss it dearly. It's a wonderful city! Have fun.

:shock: Geez, I just noticed that I haven't been to NOLA "after Katrina" yet. Hafta pencil it in. Anyway...a place that we really enjoyed was called "Irene's." I wasn't sure if it was open or still good, so I Googled it and came up with some recent reveiws. Apparently it is open and is as good as ever.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&i...ews=1&sa=X&oi=local_result&resnum=1&ct=result

It does get crowded (as most of the great places are); I would recommend getting to dinner early and then watch the cast of characters show up--very popular with the locals.

<Had the duck....it was excellent!>





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Here are my votes:

Elizabeth's - Gallier Sr. (Faubourg Marigny) --> Great food; good prices -- lots of locals

Ralph Brennan's Bacco - Chartres St. (French Quarter) --> Lobster & Shrimp Ravioli - to die for

The Gumbo Shop - St. Peter St. (French Quarter) --> Bowl of gumbo and an ice-cold Dixie Beer on tap

Central Grocery - Decatur St. (French Quarter) --> Home of the best muffaletta in the world!

Drago's - Poydras St. Hilton (Downtown Hilton) --> You just can't beat the chargrilled oysters

Ok, hawgman, where's the trip report?:idontno:

Pics, we want pics.😀


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